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The Large Hadron Collider - World's Most Powerful Microscope
Speaker(s): Robert Orr, John Ellis
Abstract: International researchers at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), in Geneva, Switzerland, will soon embark on one of science's greatest adventures. With its very high energy, previously seen only in cosmic rays, the particle collider will probe the inner structure of matter at distances ten times smalle... read more
Date: 07/11/2007 - 7:00 pm

Towards a Phenomenology of Quantum Gravity?
Speaker(s): John Ellis
Abstract: This talk will review proposed tests of ideas about quantum gravity, including searches for quantum decoherence, probes of the possible energy-dependence of the velocity of light, and the nature of vacuum energy. Motivations will be drawn from a non-critical string theory framework.
Date: 06/11/2007 - 4:15 pm
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