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https://pirsa.org/16110084

What is the standard model of particle physics trying to tell us?

          @misc{ scivideos_PIRSA:16110084,
            doi = {10.48660/16110084},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/16110084},
            author = {Boyle, Latham},
            keywords = {Other Physics},
            language = {en},
            title = {What is the standard model of particle physics trying to tell us?},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics},
            year = {2016},
            month = {nov},
            note = {PIRSA:16110084 see, \url{https://scivideos.org/index.php/pirsa/16110084}}
          }

Latham Boyle University of Edinburgh

Talk numberPIRSA:16110084
DOI10.48660/16110084
Source RepositoryPIRSA
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

I will argue that the standard model contains a rather strong hint that -- instead of being simply an ordinary continuous 4D manifold -- spacetime is actually the product of a 4D manifold and a certain discrete/finite 6D space (i.e. there are 6D discrete/finite "extra dimensions").  I will introduce this idea and the evidence for it in simple way, and then discuss various outstanding puzzles and future directions.