Research Terms
Physics Elementary Particle Physics High Energy Physics Space Sciences Space Physics
The top quark is the most massive elementary particle ever discovered. The top quark mass provides a consistency check of the Standard Model of Particle Physics, and in relation with the Higgs boson mass, controls the stability of the universe as a quantum system. In this talk, I elaborate on the above and describe the measurements of the top quark mass made using data from the highest energy proton proton collisions at the CERN laboratory in Switzerland.
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1 hour or less
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In this talk, I will give a historical review of the meaning of the words physics, mathematics and metaphysics, exploring these changing concepts and their relationship from antiquity to modern times. I will start with the views of Aristotle from the ancient times, then discuss those of St. Thomas Aquinas from the medieval times, then move to the revolutionary 1610 publication of Siderius Nuncios by Galileo, Bacon’s new method, development of scientific method, Newton’s gravitation and empty space, Einstein’s relativity, the observability of Compte and Bohr, the 1964 Gell-Mann revolution, all leading to the rise of a new metaphysical age. In this context I will discuss a current metaphysical question (what is ultimately real) in the study of elementary particles and fields, namely gravity and the superstring theory. I will close by mentioning a few metaphysical questions on the origin and existence of the universe.
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Adults
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1 hour or less
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Expenses Only
Year: | 2012 |
Link Address: | TccE1W9_ESA |
Keywords: | Higgs, particle physics, mass, LHC |
Source: | youtube |
Duration: | 1:00 |
Year: | 2012 |
Link Address: | CUWUZGgmqNo |
Keywords: | Higgs, LHC, mass, particle physics |
Source: | youtube |
Duration: | 1:15 |