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Colloquium


Colloquium



3:30 PM, Friday, April 12, 2002


Room 155, Chem-Phys Building







Dr. Francesco Iachello


Departments of Physics
Yale University





The Discovery of Supersymmetry in Nuclei





In August 1999 direct experimental evidence for the occurrence of supersymmetry in nuclei was reported. This event was the culmination of a series of experimental findings that have revealed the presence of symmetry and order in atomic nuclei (a complex system composed of hundreds of particles interacting strongly). In this talk, the concept of dynamic symmetry will be introduced and applied to the study of nuclear spectra. The even more unifying concept of dynamic supersymmetry will then be introduced and the series of events that led to the recent discovery presented. Implications of this discovery to other fields of physics, such as particle physics where supersymmetry has been sought for years, and to other complex systems, especially mesoscopic systems, will be briefly mentioned.



*** Refreshments served at 3:15 PM ***


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