Raman Sundrum (University of Maryland)
Date: Thu. February 21st, 2019, 4:00 pm-5:00 pmLocation: Rockefeller 301
Fundamental Physics and the Fifth Dimension
The central aspirations and successes of Particle Physics will be reviewed against the backdrop of the twin pillars of modern physics, Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. I will discuss current puzzles such as the Hierarchy Problem, the identity of Dark Matter, and the Matter/Antimatter Asymmetry and how their resolutions may connect to different incarnations of spacetime structure, from curved to higher-dimensional to supersymmetric. I will describe how these in turn help drive a host of experimental ventures, from the Large Hadron Collider, to dark matter detection experiments, to gravitational wave cosmology.