TASI 2011 lectures notes: two-component fermion notation and supersymmetry

Abstract

These notes, based on work with Herbi Dreiner and Howie Haber, discuss how to do practical calculations of cross sections and decay rates using two-component fermion notation, as appropriate for supersymmetry and other beyond-the-Standard-Model theories. Included are a list of two-component fermion Feynman rules for the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, and some example calculations.

Comments: 50 pages. This paper uses the -+++ metric. Errata, and an otherwise identical version using the +--- metric, are available at https://www.niu.edu/spmartin/TASI11/