2024 Helmut W. Baer Lecture | When a Symmetry Breaks

Professor Hitoshi Murayama (University of California, Berkeley and University of Tokyo)

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

3:00-4:00 PM

340 West Hall Map

This will be a hybrid event. Livestream Link: https://youtu.be/gYRV6uM1fOU

What is common among a magnet, a flounder, a rack of laundry, your heart on the left of your body, and the Higgs boson? The concept of spontaneous symmetry breaking is ubiquitous among many natural phenomena. I'll describe the basic concept and its applications. In particular, the original concepts from Anderson, Nambu, Goldstone, and Higgs do not quite work in many systems that include a magnet on your fridge. I generalize the concept so that it is applicable to all known natural phenomena around us.

Please join us for a reception outside of 340 West Hall from 2:00-3:00 pm prior to the lecture.

Building:	West Hall
Website:	Helmut W. Baer Lecture Webpage Hitoshi Murayama
Event Type:	Presentation
Tags:	AEM Featured, Physics
Source:	Happening @ Michigan from Department Colloquia, Department of Astronomy, Department of Physics, The Center for the Study of Complex Systems, Applied Physics, LSA Biophysics, Undergrad Physics Events