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Beyond the Higgs Particle Stephen Sekula

Southern Methodist University

SMU Higgs Event October 21, 2013

AAmathematical mathematicalmap mapofof the theknown knownsubatomic subatomic universe universe–– the theStandard StandardModel Model

Lagrangian formatting by Tom Guiterrez: http://nuclear.ucdavis.edu/~tgutierr/files/stmL1.html

A driving question from about 1980-2012: Excerpts Excerptsfrom fromthe themap map regarding regardingthe theHiggs HiggsBoson Boson–– do dothese theseexist existininreality? reality?

Photo credit: Steven A. Nichols

December, 2011 – have we spied land?

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July, 2012 – we spy land

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2012-2013 – we map the mountain

Photo credit: Horia Varlan

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Example question from future homework in SMU Quantum Field Theory graduate course:

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Now we have every right to expect this answer, because it seems to be the correct one. Stephen J. Sekula - SMU

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