PIRSA:26050048

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https://pirsa.org/26050048

Global Structure of Symmetries in Particle Physics

Koren, S. (2026). Global Structure of Symmetries in Particle Physics. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/26050048

Koren, Seth. Global Structure of Symmetries in Particle Physics. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, May. 12, 2026, https://pirsa.org/26050048 

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            doi = {10.48660/26050048},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/26050048},
            author = {Koren, Seth},
            keywords = {Particle Physics},
            language = {en},
            title = {Global Structure of Symmetries in Particle Physics},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics},
            year = {2026},
            month = {may},
            note = {PIRSA:26050048 see, \url{https://scivideos.org/pirsa/26050048}}
          }

Seth Koren University of Notre Dame

Talk numberPIRSA:26050048
DOI10.48660/26050048
Source RepositoryPIRSA
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

As particle physicists we usually think about small fluctuations of fields, but the phenomenology of our theories can depend crucially on the global structure of the symmetries and the topology of field space. First I'll discuss an ambiguity in the Standard Model gauge group, whose different versions make different model-independent predictions for the existence of fractionally charged particles. Such signatures at the LHC merit further attention from experimentalists and phenomenologists, as these particles can both reveal the structure of the SM, and falsify theories of unification. Then I'll turn to axion theories and, as an example, the DFSZ model, where careful examination of global properties of the scalars and the gauge group can affect the structure of axion strings, and resolve the cosmological domain wall problem.