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arxiv: hep-ph/9702371 · v2 · pith:F4HZQ2T7new · submitted 1997-02-19 · ✦ hep-ph · hep-th

The Future of Particle Physics as a Natural Science

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keywords physicsfutureparticlenaturalsciencesourcetowardapplication
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In the first part of the talk, I give a low-resolution overview of the current state of particle physics - the triumph of the Standard Model and its discontents. I review and re-endorse the remarkably direct and (to me) compelling argument that existing data, properly interpreted, point toward a unified theory of fundamental particle interactions and toward low-energy supersymmetry as the near-term future of high energy physics as a natural science. I then attempt, as requested, some more `visionary' - i.e. even lower resolution - comments about the farther future. In that spirit, I emphasize the continuing importance of condensed matter physics as a source of inspiration and potential application, in particular for expansion of symmetry concepts, and of cosmology as a source of problems, applications, and perhaps ultimately limitations.

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