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s B

ethe,

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bct

pFo

unded

in

2008, th

e B

ethe

Cen

ter

for

The

oret

ical

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sics

(bct

p)

is a

joi

nt

cent

er o

f th

eore

tica

l phy

sici

sts

and m

athe

mat

icia

ns a

t va

riou

s in

stit

utes

of

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n U

nive

rsit

y. I

n th

e sp

irit

of

Han

s B

ethe

it

fost

ers

rese

arch

act

ivit

ies

over

a

wid

e ra

nge

of t

heor

etic

al a

nd m

athe

mat

ical

phy

sics

.

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bct

p p

rovi

des

a f

orum

for

inte

rdis

ciplin

ary

re-

sear

ch a

nd e

duca

tion

thro

ugh

out

the

fiel

ds

of p

hys

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s, m

athem

atic

s an

d co

smol

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ctiv

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s of

th

e bct

p incl

ude

a re

gula

r B

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loquia

ser

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long

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vis

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pro

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bct

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as b

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unlo

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the

secr

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pes

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d

mat

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tern

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ach.

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bct

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rese

arch

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duca

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res

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appro

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John

Ell

is, Lo

ndon

/CE

RN

“ The

Hig

gs B

oson

and

Bey

ond”

The

dis

cove

ry o

f th

e H

iggs

Bos

on a

t th

e La

rge

Had

-ro

n C

ollid

er (

LHC

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arks

the

culm

inat

ion o

f a

ques

t th

at h

as e

xten

ded

ove

r hal

f a

centu

ry.

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lso

mar

ks

the

star

t of

a n

ew e

ra in f

undam

enta

l phys

ics,

open

-in

g new

vis

tas

in a

stro

phys

ics

and c

osm

olog

y as

wel

l as

par

ticl

e phys

ics.

http

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ctp.

uni-

bon

n.de/

5ye

arsb

ctp/e

llis

.php

Yuri

I. M

anin

, B

onn

“ P

hysi

cs a

nd A

lgeb

raic

Geo

met

ry:

Qua

ntum

S

trin

gs, Q

uant

um C

ohom

olog

y an

d M

otiv

es”

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ng

the

last

thre

e dec

ades

, th

e m

athem

atic

al

form

alis

m o

f quan

tum

fie

lds

and e

spec

ially

of

quan

-tu

m s

trin

g th

eory

hav

e bec

ome

hea

vily

dep

enden

t on

mod

ern a

lgeb

raic

geo

met

ry a

nd,

conv

erse

ly,

hav

e st

imula

ted q

uit

e unex

pec

ted d

eep a

lgeb

raic

geo

met

-ri

c co

nst

ruct

ions.

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ill g

ive

a su

rvey

of

this

dev

elop

-m

ent,

foc

usi

ng

on q

uan

tum

coh

omol

ogy.

http

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ctp.

uni-

bon

n.de/

5ye

arsb

ctp/m

anin

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hael

S. Tu

rner

, C

hica

go

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uark

s an

d t

he C

osm

os”

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dee

p c

onnec

tion

s bet

wee

n t

he

very

big

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the

very

sm

all ar

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found a

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o w

ell bey

ond t

he

sim

ple

fac

t th

at t

he

Univ

erse

beg

an a

s quar

k so

up.

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t pre

sent,

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scie

nti

fic

agen

das

of

thes

e tw

o fiel

ds

– par

ticl

e phys

ics

and c

osm

olog

y –

hav

e al

mos

t m

erge

d a

nd p

rogre

ss in t

he

two

fiel

ds

is lin

ked.

I w

ill

dis

cuss

what

we

know

abou

t th

e U

niv

erse

, w

hat

we

are

tryi

ng

to f

ind o

ut,

and f

inal

ly w

hat

the

big

ques

-ti

ons

are

today

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bon

n.de/

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arsb

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