Speaker
Astrid Eichhorn
Description
I will discuss the asymptotic-safety paradigm as a framework for model of quantum gravity and matter at and beyond the Planck scale. I will highlight indications for the theoretical viability of this scenario and discuss how in this setting, Planck-scale physics could lead to testable consequences at the electroweak scale. In particular, the asymptotic-safety paradigm could have a higher predictive power than the Standard Model, and thus the values of free parameters of the Standard Model, such as, e.g., the values of gauge couplings, the Higgs mass, as well as Yukawa couplings, could be fixed uniquely by demanding asymptotic safety at the Planck scale.
