supersymmetry or not, what is the evidence?

28 Oct 2013, 09:00 → 1 Nov 2013, 18:30 Europe/Copenhagen

Dark center (Rockefeller building)

The course aims mainly at experimental and theoretical PhD students from the areas of particle physics and cosmology and astrophysics. The goal of the course is to provide the PhD students with detailed and state-of-the-art knowledge of the present evidence for physics beyond the standard model, with special emphasis on supersymmetry. The course will include data from particle colliders and observations from astrophysics. The course is advertised internationally, and is open to Danish and foreign students. It will consist of lectures and practical computer exercises, and will last 5 full days. It gives 2.5 ECTS without exam, and up to 5 ECTS with take-home assignment. Priority is given to PhD students. The course will be held by two internationally renowned active researchers in the field of particle physics related to terrestrial detectors and cosmology. Dr Pascal Pralavorio , former ATLAS SUSY convenor, CPPM Marseille, FRANCE Prof. Dan Hooper, Theoretical Astrophysics Group Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Batavia, IL 60510

Monday, 28 October

09:00 → 10:30 Evidence for dark matter : Galactic dynamics, Clusters, Dwarfs,CMB Angular Power Spectrum, What about MOND ?

Convener: Prof. Dan Hooper (Fermilab/University of Chicago)

10:30 → 11:00 coffe/tea break

11:00 → 12:30 Evidence for dark matter : Galactic dynamics, Clusters, Dwarfs,CMB Angular Power Spectrum, What about MOND ?

Convener: Prof. Dan Hooper (Fermilab/University of Chicago)

14:00 → 15:30 Production of dark matter particles in the early universe : standard relic abundance calculation ; coannihilations, resonances, etc.

Convener: Prof. Dan Hooper (Fermilab/University of Chicago)

15:30 → 16:00 coffe/teak break

16:00 → 18:00 Production of dark matter particles in the early universe : standard relic abundance calculation ; coannihilations, resonances, etc.

Convener: Prof. Dan Hooper (Fermilab/University of Chicago)

Tuesday, 29 October

09:00 → 10:30 Dark Matter in SUSY : general weak scale arguments for dark matter ; neutralinos, sneutrinos, gravitinos, axinos

Convener: Prof. Dan Hooper (Fermilab/University of Chicago)

slides Copenhagen-school-part1-2013.pptx Copenhagen-school-part2-2013.pptx

10:30 → 11:00 coffe/tea break

11:00 → 12:30 Dark Matter in SUSY : general weak scale arguments for dark matter ; neutralinos, sneutrinos, gravitinos, axinos

Convener: Prof. Dan Hooper (Fermilab/University of Chicago)

slides Copenhagen-school-part1-2013.pptx Copenhagen-school-part2-2013.pptx

13:30 → 15:30 Direct and indirect detection

Elastic scattering of a neutralino or other WIMP; Current status of experiments and future prospects; Gamma ray searches; cosmic ray searches
; neutrino searches ; synchrotron searches

Convener: Prof. Dan Hooper (Fermilab/University of Chicago)

15:30 → 16:00 coffe/tea break

16:00 → 17:30 Direct and indirect detection

Elastic scattering of a neutralino or other WIMP; Current status of experiments and future prospects; Gamma ray searches; cosmic ray searches
; neutrino searches ; synchrotron searches

Convener: Prof. Dan Hooper (Fermilab/University of Chicago)

18:00 → 21:00 dinner

Slides http://www.aok.dk/restaurant-og-cafe/tonys

Wednesday, 30 October

09:00 → 10:30 Overview of the current status : existing limits ; existing hints/signals ; future prospects

Convener: Prof. Dan Hooper (Fermilab/University of Chicago)

10:30 → 11:00 coffe/tea break

11:00 → 12:30 Overview of the current status : existing limits ; existing hints/signals ; future prospects

Convener: Prof. Dan Hooper (Fermilab/University of Chicago)

14:00 → 15:30 Ingredients needed for a SUSY search at LHC

Part A Motivation; Detector description; MC simulation; object reconstruction; Signal region definition;

