Dilatons and Fine Tuning

Note: New time for this event: 3:30 PM
Speaker: John Terning, University of California, Davis

When: October 9, 2013 (Wed), 03:30PM to 04:30PM (add to my calendar)
Location: PRB 595

This event is part of the HET Seminar Series.

Abstract: After reviewing ideas about how conformal symmetry can solve the fine tuning problems of the standard model, I will discuss whether the Higgs can be a dilaton and then see how the cosmological constant problem can be addressed using the AdS/CFT correspondence.