Speaker: 
Qaisar Shafi
Speaker affiliation: 
Delaware
Date: 
Friday, June 28, 2019 - 13:00
Room: 
Building 44, Room 2103 (L/R C)
Title: 
Grand Unification and the Weak Gravity Conjecture
Abstract: 

Grand Unified Theories (GUTs) provide a compelling framework for unifying the strong, weak and electromagnetic interactions. I will review gauge and Yukawa unification, dark matter, proton decay, topological defects and inflation in supersymmetric and non-supersymmetric GUTs. Some implications of merging grand unification and the weak gravity conjecture will be briefly discussed.