Is naturalness already hidden within the Standard Model? | Jon Butterworth | Life & Physics

Maybe the Standard Model is even more wonderful than it appears. Maybe we really don't need supersymmetry. Plus, other difficult topics, ouzo and a big Greek weddingIn a somewhat bizarre end-of-the-summer interlude, I just spent two nights and a day in Corfu at a Summer Institute on particle physics. Originally I intended to stay longer, but embarrassingly I agreed to give a lecture here months ago and then forgot. I also didn't realise at the time that it coincided with the end of the school holidays... a tricky time when one of your children is starting a new school and your partner is a school teacher swamped with preparation for the new term. I was not popular at home, and the best I could do was sort of zoom in, lecture, and zoom out again. Thankyou Easyjet. Also for the pull-out table on which I am writing this as we scud over the Adriatic.Actually in some more detail, it was: Zoom in, listen to a very enthusiastic Greek wedding until 3am, sleep briefly, swim, eat and drink a big and lovely lunch, lecture, spend an evening discussing physics, sleep and zoom out.I have never been to Corfu before. In case you are as ignorant as I was, it is snuggled up against the Adriatic coast where Greece meets Albania, has quite a lot of cultural connections to Britain, and was never part of the Ottoman Empire. They play cricket on the green under the walls of the old fortress. And the Duke of Edinburgh was born in the big house ("Mon Repos") where we had the meeting. Though my taxi d...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: theguardian.com Blogposts Corfu Particle physics Cern Science Source Type: news