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