Constraining Supersymmetric Models: Using Higgs Physics, Precision Observables and Direct Searches

Nominated as an outstanding thesis by Peking University
Combines the high order QCD effect and search for the signal of new physics to provide more accurate predictions on the potential to discover new physics
Applies the recently developed soft-collinear effective theory to a new type of processes
Illustrates the concepts and methods in high energy physics with concrete examples

About this book
This book mainly investigates the precision predictions on the signal of new physics at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in the perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) scheme. The potential of the LHC to discover the signal of dark matter associated production with a photon is studied after including next-to-leading order QCD corrections. A complete next-to-leading order QCD corrections to the total cross section, invariant mass distribution, and the forward-backward asymmetry of top quark pair production mediated by the W’ boson are calculated. The factorization and resummation of t-channel top quark transverse momentum distribution in the standard model at both the Tevatron and the LHC with soft-collinear effective theory are presented. The potential of the early LHC to discover the signal of monotops is discussed. These examples illustrate the method of searching for new physics beyond what is known today with high precision.