Physics & Astronomy Colloquium

3:30 PM, Friday, October 19, 2007
Room 155, Chem-Phys Building

Dr. Herman Verlinde
Department of Physics
Princeton University

"String Theory and Particle Physics''

The standard model of particle physics, while highly successful in explaining current data, is incomplete. Its limits of validity will soon be tested by the upcoming LHC experiment, which we hope will reveal direct clues for how to extend it. Theoretical guidance can come via the study of how the standard model fits into a more complete framework, such as string theory. In this colloquium, I will describe how the challenge of string phenomenology can be approached via a bottom-up strategy, that aims to derive (the right) string theory from what we already know about particle physics, rather than the other way around.

Refreshments will be served in CP 179 at 3:15 PM