HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS

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HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS

• Christian Burdziak

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GOALS OF HEP

• What are the constituents of matter and light?
• How can we describe the interactions between
  them?
• Can we learn about interactions at lower energies
  from those at high energies?

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BASIS OF HEP

• Standard Model
• Description
• History
• Explain deviations found through experiment
• What physics lies beyond the standard model?

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EXPERIMENT

• Variety of Experiments
• Neutrino Mass
• Missing Energy
• Search for the Higgs Boson
• Particle Accelerators
• Europe CERN (LHC),
• US Fermilab, Brookhaven, Stanford
• Japan KEK

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REALMS OF THEORY

• Understanding the Standard Model
• Quantum field theory / Lattice theory
• Model building beyond the Standard Model
• Hierarchy problem / Supersymmetry
• String Theory
• A Theory of Everything

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THEORY AND EXPERIMENT

• Theory explaining experiment
• Wheres all the antimatter?
• Why is there neutrino mass?
• Experiment validating theory
• Why the differences in CP violation?
• Is supersymmetry real?
• Wheres the Higgs boson?

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GRAD SCHOOLS

• Top HEP programs proximity to accelerators
• MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Cornell
• CalTech, Santa Barbara, Berkeley, Stanford
• Chicago, Texas

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ROLES IN THE HEP COMMUNITY

• Full-time Researcher
• University Research/ Professor
• Science Writer interactions.org, Symmetry
• Politics (Funding)
• Example Superconducting Super Collider