Beyond The Standard Model: An Answer and Twenty Questions

TL;DR

This paper discusses potential directions for physics beyond the Standard Model, presenting reasoned expectations and a comprehensive list of open questions to guide future research in fundamental physics.

Contribution

It provides a structured overview of theoretical expectations and key open questions in beyond Standard Model physics, based on lectures and discussions from a summer school.

Findings

Identifies major open questions in beyond Standard Model physics

Summarizes current expectations and hypotheses in the field

Serves as a reference for future research directions

Abstract

These are the essence of two lectures given at the Ettore Majorana Summer School, 1997, and the discussion sections which followed them. The title indicates their content: some reasoned expectations for physics beyond the Standard Model, and an annotated list of major open questions.