Dienstag, 26. November 2024, 16:30 - 18:30 iCal

Boltzmann Lecture 2024 | Hermann Nicolai

Symmetry and Unification: can physics be reduced to a single formula?

Hermann Nicolai | Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Potsdam, Germany)

Lise-Meitner-Hörsaal an der Fakultät für Physik
Boltzmanngasse 5 / Strudlhofgasse 4, 1090 Wien

Lecture

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The progress of modern physics towards General Relativity and the Standard Model of Particle Physics can be attributed to a large extent to a continual ’enhancement of symmetry', which is also hoped to herald a further unification of the laws of physics.

However, attempts to merge the two fundamental theories into a single unified theory of quantum gravity have stalled, due to mathematical difficulties and the absence of clear observational evidence in favour of any of the ansätze proposed so far.

This talk will re-trace some of the history that has led us to this point and discuss open issues and perspectives for future progress.

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Veranstalter

Fakultät für Physik

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Kontakt

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Fakultät für Physik
Dekanat
4277 510 09
sandra.knogler@univie.ac.at

Erstellt am Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2024, 13:54
Letzte Änderung am Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2024, 13:23