Automating virtual calculations in supersymmetric theories
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Date
23/11/2011Author
Cullen, Gavin James
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Abstract
The LHC has begun collecting data and the first results have now been published. This is
truly an exciting time in the field as we wait for the experimental data to exclude or verify
new physics beyond the Standard Model. In order to make a precise prediction for the LHC
one must go beyond the leading order of our perturbation series. In this thesis I present the
extension of tools for the automation of one loop calculations for supersymmetric models. The
second part of the thesis contains the application of these tools to neutralino pair production
in the Minimal Supersymmetric Model.