Topics in Physics Beyond the Standard Model
Prerequisites
The course is designed for PhD students, but master students that have already completed a quantum field theory course are welcome to join
Programme
Introduction to cosmology and inflation
The two hierarchy problems of particle physics: the cosmological constants and the electroweak scale
Modern solutions to the hierarchy problems: relations between naturalness and cosmology
Dark matter production and detection, from WIMPs to axions
The strong CP problem and the QCD chiral Lagrangian
Properties of de Sitter space and inflation as a cosmological collider
Educational aims
We give an introduction to the biggest open problems in particle physics and an overview of their most modern theoretical solutions
Bibliographical references
Papers and notes provided during the course