Ponente
David Kaplan
Descripción
The largest scientific machine ever constructed, the Large Hadron Collider
outside of Geneva, was switched on just a few months ago. The data from
this experiment could have a dramatic effect on our beliefs about the origin
of matter, the properties of space and time, and the mysterious contents of
the Universe. In this talk, I will describe the Large Hadron Collider and
explain why we do such experiments. I will also talk about the underlying
rules of Nature, governed by Quantum Field Theory, and describe some of the
fantastical things we hope to see: dark matter, supersymmetry, or extra
dimensions. Finally, I will describe the historical context of this moment
in science and the uncertainty of the future direction of fundamental
physics.
