BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:researchseminars.org CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:researchseminars.org BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kurt Hinterbichler (Case Western Reserve University) DTSTART:20261020T210000Z DTEND:20261020T220000Z DTSTAMP:20261019T010009Z UID:UMissPhysAstroColloq/9 DESCRIPTION:Title: Quantum mechanics\, special relativity\, and constraints on f undamental physics\nby Kurt Hinterbichler (Case Western Reserve Univer sity) as part of University of Mississippi Physics and Astronomy Colloquiu m\n\nLecture held in Lewis 101.\n\nAbstract\nQuantum mechanics is the fram ework in which our fundamental theories are written\, and special relativi ty is a symmetry of these theories. Quantum mechanics and special relativ ity are compatible\, but their union leads to extremely strong constraints . I will discuss what we have learned about the extent to which these con straints shape the structure of the physical laws as we know them\, includ ing the laws governing the forces of nature: electromagnetism\, the strong force\, the weak force\, and gravity. I will also describe ongoing effor ts to understand how these constraints change at the largest scales of our universe\, and how this might shape the physics of the very early or very late universe.\n LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/UMissPhysAstroColloq/9/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR