Abstract:
Particle physics is a discipline in science that aims to understand how Nature works at the most elementary level. We have accumulated a lot of understanding by probing matter at smaller and smaller scales. To do that we need powerful accelerators, and advanced experiments at these accelerator facilities. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva is the most recent major scientific instrument for fundamental science. It is a circular accelerator, to probe the smallest constituents of matter, In this talk I will provide a pedagogical overview of our current understanding of the elementary particles, what we have conclusively learned about them in the past years, and what are the big questions that will be studied in the near future. view poster...