The Indomitable Case for Grand Unification
This event is in the past.
When:
February 19, 2026
3:45 p.m. to 5 p.m.
3:45 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Where:
Physics & Astronomy Department - Liberal Arts and Sciences
(Room #245)
666 W. Hancock
Detroit, MI 48201
666 W. Hancock
Detroit, MI 48201
Event category:
Seminar
In-person
Prof. James Wells, U of Michigan
Grand unification of the forces was one of the hottest ideas in physics in the late 1970s and early 1980s. But experiments announced in 1983 that proton decay, a key prediction, was not found. GUTs have never been trusted as a top-shelf theory since then. That is a mistake.