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Physics Colloquium: How many new particles remain to be discovered?
Thursday, October 29, 2026 · 16:00Lecture Theatre 3, Blackett Building, South Kensington CampusFree
Open on imperialCollegeA free academic physics lecture by Professor Mikhail Shaposhnikov on undiscovered particles, aimed at adults with a science interest.
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Join us for a Department of Physics colloquium entitled “How many new particles remain to be discovered?” with Professor Mikhail Shaposhnikov, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Please note – The lecture will run from 16:00-17:00, followed by refreshments from 17:00-18:00 in the Level 8 Common Room of the Blackett Building. Abstract Nature contains several seemingly unrelated mass scales, ranging from neutrino masses to the Planck scale associated with gravity. At the same time, the Standard Model of particle physics and Einstein’s general theory of relativity provide a remarkabl…


