Cari Cesarotti

And then if you have two of those degrees of freedom put together, stitched together with two Higgs's, then you can also... have the same sort of mass giving mechanism. But again, that would look very different from the standard model.

And then if you have two of those degrees of freedom put together, stitched together with two Higgs's, then you can also... have the same sort of mass giving mechanism. But again, that would look very different from the standard model.

So the fact that all the particles get their mass one way, except for this one kind of particle, which gets their mass a different way, that's still a very interesting question. And to understand how that came to be is something that would require further study.

So the fact that all the particles get their mass one way, except for this one kind of particle, which gets their mass a different way, that's still a very interesting question. And to understand how that came to be is something that would require further study.

Yeah, and we haven't found something that's, we haven't, yeah, we haven't found definitive evidence that a single fundamental interaction could explain this. And I think, you know, as particle physicists, we love when there is a functional description, which again, is the standard model. But to have a fundamental description, that's really, I think that's really what we all chase.

Yeah, and we haven't found something that's, we haven't, yeah, we haven't found definitive evidence that a single fundamental interaction could explain this. And I think, you know, as particle physicists, we love when there is a functional description, which again, is the standard model. But to have a fundamental description, that's really, I think that's really what we all chase.

Oh, absolutely. Yeah. So this puzzle comes in a bunch of different names. I think to kind of put all of them into sort of one area that we could describe it, it's kind of the question of flavor physics. So, you know, I don't suspect particles have that different of taste, but what do I know? So flavor is just sort of another name that we give to particles to describe everything.

Oh, absolutely. Yeah. So this puzzle comes in a bunch of different names. I think to kind of put all of them into sort of one area that we could describe it, it's kind of the question of flavor physics. So, you know, I don't suspect particles have that different of taste, but what do I know? So flavor is just sort of another name that we give to particles to describe everything.

how properties are different. So, you know, charge is the one that we all learn in school and that we're most familiar with because there's plus and minus charge. But particles have a lot of properties and we just kind of need names for them. So flavor is the name that we tend to give the different generations of particles. So muons are a different flavor than electrons.

how properties are different. So, you know, charge is the one that we all learn in school and that we're most familiar with because there's plus and minus charge. But particles have a lot of properties and we just kind of need names for them. So flavor is the name that we tend to give the different generations of particles. So muons are a different flavor than electrons.

Again, how they taste is not something I can comment on. But yeah, so we call this sort of the flavor physics is sort of the study of understanding why the different generations behave a bit differently.

Again, how they taste is not something I can comment on. But yeah, so we call this sort of the flavor physics is sort of the study of understanding why the different generations behave a bit differently.

Sean, if I knew.

Sean, if I knew.

And the Nobel Prizes would come showering upon me.

And the Nobel Prizes would come showering upon me.

Yeah, so supersymmetry is a pretty well-named thing in particle physics. It's like taking the symmetries that we have, but then more. So it's supersymmetry. And basically, it's adding one extra symmetry into sort of our description of spacetime itself.

Yeah, so supersymmetry is a pretty well-named thing in particle physics. It's like taking the symmetries that we have, but then more. So it's supersymmetry. And basically, it's adding one extra symmetry into sort of our description of spacetime itself.

And then the consequences of that tend to be in the simplest description of it is that all the particles we've seen in the standard model have what we call very cutely superpartners. And basically they're the same particle with very similar properties, except for fermions become bosons and bosons become fermions. So supersymmetry was an amazing idea for a lot of reasons.

And then the consequences of that tend to be in the simplest description of it is that all the particles we've seen in the standard model have what we call very cutely superpartners. And basically they're the same particle with very similar properties, except for fermions become bosons and bosons become fermions. So supersymmetry was an amazing idea for a lot of reasons.