DESY Virtual Theory Forum 2020

Session

Hertz Lecture by Helen Quinn (SLAC)

24 Sept 2020, 18:00

DESY Hamburg

4. Mistakes on the way to a good idea: Peccei-Quinn Symmetry. A tribute to Roberto Peccei

24/09/2020, 18:00

I will talk about the development of the idea now known as Peccei Quinn symmetry, and its consequences. I will use this work that I did together with Roberto Peccei to illustrate key features of how science progresses. While the problem we were addressing, and the answer we found for it are quite technical, this will not be a highly technical lecture. Rather it will be a story about our...