Testing Supersymmetry without the LHC
Aaron Leanhardt
The
Standard Model of particle physics cannot explain several important experimental
observations, for example why the strengths of the fundamental forces are so
different (i.e. the hierarchy problem) and why there is a dominance of matter
over anti-matter in the universe (i.e. baryogenesis).
Various extensions to the Standard Model, most notably Supersymmetry (SUSY), have been developed with the goal of resolving these issues. These extensions predict "new physics" that can be observed by experiments ranging in size from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN to laboratory-based, tabletop precision measurements in SB237. This talk will focus on the latter.