A couple of videos from Fermilab on Supersymmetry

[pokerfan]

In this video, Fermilab's Dr. Don Lincoln describes the principle of supersymmetry in an easy-to-understand way. A theory is supersymmetric if it treats forces and matter on an equal footing. While supersymmetry is an unproven idea, it is popular with particle physics researchers as a possible next step in particle physics. Published on May 21, 2013

Fermilab's Dr. Don Lincoln explains some of the reasons that physicists are so interested in supersymmetry. Supersymmetry can explain the low mass of the Higgs boson, provide a source of dark matter, and make it more likely that the known subatomic forces are really different facets of a single, common, force. Published on May 31, 2013

[patrice]

1. K&R for returning to later & thanks for posting! nt

[rurallib]

2. why can't those darn physicists just take "God did it" as the answer?

kidding of course
Well that was quite heavy for a Saturday afternoon - thanks so much for posting.

[pokerfan]

3. I like the Superman shirt

[greiner3]

4. I read an article;

Not a week ago that stated supersymetery now seems to have larger and larger holes in it.

Not to say the physics guy who said that has a better theory.

Too bad I can't remember his name.

[pokerfan]

5. The Rise and Fall of Supersymmetry

At the LHC, supersymmetric particles should have been detected by now, if they exist. There are plenty of theorists and experimentalists who are still optimistic about SUSY, but nearly all models that successfully solve the hierarchy problem have been ruled out.

There are no other good solutions to the hierarchy problem that are as satisfying as SUSY. If there’s no SUSY, then we have to admit that we have no idea why the masses of the standard model particles have the value that they do.

http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2013/05/15/the-rise-and-fall-of-supersymmetry/