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2013
Particle physics: present and future
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Pacific/Honolulu
112 (Watanabe Hall)
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Watanabe Hall
Description
Thanks to new experimental capabilities, including collider and cosmological
observations, many longstanding paradigms and open problems in particle physics can
nowadays be tested directly. The prominent example is the recent discovery of the
Standard Model Higgs boson, which is so new, the particle's positive identification
is still pending. Massive effort is well underway to test for the existence of new
physics that could eventually explain the other outstanding problem: Dark Matter,
and much more.
I'll elaborate on the role of particle colliders in this unprecedented pursuit of
knowledge, discuss the current situation in particle physics
and touch upon our hopes and expectations about the future of particle physics.
