Particle Physics I: The SM and the MSSM

TL;DR

This paper reviews the Standard Model and MSSM, discussing electroweak symmetry breaking, experimental status, supersymmetry constraints, and implications of neutrino oscillations, providing a comprehensive overview of current particle physics theories.

Contribution

It offers a concise review of the Standard Model, explores supersymmetric extensions and their experimental constraints, and discusses recent neutrino oscillation evidence in a unified framework.

Findings

Experimental status of the Standard Model summarized

Constraints on supersymmetric models discussed

Implications of neutrino oscillations analyzed

Abstract

After discussing alternative scenarios for the origins of the electroweak symmetry breaking, I briefly review the experimental status of the Standard Model. I explore further both the hints for, and constraints on, supposing that that a supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model exists, with supersymmetry broken at the weak scale. I end with a few comments on the theoretical implications of the recent evidence for neutrino oscillations.