Date: Saturday 25-Nov-2017
Time: 10:00-12:00 pm
Location: Physics Lecture Hall 1410, Physics Building
Speaker: Shabnam Jabeen (UMD Physics)
Title: Theory of Everything
So far, in these lectures, you have heard about many topics including Quantum Mechanics, Relativity, Cosmology and experimental techniques. in this lecture I will try to combine all these concepts and look at the bigger picture.
A final Theory?
Will it answer questions such as
where are my socks?
Or what is coming on the test?
Or Does s/he like me?
Sorry, no. It is not a crystal ball! It is (ideally) a theory that will combine all known forces and particles, explain all phenomenon we observe in nature, and will predict many more that we may not have even thought about.
It is a theory we still have to discover!
In this lecture, first I will talk about an (almost) theory of everything (visible), that is, the standard model of particle physics. I will then briefly discuss the possibilities for theories that go beyond the standard model and try to explain our universe, from the smallest to the largest.
