THE SEARCH FOR SUPERSYMMETRY

TL;DR

This paper reviews the potential of current and future collider experiments to test the minimal supergravity (SUGRA) model, a promising framework for physics beyond the Standard Model, focusing on experimental capabilities at LEP, Tevatron, and LHC.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive assessment of collider experiments' abilities to verify the SUGRA model, highlighting the experimental prospects for new physics discovery.

Findings

Collider experiments can test key SUGRA predictions

LEP and LEP II have sensitivity to certain supersymmetry signals

LHC will significantly enhance discovery potential

Abstract

The minimal supergravity model (SUGRA), with gauge coupling unification and radiative electroweak symmetry breaking, is a well-motivated paradigm for physics Beyond the Standard Model. In this talk, I review the capabilities of various present and future collider experiments to make definitive tests of the SUGRA model, including LEP and LEP II, the Tevatron and its upgrades, and finally the CERN LHC project.