Gauge Invariance and Observables in Particle Physics
Gauge Invariance and Observables in Particle Physics
- Event time: 2:00pm until 3:00pm
- Event date: 17th April 2024
- Speaker: Axel Maas (University of Graz)
- Location: Higgs Centre Seminar Room, Room 4305, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) (James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB)) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Event details
Title: Gauge Invariance and Observables in Particle Physics
Abstract:
On a formal, fundamental level in a non-Abelian gauge theory only
composite fields can be gauge-invariant, rather than the elementary
fields employed in perturbation theory. While at first sight in
contradiction to the phenomenological success of perturbation theory in
electroweak physics, there is a deeper reason for both being compatible,
the Fröhlich-Morchio-Strocchi mechanism. Its working and validity has
been demonstrated explicitly in lattice simulations. However, even then
this leaves still room for new phenomena in the standard model.
Moreover, the standard model is special. Beyond the standard model these
issues yield qualitative changes and affect such varied scenarios like
grand-unified theories, supersymmetry, and quantum gravity.
The talk provides an overview of the underlying mechanisms, including
some lattice results in their support, and finally highlights a few
example applications.
About Particle Physics Theory seminars
The Particle Physics Theory seminar is a weekly series of talks reflecting the diverse interests of the group. Topics include analytic and numerical calculations based on the Standard Model of elementary particle physics, theories exploring new physics, as well as more formal developments in gauge theories and gravity..