This paper comprises the written version of the lectures on string theory delivered at the 31st British Universities Summer School on Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics which was held in Manchester, England, August 28 – September 12 2001.

I summarize here and discuss the results of presently operating neutrino telescopes in searching for a singnal of dark matter weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs).

A natural explanation for the smallness of the neutrino mass requires them to be Majorana particles violating lepton number by two units. Since lepton number violation can have several interesting consequences in particle physics and cosmology, it is of utmost importance to find out if there is lepton number violation in nature and what is its magnitude. The neutrinoless double beta decay exper...

With almost 0.5 fb −1 of p¯ p-collisions delivered in Tevatron Run II, both experiments CDF and DØ are reporting first results from a vast number of search analyses. This article summarizes the current status of Tevatron searches for Higgs bosons within the Standard Model and its extensions as well as direct searches for supersymmetric particles. Signatures for production of squarks, gluinos, c...

With almost 0.5 fb −1 of p¯ p-collisions delivered in Tevatron Run II, both experiments CDF and DØ are reporting first results from a vast number of search analyses. This article summarizes the current status of Tevatron searches for Higgs bosons within the Standard Model and its extensions as well as direct searches for supersymmetric particles. Signatures for production of squarks, gluinos, c...

I give a short review of the holographic approach to quantum gravity, with emphasis on its application to deriving the properties of elementary particles.

To embed the seesaw mechanism in the MSSM, two or three right-handed neutrino supermultiplets, Ni, have to be added to the model. In this framework, the supersymmetry breaking potential will include a new term called neutrino B-term: MBνÑÑ/2. In this talk, we present a toy model that generates a large neutrino B-term keeping other supersymmetry breaking parameters small. We then review the cons...

Uniting the usually distinct areas of particle physics and quantum field theory, gravity and general relativity, this expansive and comprehensive textbook of fundamental and theoretical physics describes the quest to consolidate the basic building blocks of nature, by journeying through contemporary discoveries in the field, and analyzing elementary particles and their interactions. Designed fo...

Even after the discovery of neutrino flavour oscillations, based on data from atmospheric, solar, reactor, and accelerator experiments, many characteristics of the neutrino remain unknown. Only the neutrino square-mass differences and the mixing angle values have been estimated, while the value of each mass eigenstate still hasn’t. Its nature (massive Majorana or Dirac particle) is still escapi...

Neutrinos are one of the least known elementary particles. The detection of neutrinos is an extremely difficult task since they are affected only by weak sub-atomic force or gravity. Therefore large detectors are constructed to reveal neutrino’s properties. Among them the Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr-TPC) detectors provide excellent imaging and particle identification ability for s...