Part B Background Estimation; systematic uncertainties on background; fit; Result interpretation; Summary

Convener: Mr Pascal Pralavorio

14:00 Part IA Slides

Speaker: Mr pascal PRALAVORIO (CPPM)

Slides SUSY_Copenhagen_PartIA.pdf

15:30 → 16:00 Coffe/tea Break

16:00 → 17:30 Ingredients needed for a SUSY search at LHC

Part A Motivation; Detector description; MC simulation; object reconstruction; Signal region definition;

Part B Background Estimation; systematic uncertainties on background; fit; Result interpretation; Summary

Convener: Mr Pascal Pralavorio

16:00 Part IB

Speaker: Mr pascal PRALAVORIO (CPPM)

Slides SUSY_Copenhagen_PartIB.pdf

17:30 → 18:00 Wrap-up session (short summary + open questions)

Convener: Mr pascal PRALAVORIO (CPPM)

Thursday, 31 October

09:00 → 10:30 Exercise 1: Hunting the chargino

Convener: Mr pascal PRALAVORIO (CPPM)

09:00 Announcements+LeftOver

Speaker: Mr pascal PRALAVORIO (CPPM)

Slides PartI_Questions.pdf

09:05 Exercise layout and homeworks

Speaker: Mr pascal PRALAVORIO (CPPM)

Slides

• Exercise1.pdf
• Homework1.pdf
• SUSY_Copenhagen_Exercise1_Web.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee/tea Break

11:00 → 12:30 Exercise 1: Hunting the chargino

Convener: Dr Pascal Pralavorio

14:00 → 15:30 Direct searches for SUSY partners at LHC (I): Electroweak Partners (Natural RPC)

Convener: Dr Pascal Pralavorio

14:00 Part IIA

Speaker: Mr pascal PRALAVORIO (CPPM)

Slides SUSY_Copenhagen_PartIIA.pdf

15:30 → 16:00 Coffe/tea break

16:00 → 17:30 Direct searches for SUSY partners at LHC (II): strong partners

strong partners

Convener: Dr pascal pralavorio

16:00 PartIIB

Speaker: Mr pascal PRALAVORIO (CPPM)

Slides SUSY_Copenhagen_PartIIB.pdf

17:30 → 18:00 Wrap-up session (short summary + open questions)

Convener: Mr pascal PRALAVORIO (CPPM)

Friday, 1 November

08:30 → 10:00 Direct searches for SUSY partners at LHC (IIC): Long Lived Particles, RPV, Beyond MSSM, Un-natural SUSY

Inclusive searches on gluinos and 1rst/2nd generation of squarks ; Dedicative searches for 3rd generation of squarks ; Dedicative searches for gauginos ; R-Parity Violation searches ; Long-lived Particles

Convener: Dr Pascal Pralavorio

08:30 Part IIC

Speaker: Mr pascal PRALAVORIO (CPPM)

Slides SUSY_Copenhagen_PartIIC.pdf

10:00 → 10:15 Coffee/tea Break

10:15 → 12:00 Fabiola Gianotti NBI award

13:00 → 15:30 Exercise 2: Hunting the gluino

Convener: Mr pascal PRALAVORIO (CPPM)

13:00 Exercise layout and homeworks

Slides

• Pralavorio_Exercise2.pdf
• Pralavorio_Homeworks2.pdf
• SUSY_Copenhagen_Exercise2.pdf

15:30 → 16:00 Coffe/tea Break

16:00 → 17:30 SUSY or not ??: Other experimental constraints, Status of SUSY Models, Alternative to SUSY, Prospects

Consequence of X(125) discovery ; Searches for other Higgs bosons ; Last results from LHCb on Bs->mumu ; Overview of non-LHC searches

Convener: Dr Pascal Pralavorio

16:00 Part III

Speaker: Mr pascal PRALAVORIO (CPPM)

Slides SUSY_Copenhagen_PartIII.pdf

17:30 → 18:00 Wrap-up session (short summary + open questions)

Convener: Mr pascal PRALAVORIO (CPPM)

18:00 → 18:20 Exam

Slides SUSY_Copenhagen_Homeworks.pdf