MPP Colloquium

The Quest for Unification: Extra Dimensions and Supersymmetry

by Prof. Hans Peter Nilles (Bonn University)

Europe/Berlin
Auditorium (MPI fuer Physik)

Auditorium

MPI fuer Physik

Description
A unified description of fundamental interactions requires physics beyond the Standard Model of strong, weak and electromagnetic forces. Key ingredient is a grand unified gauge group, but there needs to be more. We review arguments for the existence of extra space dimensions and supersymmetry that complete this quest for unification. We then analyze possible observational tests in particle physics and cosmology.