shp_09 - Nevis Laboratories
... the few tests of GUT physics that would be manifest at everyday energies. Computations show that relative to most elementary particles, the proton is very stable; its lifetime according to the SU(5) GUT is 1030 years! How can we detect such an effect? Put many protons together –e.g., in a huge tank ...
... the few tests of GUT physics that would be manifest at everyday energies. Computations show that relative to most elementary particles, the proton is very stable; its lifetime according to the SU(5) GUT is 1030 years! How can we detect such an effect? Put many protons together –e.g., in a huge tank ...
Slides - Indico
... But, if gravity becomes strong around the TeV scale, why is the large distance gravity so much weaker than all the other forces of nature? For example, gravitational attraction between the two protons at 1 m distance is 1037 times weaker of their Coulomb repulsion! ...
... But, if gravity becomes strong around the TeV scale, why is the large distance gravity so much weaker than all the other forces of nature? For example, gravitational attraction between the two protons at 1 m distance is 1037 times weaker of their Coulomb repulsion! ...
Slides - Indico
... • The gravitino is not a WIMP, but it is a viable dark matter candidate. • The gravitino is the supersymmetric partner of the graviton. If it exists, it is a fermion of spin 3⁄2 and therefore obeys the Rarita-Schwinger equation. • If supersymmetry is to solve the hierarchy problem of the Standard Mo ...
... • The gravitino is not a WIMP, but it is a viable dark matter candidate. • The gravitino is the supersymmetric partner of the graviton. If it exists, it is a fermion of spin 3⁄2 and therefore obeys the Rarita-Schwinger equation. • If supersymmetry is to solve the hierarchy problem of the Standard Mo ...
The True End of Theoretical Physics
... singularities, approximations, mathematical tricks such as the mathematical indeterminate forms and others, and free parameters. Moreover, within SST we can partially unify GR and QP/SM and show that unification of these theories within the same methods is impossible – it does not follow from incomp ...
... singularities, approximations, mathematical tricks such as the mathematical indeterminate forms and others, and free parameters. Moreover, within SST we can partially unify GR and QP/SM and show that unification of these theories within the same methods is impossible – it does not follow from incomp ...
What is matter? - National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
... WHY question. Everyone agrees it is not a complete theory. ISP209s8 Lecture 21 ...
... WHY question. Everyone agrees it is not a complete theory. ISP209s8 Lecture 21 ...
Naturalness, Hierarchy and Physics Beyond the Standard Model
... beyond the SM after 2003 • Post landscape era: fine-tuning is allowed ( or required: anthropic or statistical arguments). • More important we have experimental evidence that the hierarchy and naturalness problems are not necessarily valid guidance principles: • Hints from the cosmological constant: ...
... beyond the SM after 2003 • Post landscape era: fine-tuning is allowed ( or required: anthropic or statistical arguments). • More important we have experimental evidence that the hierarchy and naturalness problems are not necessarily valid guidance principles: • Hints from the cosmological constant: ...
Experimental Tests of the Standard Model
... Problems of the Standard Model A subjective selection of three open areas in particle physics about which the Standard Model has nothing to say. (i) Cosmology: Dark matter. 22% of universe's energy budget in the form of "dark matter". Current evidence suggests that WIMPs: electrically neutral and w ...
... Problems of the Standard Model A subjective selection of three open areas in particle physics about which the Standard Model has nothing to say. (i) Cosmology: Dark matter. 22% of universe's energy budget in the form of "dark matter". Current evidence suggests that WIMPs: electrically neutral and w ...
Aspen-Winter08-summary
... M À TeV Scale – No Observable Flavor Violating Effects Beyond Renormalizable Standard Model If M Near TeV Scale or Additional State Which Carry Flavor Near the Weak Scale – Potential Conflict With Observation ...
... M À TeV Scale – No Observable Flavor Violating Effects Beyond Renormalizable Standard Model If M Near TeV Scale or Additional State Which Carry Flavor Near the Weak Scale – Potential Conflict With Observation ...
Document
... universe is “flat” (too much and the universe would be “closed,” too little and it would be “open”). But experiments looking at galactic cluster densities and gravitational lensing were finding only enough matter (dark + light) to account for about 1/3 of this energy density. Where was the extra ene ...
... universe is “flat” (too much and the universe would be “closed,” too little and it would be “open”). But experiments looking at galactic cluster densities and gravitational lensing were finding only enough matter (dark + light) to account for about 1/3 of this energy density. Where was the extra ene ...
LHC - Groups
... The physics behind the scale of W, Z boson mass scale ~ electroweak scale Mplanck>>MW Do we have any further evidence of grand unification? ...
