Conceptual and Phenomenological Reflections on Gauge Symmetries, the Brout-Englert-Higgs Mechanism, Particles, and Observables

Thursday, November 5, 2020

09.00-09.05: Opening Address (Philipp Berghofer & Axel Maas)

09.05-10.35: Michael Krämer (RWTH Aachen University): TBA

10.35-11.00: Coffee Break

11.00-12:00: Valeriya Chasova (University of Strasbourg): The (non-)inheritance of (a)symmetries, its link with Curie's principle, and its variational realisations

12.00-14.00: Lunch

14.00-15.30: Neil Dewar (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich): Equivalence as a dynamical notion (twice over)

15.30-16.00: Coffee Break

16.00-17.00: René Sondenheimer (University of Graz): Physical observables of Brout-Englert-Higgs theories

Friday, November 6, 2020

9.00-10.30: Simon Friederich (University of Groningen): Symmetries and the notion of identity for physical systems and states

10.30-11:00: Coffee break

11.00-12.00: Jordan François (University of Mons): Artificial vs. substantial gauge symmetries: Criterion and application to the electroweak model

12.00-14.00: Lunch

14.00-15.30: Henrique Gomes (University of Cambridge): TBA

15.30-16.00: Coffee break

16.00 – 17.00 Caspar Jacobs (University of Oxford): The insignificance of direct empirical significance

If you would like to participate online as a listener, please contact philipp.berghofer(at)uni-graz.at