Lectures on Physics Beyond the Standard Model

Abstract

We give a brief overview on the successes and theoretical problems of the Standard Model and discuss the basics of low-scale supersymmetry. We also address some of recent proposals for physics beyond the Standard Model and the connection to the production mechanisms for thermal dark matter.

Comments: 61 pages, no figures, Lectures at 2019 IBS-CTPU Summer School on Cosmology and Particle Physics, 22-26 July, 2019, Daejeon, Korea, v2: references added, v3: typos corrected and improved discussion, v4: expanded discussion with four-form flux relaxation, Journal version