Public Lecture: New Physics in a Post-Big Science World - Savas Dimopoulos

From big science to nimble experiments, we explore physics’ big mysteries: dark matter, weak gravity, vast cosmos and hidden dimensions.

Over the past century, physics has made astonishing progress, culminating in the development of the Standard Model — an extraordinarily successful theory describing all known particles and forces. This era, powered by “big science” — from the Manhattan Project to CERN’s discovery of the Higgs boson — greatly expanded our understanding of the universe. Yet some of its deepest mysteries remain: Why is the cosmos so vast? Why is gravity so weak? What is dark matter? Could other universes hide in extra dimensions? In this talk, I will explore how answers to these questions may emerge from a renaissance of small‑scale science — nimble, ingenious experiments reminiscent of the creative era before big science reshaped physics.

About the Speaker

Savas Dimopoulos is the Hamamoto Family Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University and the Coril Holdings Archimedes visiting chair at Perimeter Institute. A visionary in theoretical particle physics, he is known for pioneering the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model and the Theory of Large Extra Dimensions. He received the J. J. Sakurai Prize of the American Physical Society “for his creative ideas on dynamical symmetry breaking, supersymmetry, and extra spatial dimensions, which have shaped theoretical research on TeV‑scale physics, thereby inspiring a wide range of experiments.” He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and was featured in the documentary Particle Fever.

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