David Wagner
5-December-1999
High energy physics is the study of elementary particles that make up the world around us. Our group is interested in physics at energies higher than ever before achieved at any electron-positron collider. We are investigating the physics opportunities at the Next Linear Collider (NLC), to be built in the next decade. In particular, we are focussing on one particular class of theories ``beyond the Standard Model'' called supersymmetry (SUSY).
This document is geared toward knowledgeable undergraduates or first-year graduate students who might be interested in joining our group; it begins with a brief introduction of the Standard Model, then discusses problems with the Standard Model and how supersymmetry fixes them, then goes on to discuss the proposed Next Linear Collider and finally finishes with a discussion of some of the studies we are performing in our group.
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