From the podcast series "Tel Aviv 360" (Hebrew)
For thousands of years, humans have been investigating the true nature of the world: what is everything made of? How do the parts make up the whole that we see? In the 70s, a detailed theory was formulated that was called the "Standard Model of Particles." This model describes a variety of different types of particles and is considered one of the most successful and accurate physical theories ever.
To put the theory to the test, CERN was built – the particle accelerator that celebrated its 70th anniversary last year. Over the years since its establishment, fundamental discoveries in physics have occurred there, several of its researchers have received three Nobel Prizes in Physics and have achieved many technological achievements, including the establishment of the infrastructure for what we now call the “Internet”. All of this was done in extraordinary cooperation between 24 member states and other countries with partial membership. The Ulpan hosted Prof. Erez Etzion – head of the Institute for Particles and Astroparticles at the School of Physics and Astronomy at Tel Aviv University, and also the head of the group of scientists from Tel Aviv University at the particle accelerator, Sr.
We asked him about CERN's great achievements, and what is planned for it in the future? What is the "Standard Model of Particles" in physics and have they already managed to find all the evidence for what it presents? In the podcast, Prof. Etzion also spoke about black holes and extra dimensions - what they are, why they interest physicists. And can collisions in particle accelerators create tiny black holes or reveal clues to extra dimensions? Prof. Etzion also updated on the status of research on dark matter in the laboratory and in space.
Listen to another episode of the "Tel Aviv 360" podcast series hosted by Vered Levkowitz:
