Special Seminar
Speaker: Gerardus `t Hooft
Title: The Borderline between Classical and Quantum Mechanics
Host: Jack Gunion
Room: 432
Abstract:
According to John Bell's famous theorem, classical systems cannot reproduce certain quantum phenomena such as superpositions and entanglement. Therefore quantum models and classical models are usually considered to be entirely different, with a gap in between. Yet there are numerous examples where a simple direct mapping exists that maps the solutions of Schr"odinger equations onto the solutions of classical equations. The most conspicuous example of a model with such a "duality" is superstring theory.
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High-Energy Seminars
Time:
12:30pm-2:00pm
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Description:
Public Lecture
Speaker: Gerardus `t Hooft
Title: The Higgs Particle
Host: Jack Gunion
Abstract: Our theoretical understanding of the sub-atomic world would not be complete without the Higgs particle. Sometimes called "The God Particle", this very special particle generates the differences between the fundamental particles and it gives them mass, but until recently it went undetected. Of course, in science we use different words. In this lecture it is explained what this mysterious object really is and why it is needed in our theories, even if it has little to do with God. Using the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, the Large Hadron Collider, physicists for the first time have the tools to produce and observe this particle in detail. Is it as it was predicted? Are there whole families of Higgs particles? The LHC has not yet reached its full power. Will it provide us with more clues or mysteries about the sub-atomic world?
Location: UC Davis Medical Education Building at 4610 X Street in Sacramento
