THE SCIENTIFIC MOTIVATIONS OF THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER
Event details
| Date | 11.10.2010 |
| Hour | 16:15 |
| Speaker | Dr. Gian Giudice, CERN |
| Location |
CE 1 - Centre Est EPFL
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), now operating at CERN, is one of the most ambitious scientific projects ever achieved. In this seminar I will present the physics goals of the project, addressing the questions for which experiments at the LHC are expected to provide answers. The main motivation of the LHC is the exploration of the mechanism of electroweak symmetry breaking. The search for the Higgs boson is the most immediate goal, but the phenomenon of electroweak breaking may hide revolutionary insights on the concepts of space, time, symmetry, and forces. I will also comment on the role of large scientific projects.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Contact
- Prof. Tatsuya Nakada