PIRSA:11090101

Last Chance to Be Wrong About What Might Be Discovered at the LHC

Burgess, C. (2011). Last Chance to Be Wrong About What Might Be Discovered at the LHC. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/11090101

Burgess, Cliff. Last Chance to Be Wrong About What Might Be Discovered at the LHC. Perimeter Institute, Sep. 21, 2011, https://pirsa.org/11090101 

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            doi = {10.48660/11090101},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/11090101},
            author = {Burgess, Cliff},
            keywords = {},
            language = {en},
            title = {Last Chance to Be Wrong About What Might Be Discovered at the LHC},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2011},
            month = {sep},
            note = {PIRSA:11090101 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Cliff Burgess McMaster University

Talk numberPIRSA:11090101
DOI10.48660/11090101
Collection
Talk Type Scientific Series

Abstract

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is now running (after a rocky start). This talk reviews why the start was rocky and how this constrains the physics program over the next few years. I will briefly survey how 'naturalness' arguments argue why something should be discovered, and why theoretical proposals fall into three main categories. If time permits I will close by telling you why I think the cosmological constant problem implies the LHC will strike paydirt and make quantum gravity an experimental science.