Colloquium – Big New Accelerators and the Future of Particle Physics

Lecturer: Nima Arkani-Hamed – IAS Princeton

Date: August 2, 2023 (Wednesday)

Schedule: 2pm

Location: IFT-UNESP auditorium (Barra Funda, São Paulo)

Abstract: We are at a bifurcation juncture in our centuries-long-adventure of fundamental physics, and perhaps more than ever, crucially need direct input from experiments to make real progress. In this talk I will discuss the rationale for this dramatic sentence, and explain why the most important experimental input we can hope to get will come from future accelerator projects beyond the LHC now being conceived, including e+ e- Higgs factories, 100 TeV proton-proton colliders, and 10 TeV scale muon colliders.

Prof. Arkani-Hamed is a leading theoretical particle physicist and recipient of numerous prizes including the Gribov Medal (2005), the Sackler Prize (2008), the Breakthrough Prize (2012) and the Sakurai Prize (2022). There is no need to register to attend the colloquium in the IFT-UNESP auditorium, which will also be transmitted live by YouTube.

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