Phenomenology 2.0

Phenomenology and Post-Modernity

20 03 Phenomenology of New Physics 1 LMU 17 / 03 August 2003 Gudrun Hiller

I review the phenomenology of new physics in low energy processes using the notion of minimal flavor violation (vs. non-minimal flavor violation). I compare the predictions of beyond-the-standard models and show that among certain observables in rare b-decays pattern arise, which allow to distinguish between extensions of the Standard Model. I discuss the status and future of the model independ...

Qualitative research methodology: phenomenology

There are two qualitative and quantitative research paradigms in the methodological debates. Phenomenological approach is one of the most important methods in the qualitative researches. ‎Depending on researcher’s view on study phenomenon, this approach is divided into two main ‎methods of descriptive and interpretive. Despite the many similarities between the two methods, ‎th...

H ± phenomenology

In supersymmetric models with explicit breaking of R-parity the lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP) may be the lightest stau, τ̃1. Such a scenario would provide a clear sign of R-parity violating SUSY, although its phenomenology may resemble that of a charged Higgs boson, H. We discuss various ways of distinguishing a LSP τ̃1 from H ± at future colliders, and address the case of τ̃1 mimicking t...

Coloron Phenomenology

A flavor-universal extension of the strong interactions was recently proposed in response to the apparent excess of high-ET jets in the inclusive jet spectrum measured at the Tevatron. This paper studies the color octet of massive gauge bosons (‘colorons’) that is present in the low-energy spectrum of the model’s Higgs phase. Constraints from searches for new particles decaying to dijets and fr...