3月15日13時に第15期公募情報を公開いたしました。
4月1日13時より応募者登録サイトへの登録が可能です。
Information on the 15th call for applications was opened at 13:00 on 15 March.
Applicants can register on the registration website from 1 April at 13:00.
Theoretical Particle Physics and the early Universe
I will talk about the early stage of the Universe based on ideas of elementary particle physics such as symmetry, spontaneous symmetry breaking and unification. Symmetry, which is often viewed as a kind of beauty, is the most powerful idea in modern particle physics. Fundamental laws of the universe are governed by symmetries. Equally powerful is the idea of spontaneous symmetry breaking. If nature does not preserve whole symmetries of the laws, then the physicist says that the symmetry is spontaneously broken. Higgs particle is a key ingredient for the spontaneous symmetry breaking. I would like to mention recent discovery of the Higgs particle at CERN and consequences of the discovery.