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.