Projektdatenbank (ab 2004)

Projektnummer

0065069

Zusammenfassung

Physics: Our most trusted theory of elementary particles is known as the Standard Model. This theory has now survived 40 long years of rigorous experimental testing, nearly completely unscathed. However, despite being able to use the Standard Model to make impeccably accurate predictions, we have never come to understand why the Standard Model is the way it is. Knowing how to drive a car does not mean that we understand how its engine works. For example, we do not understand why nature seems to rely on a certain set of elementary particles, and not some other set. Furthermore, we do n...