Quanta Magazine published an interesting article on the challenges faced by theoretical particle physicists in modeling experiments to forecast the collisions of subatomic particles. The article describes the research of Sebastian Mizera of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, and Pierpaolo Mastrolia from the University of Padua in Italy. It provides great insight into the “Intersection Theory” Pierpaolo talked about in his online seminar for the Scattering Amplitudes group a short time ago. He and his colleagues created a technique to make mathematical equations collapse. Why this is extremely important for the future of theoretical particle physics you can find out here.
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September 25, 2020