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Debjyoti Bardhan
Research Scholar
Theoretical Physics
TIFR
INSPIRE CAMP TALK
6th October, 2012
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The ‘backbone’ of particle physics
Explains forces, particles and their interactions
Unites The
Three Forces of Nature
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Examples
And Jealous!
Examples
And Co-operative!
Make up matter Carry forces
Electrons Protons
Neutrons
PhotonsGluons
W, Z Bosons
Only one
per level
As many
per level
Quarks…
BoseFermi
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Indivisible Can be broken down
to simpler parts
No substructure!Made up of fundamental
particles
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Concept of the atom around
since Dalton (1808)
1911: Structure of the
Atom
e p
1932: Chadwick discovers neutrone p n
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1932 : Positron discovered by Carl Anderson
e pe np n
Electron
Positron
Some neutral
particle
Scattered
electron
Another
Electron-positron
pair
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1931: Neutrino hypothesis by Wolfgang Pauli
1937: Muon discovered in Cosmic Rays
e
n
p n
e m
ne nm
p n
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e m
ne nm
p n
1947-64 : Many particles were discovered
K+ K0 K0 K-
p+ p0 p- L0
1964 : Quark/Parton Model proposed by
Gell-Mann, Feynman & Zweig
At least 3 quarks!e m
ne nm
p n
K+ K0 K0 K-
p+ p0 p- L0u
ds
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1969 : Quarks u,d,s discovered in SLAC
e m
ne nm
u
d
s
1969 : Fourth quark predicted
e m
ne nm
u
d
s
c
1st Gen2nd Gen2nd Gen1st Gen
u
u d dd
u
Proton Neutron
1974 : Fourth quark – charm – discovered
c
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1975 : Tau discovered
e m
ne nm
t
1973 : Kobayashi & Maskawa predict 3rd generation
of quarks
u
d
c
s
?
?
1977 : Bottom quark discovered at Fermilab
u
d
c
s b
e m
ne nm
t
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1995 : Top Quark discovered at Fermilab2000 : Tau Neutrino directly observed at Fermilab
u
d
c
s b
te m
ne nm
t
ntFERMIONS
1979 : Gluon discovered at DESY1983 : W, Z Bosons discovered at CERN
g
ZW+ W-
ge m
ne nm
t
nt
u
d
c
s b
t
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u
d
c
s b
te m
ne nm
t
nt
g
ZW+ W-
g
Leptons Quarks
FERMIONS
BOSONS
H
Higgs
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1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
1897
1923
1937
1955
1962
1969
1974
1975
1977
1983
1979
1995
2012
e m
ne nm
t
nt
u
d
c
s b
t
g
ZW+ W-
g
H
2000
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If enough energy is packed
into a small space, previously
absent particles can come into
existence
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Now you see it,
now you don’t
High data production rate
from LHC
Finicky scientists
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g
gSomethin
g
HappensH
d
u
W+
Somethin
g
Else
Happens
H
W+
Gluon
Fusion
Higgs-
strahlung
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HSomethin
g
Happens
g
g
H
Golden
Channels
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Pick the ones
with just the right length
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Photo Credit: CERN
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Photo Credit: CERN
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Photo Credit: CERN
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Photo Credit: CMS
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Photo Credit: CERN
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Perfect
L-R
Symmetry
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Right biased Left biased
You can choose only one!
R L
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Every valid mathematical description
should lead to the
same physical prediction.
- Gauge Symmetry Principle
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Gauge symmetry implies
no mass!
Keep gauge symmetry…
The Higgs field does the dirty job!
later break it!
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n tn m
n ee
td
uc
H
Higgs
is the
Keystone
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Spread over all space and time
Has a value at each point of space and time
Interactions between fields are INTERESTING!
Identical particles
Higgs Field
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Heisenberg’s
Uncertainty
Principle
from
Frank Wilczek’s
Nobel Lecture,
2004
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Particles are excitations of the field!
Everything is just excited vacuum!
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Right biased Left biased
Been there, seen that!
R L
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But the Universe was cooling…
At the Big Bang, all particles were masslessThe Higgs field condensed as the Universe cooled.
Particles which interact or collect more particles are heavier
Massless particles don’t interact with the Higgs field
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We have observed a new boson with a mass of 125.3
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Rolf Heuer,
Director General, CERN
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Brout
Englert Goldstone Higgs
Kibble
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1. Standard Model explains a lot, but cannot explain mass
3. Higgs Field gives mass by breaking gauge symmetry2. Gauge Symmetry prevents mass terms
4. Higgs Boson is an excitation of the Higgs Field5. The Higgs Boson has been discovered!!
Thank You