Beyond the Standard Model Cocktail: A Modern and Comprehensive Review of the Major Open Puzzles in Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology with a Focus on Heavy Dark Matter

This book provides a comprehensive survey of important questions at the interface of theoretical particle physics and cosmology, discussing the Standard Model, open puzzles, and proposed solutions. It also presents the author's PhD research on Weakly-Interacting-Massive-Particles around the TeV scale, which explore the possibility of dark matter being much heavier than conventionally assumed.

Format: Hardback
Length: 519 pages
Publication date: 02 January 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

This comprehensive book offers a remarkable and thorough exploration of crucial topics at the intersection of theoretical particle physics and cosmology. After delving into the theoretical and experimental physics revolution that paved the way for the establishment of the Standard Model in the past century, the author proceeds to examine all the major open puzzles, including the hierarchy problem, the small value of the cosmological constant, the matter-antimatter asymmetry, and the enigmatic dark matter. These puzzles encompass the state-of-the-art understanding of proposed solutions. Additionally, the book delves into the rapidly expanding fields of thermal dark matter, cosmological first-order phase transitions, and gravitational-wave signatures. Furthermore, it presents the author's original and interdisciplinary PhD research work, focusing on Weakly-Interacting-Massive-Particles around the TeV scale, which are among the most studied dark matter candidates. Driven by the lack of experimental evidence for these particles, this thesis investigates the possibility that dark matter is significantly heavier than what is commonly assumed.

Weight: 975g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031118616
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022