XVIth Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum

Does the Z boson have a lighter cousin, and other aspects of gauge Higgs theories

Aug 20, 2024, 5:00 PM

30m

M2

Oral A: Vacuum Structure and Confinement Vacuum Structure and Confinement

Speaker

Prof. Jeff Greensite (San Francisco State University)

Description

I discuss the symmetry and the physics which distinguishes the confinement and Higgs phases of a gauge-Higgs theory, and the possible existence of unexpected particle excitations in the Higgs phase.

Presentation materials

aaCairns.pdf