Quantum Fields: The Real Building Blocks of the Universe - with David Tong
The Royal Institution・2 minutes read
The speaker discussed the fundamental building blocks of nature, highlighting the role of fields and particles in shaping the universe. They also emphasized the ongoing search for new physics beyond the Standard Model, exploring ideas like grand unification and string theory.
Insights
- The fundamental building blocks of nature are quarks, electrons, and fields, which are fluid-like substances spread throughout the universe and are crucial in explaining various phenomena.
- Quantum mechanics and field theory have revolutionized our understanding of particles, viewing them as waves of fields rather than discrete entities, with the Higgs boson discovery validating the Standard Model of particle physics and prompting ongoing exploration for new physics beyond this model.
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