What can we learn from the next generation of experiments

Technical Report ·

OSTI ID:5958582

Ross, G G

This report considers the predictions of the standard SU(3) x SU(2) x U(1) model (the (3,2,1) model) and the crucial tests of the theory. Particular emphasis is placed on those predictions (such as those for intermediate vector bosons) which might be proved or disproved in the next few years. Alternatives to the standard model are discussed where they make new or different predictions. The author considers that evidence for these might come from the discovery of processes forbidden by the standard theory and non-accelerator experiments might be the best way to learn about such processes. The Grand Unified Theory is discussed with reference to the alternatives or modifications necessary to avoid the hierarchy problem. This leads to a consideration of supersymmetric, technicolour and constituent models, their predictions and the experimental searches for them.

• Research Organization: Science and Engineering Research Council, Chilton (UK). Rutherford Appleton Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5958582
• Report Number(s): PB-83-164780
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

645400* -- High Energy Physics-- Field Theory
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BOSONS
DETECTION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FIELD THEORIES
INTERMEDIATE BOSONS
INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS
LIE GROUPS
POSTULATED PARTICLES
SU GROUPS
SU-3 GROUPS
SUPERSYMMETRY
SYMMETRY
SYMMETRY GROUPS
TESTING
UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES