THE FUTURE OF PARTICLE PHYSICS AS A NATURAL SCIENCE

DOI10.1142/S0217751X9800038XMaRDI QIDQ4259577zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Frank Wilczek

Publication date 2 September 1999

Published in International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9702371

zbMATH Keywords

condensed matter physicscosmologyoverviewparticle physicsstandard model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Unified quantum theories (81V22)

Abstract: In the first part of the talk, I give a low-resolution overview of the current state of particle physics - the triumph of the Standard Model and its discontents. I review and re-endorse the remarkably direct and (to me) compelling argument that existing data, properly interpreted, point toward a unified theory of fundamental particle interactions and toward low-energy supersymmetry as the near-term future of high energy physics as a natural science. I then attempt, as requested, some more `visionary' - i.e. even lower resolution - comments about the farther future. In that spirit, I emphasize the continuing importance of condensed matter physics as a source of inspiration and potential application, in particular for expansion of symmetry concepts, and of cosmology as a source of problems, applications, and perhaps ultimately limitations.

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