Universe Colloquium: A string theory road to the (supersymmetric) Standard Model

by Patrick Vaudrevange (TUM)

Wednesday 16 Oct 2013, 16:30 → 17:30 Europe/Berlin

seminar room, basement (Excellence Cluster Universe)

In this talk we follow a road of high-energy particle physics which brings us to physics beyond the Standard Model (e.g. Grand Unified Theories and Supersymmetry) and ends in extra dimensions and string theory. In detail, we focus on the compactification of heterotic string theory on six-dimensional compact spaces (i.e. orbifolds) and discuss some generic phenomenological properties like discrete (R- and non-R-) symmetries. Patrick starts as a new Cluster research fellow and will introduce himself and his research. The Universe Colloquium is followed by a social gathering with wine and cheese.