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RE: Higgs bosons, beauties, taus and other beasts - particle physics again around on Steemit!
Thanks for taking the time to write this.
you reckon supersymmetry will show up in the LHC in future?
Thanks for taking the time to write this.
you reckon supersymmetry will show up in the LHC in future?
You are welcome. It is impossible to answer your question actually. Supersymmetry is a vast class of theories (I wrote about it long ago, here) and there are many ways to realize a viable model.
In some realizations, the new particles are not to difficult to detect and should show up at the LHC in the next few years. In some others, this is more tricky and the LHC will not be able to help. And finally, supersymmetry may just not be there at all, or at a much higher energy not reachable today.
What is important is to look for supersymmetry in all possible ways, in the same manner as we look for any other phenomena. In this sense, whatever nature is preparing for us, we will be ready and we will detect it.
A nice feature of supersymmetry is that it consists in a very nice playground for many new physics theories. The phenomena that are predicted also occur in other models, and we can then easily reinterpret supersymmetry search results to constrain many other theoretical framework.
I actually was a supersymmetry person in my early days. I am still working on supersymmetry, but I am also working on many other things at the same time! It is important to try as many options as possible :)
Thank you. I have a deep curiosity about these things but unfortunately i do not have a science background, and it's amazing to me how one is able to access all the literature from anywhere in the world and even directly interact with scientists, all thanks to the Internet!
And for particle physics, I would even say: open access. Most particle physics articles are actually open access, and if not, free versions exist on the arxiv. That is something that is very special of our field and that I am very proud of (although I was not involved at all in those decisions).