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SUMMARY:The Coming Revolutions in Particle Physics
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Chris Quigg\, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory\n
	Hosted by: Lawrence Sulak\nPoster: http://physics.bu.edu/internal//posters/
	2009_Fall/02_Quigg.pdf\n\nPart of the Physics Department Colloquia Series.\
	n\nAbstract:\nSoon\, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN will advance the exp
	erimental frontier of particle physics to the heart of the Fermi scale\, re
	aching energies around one trillion electron volts for collisions among the
	 basic constituents of matter. We do not know what the new wave of explorat
	ion will find\, but the discoveries we make and the new puzzles we encounte
	r are certain to change the face of particle physics and echo through neigh
	boring sciences. \n\nIn this new world\, we confidently expect to learn wha
	t sets electromagnetism apart from the weak interactions\, with profound im
	plications for our conception of the everyday world. We will gain a new und
	erstanding of simple and profound questions: Why are there atoms? Why chemi
	stry? What makes stable structures possible? A pivotal step will be finding
	 the Higgs boson and exploring its properties. But there may be much more: 
	we have hints of other new phenomena\, including some that may clarify why 
	gravity is so much weaker than the other fundamental forces. We also have r
	eason to believe that candidates for the dark matter of the Universe could 
	be lurking on the Fermi scale. \n\nBeyond the Fermi scale lies the prospect
	 of other new insights: into the different forms of matter\, the unity of q
	uarks and leptons\, and the nature of spacetime. The questions in play all 
	seem linked to one another—and to the relationship of the weak and electr
	omagnetic interactions. Where will the revolutions end?
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