THE SEMINAR
THEORY OF DUALITY
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN PHYSICS



On the 13th of December 2018, at 10:15 a.m.

Krzysztof Meissner (IFT)

will give a talk on

" Infinite dimensional symmetries and the Standard Model" 

Abstract
Why are 48 fermionic degrees of freedom (6 quarks in 3 colors and 6 elptons) in the Standard Model? This fact may have surprising explanation by connecting the Standard Model to maximal (N=8) supergravity that necessarily has 48 fermionic degrees of freedom. In gauged supergravity both particle physics and gravity are in one unified picture. The scheme points to a mathematically virtually unexplored infinite group of symmetries E10.



The seminar takes place on Thursdays from 10:15 a.m. to 12:00 in the room 2.23 of the main building of the Faculty of Physics (the 2nd floor), Pasteur Str. 5, Warszawa.
Additional information can be found on the webpage http://oldwww.fuw.edu.pl/KMMF/sem.czw.przedp.html.