Colliders, Higgs and the strong interaction
Particle colliders are our main laboratory tool to study the smallest distance scales accessible to humankind. Recent years have seen major advances, notably the discovery of long- hypothesised, but qualitatively new interactions in the Higgs sector, which are essential for a universe as we know it.
Central to the progress of collider particle physics is our understanding of the strong interaction and its theoretical formulation, quantum chromodynamics. This rich theory operates across many orders of magnitude in distance and momentum, producing hundreds of particles in each collision. One of today's major challenges is to learn how to maximally and reliably exploit the resulting information.
Speaker
Gavin Salam
Role: Professor
Organisation: University of Oxford
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Rutherford Lecture Theatre
Schuster Building
Manchester
