Phenomenology of physics beyond the standard model

This lecture covers the following topics:

• Shortcomings of the Standard Model (SM), hierarchy problem and further motivations for physics beyond the SM (BSM)
• BSM physics: specific models versus effective field theories
• Precision tests of the electroweak and strong interactions
• Properties of supersymmetric theories
• Electroweak symmetry breaking, electroweak phase transition
• Axions and axion-like particles
• Examples for BSM phenomenology at the LHC and beyond
• Dark Matter: candidates, indirect and direct searches

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge in Quantum Field Theory or Advanced Particle Physics