Space-Time, Quantum Mechanics, and the Large Hadron Collider
January 25, 2012 7:00 pmTheoretical physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed, Professor in the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study, will discuss "Space-Time, Quantum Mechanics, and the Large Hadron Collider" at 7 pm, Wednesday, January 25 in Room 250 of Discovery Hall, ASU Tempe campus. This is a free, non-ticketed event - free parking is located in Lot 3, Gammage Auditorium. Register on Facebook for more information.
Professor Arkani-Hamed's research has shown how the extreme weakness of gravity, relative to other forces of nature, might be explained by the existence of extra dimensions of space, and how the structure of comparatively low-energy physics is constrained within the context of string theory.
Arkani-Hamed received his PhD in physics from University of California at Berkeley and has held academic positions at both Berkeley and Harvard, prior to joining the Institute for Advanced Study in 2008.
Founded in 2008, ASU’s Origins Project is a university-wide transdisciplinary initiative aimed at facilitating cutting edge research and inquiry about origins question, enhancing public science literacy, and improving science education. Since its inception, the Origins Project has brought the world’s leading scientists and public intellectuals, including many Nobel Prize winners, to Tempe to explore questions about origins. The Origins Project has hosted workshops and public events before sell-out crowds that have focused on questions as fundamental as the origin of the universe, how life began life, the origins of human uniqueness, the origins of morality, and the relationship between science and culture.
For more information, contact origins.project@asu.edu.