Physics Seminar - A Digital Higgs Universe and The Flow of Time
When: Thursday,
October 24, 2024
2:00 PM
-
4:00 PM
Where: Textiles Building 105
Description: Speaker: Jim Lynch, WHOI
Date: Thursday, October 17, 2024
Time: 2pm
Location: TXT 105, CSCDR
Abstract:
If someone told you that our universe is digital, holographic, and stroboscopic; that time has three dimensions; that the basic structure of spacetime is the Higgs field (which also produces the famous Higgs boson); and that we live in a forward/backward universe, you'd almost certainly say "You're crazy!" But I'm pretty sure I can show some convincing arguments that these crazy assertions are in fact true. Whether or not you believe me when the talk is over, I think I can assure you of an interesting trip to some of the wilder shores of cosmology and theoretical physics.
Biography:
Dr. James Lynch obtained his BS in Physics from the Stevens Institute of Technology in 1972 and his PhD in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1978. He currently holds the position of Senior Scientist Emeritus at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Dr. Lynch is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), former Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, and current Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. He is recipient of the Walter Munk Award (2009), the Oceanic Engineering Society Emeritus Award (2019), and the ASA Gold Medal (2021). His primary hobby is amateur astronomy, and he is the current president of the Cape Cod Astronomical Society. He is also a (returning) amateur pianist relearning Chopin's A-flat Ballade and Mozart's K332 Sonata, among many others. He travels through life accompanied at home by his beautiful wife Christine and two great rescue cats, Gingi and Gretr.
Date: Thursday, October 17, 2024
Time: 2pm
Location: TXT 105, CSCDR
Abstract:
If someone told you that our universe is digital, holographic, and stroboscopic; that time has three dimensions; that the basic structure of spacetime is the Higgs field (which also produces the famous Higgs boson); and that we live in a forward/backward universe, you'd almost certainly say "You're crazy!" But I'm pretty sure I can show some convincing arguments that these crazy assertions are in fact true. Whether or not you believe me when the talk is over, I think I can assure you of an interesting trip to some of the wilder shores of cosmology and theoretical physics.
Biography:
Dr. James Lynch obtained his BS in Physics from the Stevens Institute of Technology in 1972 and his PhD in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1978. He currently holds the position of Senior Scientist Emeritus at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Dr. Lynch is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), former Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, and current Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. He is recipient of the Walter Munk Award (2009), the Oceanic Engineering Society Emeritus Award (2019), and the ASA Gold Medal (2021). His primary hobby is amateur astronomy, and he is the current president of the Cape Cod Astronomical Society. He is also a (returning) amateur pianist relearning Chopin's A-flat Ballade and Mozart's K332 Sonata, among many others. He travels through life accompanied at home by his beautiful wife Christine and two great rescue cats, Gingi and Gretr.
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