Purdue University - Department of Physics - General Colloquium
Physics at the High Energy Frontier: Connections Between the Quarks and the Cosmos

Thursday January 18, 2007


Professor Daniela Bortoletto
Purdue University

Particle physics has been extremely successful in establishing the constituents of matters, understanding the role of symmetries, and building the standard model of particles and interactions that explains current collider observations with exquisite precision. We are now poised to open a window on a new unexplored energy region called the TERASCALE where we expect a revolution in our understanding of physics and unequaled opportunity for discovery. Astrophysical observations point at the existence of cold dark matter and dark energy, indicating that the Standard Model of particle physics is incomplete. I will present the latest results from the CDF experiment at the Tevatron and trace the discovery path from the Tevatron to the next high energy frontier at the Large Hadron Collider and at a possible future high energy lepton linear collider.