Quantum quivering of gravity The search for the unified field theory

Quantum quivering of

gravityThe search for the unified field theory

• Interactions• Electro-Weak Theory • GUT• Quantum field +

gravity• Superstring• Experiments

Gravitational• General theory of relativity• A. Einstein 1916 • Warping of space time • Symmetry between observations

Electromagnetic

• J. C. Maxwell 1865• Quantum

electrodynamics• Renormalization • Gauge symmetry

Weak

• Nuclear force• B-decay• Breaking of symmetry

Strong• Quantum chromodynamics 1970s• Color RGB• M. Gell’Mann• The Eightfold Way• Quarks• Symmetry

Interactions• Gravitational• Electromagnetic• Weak• Strong

Electro-Weak Theory• S. Weinberg, A. Salam, S. Glashow

1968• Symmetry electron neutrino• G. T’ Hooft – renormalizable• P. Higgs – higgs boson mass

GUT• H. Georgi, S. Glashow 1974• Prediction quark electron

decay• Supersymmetry

Quantum Mechanics + Gravity

• Planck length

Superstring Theory• G. Chews S-Matrix

theory• No renormalization• Beta function• Y. Nambu 1970 strings• 10 dimensions• Largest symmetry

Colliders• LHC (Large Hadron Collider)• LEP

• LIGO• VIRGE• GEO• LISA

Gravitational wave

detectors

•http://universe.gsfc.nasa.gov/program.html •http://lhc-new-homepage.web.cern.ch (LHC)•http://www.ligo.caltech.edu (LIGO) •http://lisa.jpl.nasa.gov/ (LISA)

Brian Greene - The Elegant UniverseStephen Hawking - A Brief History of TimeMichio Kaku - HuperspaceMichio Kaku - Beyond EinsteinJohn D. Barrow - Theories of Everything Stephen W.Hawking and Roger Penrose -The Nature Of Space and Time

Richard Feynman 

„Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.” .