... The physics behind the scale of W, Z boson mass scale ~ electroweak scale Mplanck>>MW Do we have any further evidence of grand unification? ...
History of Particle Physics (lecture notes)
... discovery of the photon. Photons had, of course, been observed since long before humans walked the Earth. But they were not clearly recognized as particles prior to revolutionary developments in ...
... discovery of the photon. Photons had, of course, been observed since long before humans walked the Earth. But they were not clearly recognized as particles prior to revolutionary developments in ...
16 Sep 2012
... those that interact weakly have a small mass, and those that don't interact have no mass and move at lightspeed. If the Higgs had turned out (as was possible) not to exist, fundamental physics would have been turned into a messy can of worms. This would have been interesting, but embarrassing for ph ...
... those that interact weakly have a small mass, and those that don't interact have no mass and move at lightspeed. If the Higgs had turned out (as was possible) not to exist, fundamental physics would have been turned into a messy can of worms. This would have been interesting, but embarrassing for ph ...
The Second Century of Particle Physics
... • The LHC might uncover evidence for one of these new BSM theories; for example, something they find might be a form of the cryptic dark matter of the universe ...
... • The LHC might uncover evidence for one of these new BSM theories; for example, something they find might be a form of the cryptic dark matter of the universe ...
Essentials of Particle Physics
... the cornerstone of modern day particle physics. Quantum theory is invariant under constant phase transformations of wave function This symmetry leads to charge conservation. If the phase is a function of space-time, the phase invariance is lost. • Introduce the electromagnetic field (φ, A ) into the ...
... the cornerstone of modern day particle physics. Quantum theory is invariant under constant phase transformations of wave function This symmetry leads to charge conservation. If the phase is a function of space-time, the phase invariance is lost. • Introduce the electromagnetic field (φ, A ) into the ...
Adventures with Superstrings
... • Dualites: two mathematical descriptions describe identical physical phenomena • D-branes: string theory contains other kinds of objects extended in 0, 1, 2, . . . dimensions particles ...
... • Dualites: two mathematical descriptions describe identical physical phenomena • D-branes: string theory contains other kinds of objects extended in 0, 1, 2, . . . dimensions particles ...
PhD dissertation - Pierre
... The second part of my work consist in determine if the physics predictions that I computed from our theoretical framework can experimentally be tested with the ATLAS detector at the LHC ...
... The second part of my work consist in determine if the physics predictions that I computed from our theoretical framework can experimentally be tested with the ATLAS detector at the LHC ...
Modelling-Beyond-Standard-Model-Physics
... based on how experimental data compare with Standard Model expectations (given by simulation). A distinctive feature of the modelling practices currently adopted in these searches is their model-independence. Looking for possible new physics Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) requires being able to pro ...
... based on how experimental data compare with Standard Model expectations (given by simulation). A distinctive feature of the modelling practices currently adopted in these searches is their model-independence. Looking for possible new physics Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) requires being able to pro ...
Atomic Theory - Buford High School Chemistry
... _________. He also believed that matter could not be ______________, _______________, or further ________________. His theory was met with criticism from other influential philosophers such as __________________. His theory was eventually rejected because it was not supported by ________________ ___ ...
... _________. He also believed that matter could not be ______________, _______________, or further ________________. His theory was met with criticism from other influential philosophers such as __________________. His theory was eventually rejected because it was not supported by ________________ ___ ...
Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics
... With only the particle content of the SM, unification of the forces does not appear to take place: forces never have the same strengths ...
... With only the particle content of the SM, unification of the forces does not appear to take place: forces never have the same strengths ...
High Energy Physics - Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and
... Tevatron with the world's highest energy proton antiproton collisions, which can be used to study the strong (QCD) and electroweak interactions through the decays of the produced particles and through their measured angular distributions. Some of the recent results from the DØ experiment include the ...
... Tevatron with the world's highest energy proton antiproton collisions, which can be used to study the strong (QCD) and electroweak interactions through the decays of the produced particles and through their measured angular distributions. Some of the recent results from the DØ experiment include the ...
The Higgs Boson and Electroweak Symmetry Breaking
... The quadratic divergences of H mass diagrams with W, Z are naturally cancelled by contributions from new W, Z bosons with mass of 1-2 TeV. If this model is correct, these bosons ought to appear soon in searches at the LHC. ...
... The quadratic divergences of H mass diagrams with W, Z are naturally cancelled by contributions from new W, Z bosons with mass of 1-2 TeV. If this model is correct, these bosons ought to appear soon in searches at the LHC. ...
PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM “What Lurks in the Deep? LHC Run 2 and
... Binghamton University Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy ...
... Binghamton University Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy ...
