Honorary Lecture - Prof. Mikhail Shaposhnikov: "How many new particles still remain to be discovered?"
"How many new particles still remain to be discovered?"
The Standard Model of particle physics (SM) and Einstein general relativity are extremely successful in describing almost all phenomena observed in Nature so far, spanning distances from a fraction of Fermi to thousands of magaparsecs. I will deliberate on the question formulated in the title, given that the SM does not allow neutrino oscillations, does not have a candidate for dark matter in the Universe, and does not explain the observed cosmological dominance of matter over antimatter.
Biography
Mikhail Shaposhnikov studied at Moscow University and got his PhD from the Institute for Nuclear Research (INR) of Russian Academy of Sciences in 1982. From 1982 till 1991 he was a research scientist at INR. During 1991-1998 he was a staff member at CERN, Geneva. In 1998 he moved to the University of Lausanne. In 2003-2021 he was a Full Professor at EPFL, leading the Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology. Since 2021 he is a professor emeritus. He works on Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology.
The Standard Model of particle physics (SM) and Einstein general relativity are extremely successful in describing almost all phenomena observed in Nature so far, spanning distances from a fraction of Fermi to thousands of magaparsecs. I will deliberate on the question formulated in the title, given that the SM does not allow neutrino oscillations, does not have a candidate for dark matter in the Universe, and does not explain the observed cosmological dominance of matter over antimatter.
Biography
Mikhail Shaposhnikov studied at Moscow University and got his PhD from the Institute for Nuclear Research (INR) of Russian Academy of Sciences in 1982. From 1982 till 1991 he was a research scientist at INR. During 1991-1998 he was a staff member at CERN, Geneva. In 1998 he moved to the University of Lausanne. In 2003-2021 he was a Full Professor at EPFL, leading the Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology. Since 2021 he is a professor emeritus. He works on Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology.
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