Extra Dimensions in String Theory

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Speaker(s): Steuard Jensen (’98)

For many years, string theory has been a leading approach to the vexing problem of quantum gravity and perhaps the only major attempt to formulate a Theory of Everything.” One of its surprising predictions is that our universe should have extra dimensions beyond the familiar three space plus one time. This talk will give a conceptual introduction to the interplay of these ideas and their implications for the deep structure of string theory itself.”

Colloquium

Junior and senior physics majors attend our biweekly colloquium series, held on Tuesday afternoons at 4:30 p.m. in Shanahan B460. The talks are open to all students and to the public, and are frequently attended by scientists from the other Claremont Colleges, Cal Poly Pomona, and others. The series features speakers from a broad range of institutions and fields of physics.