Prof.Sreekantan lecture "The Discovery of the Higgs Boson-Its implication to Physics, Astrophysics, Cosmology and Philosophy"-Thu 19 July 2012 at 5.00 PM in JRD Tata Auditorium, NIAS

[sharada srinivasan]

National Institute of Advanced Studies
Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore

 

 

invites you to a

 

 

Public Lecture

 

on

 

The Discovery of the Higgs Boson –

Its Implication to Physics, Astrophysics,

Cosmology and Philosophy

 

by

 

Prof. B V Sreekantan

Visiting Professor, School of Humanities, NIAS

Bangalore

Date:      Thursday, July 19, 2012
Time:     5.00 pm (Coffee/Tea: 6.30 PM)
Venue:   JRD Tata Auditorium, NIAS
              IISc Campus, Bangalore 560012

Abstract: On the 4th of July 2012, CERN, the European Laboratory from Nuclear Research, announced the tentative discovery of a new heavy mass (~125 GeV) particle called the Higgs Boson, also popularly known as the “God Particle”. This discovery if substantiated by further evidence constitutes a turning point in the history of physics and has important consequences not only for physics, but also for astrophysics, cosmology and philosophy.

According to current popular theories, Higgs Boson Field is responsible for giving mass to all particles,  responsible for splitting the one primordial force field into four forces – Nuclear, Weak, Electromagnetic and Gravitational, and also responsible for the newly discovered phenomenon of an accelerating universe. In a sense, this discovery supports strongly the view, that in the final analysis “Quantum Vacuum”, “Some thing called Nothing” is the ultimate substratum from which everything in the universe emerges.

 

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All are welcome

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