{"id":13457,"date":"2020-06-30T07:41:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T14:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/?p=13457"},"modified":"2020-07-05T08:49:30","modified_gmt":"2020-07-05T15:49:30","slug":"the-biggest-ideas-in-the-universe-15-gauge-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/30\/the-biggest-ideas-in-the-universe-15-gauge-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | 15. Gauge Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally a reward for the hard work we did in the last few videos! (Not that hard work isn&#8217;t its own reward.) This week we talk about Gauge Theory, explaining how the forces of nature arise because of local symmetries in quantum fields.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | 15. Gauge Theory\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_AuqKsBQnE2A\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/AuqKsBQnE2A\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AuqKsBQnE2A\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1H17M58S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-06-30T14:37:20Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_AuqKsBQnE2A\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/AuqKsBQnE2A\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | 15. Gauge Theory<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AuqKsBQnE2A\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/AuqKsBQnE2A\/0.jpg\" alt=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | 15. Gauge Theory\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe is a series of videos where I talk informally about some of the fundamental concepts that help us understand our natural world. Exceedingly casual, not overly polished, and meant for absolutely everybody. This is Idea #15, &quot;Gauge Theory.&quot; Here is where the last couple of ideas come together, and we see how geometry and symmetry underlie the fundamental forces of nature as they are currently understood. My web page: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/ My YouTube channel: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/seancarroll Mindscape podcast: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/podcast The Biggest Ideas playlist: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLrxfgDEc2NxZJcWcrxH3jyjUUrJlnoyzX Blog posts for the series: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/category\/biggest-ideas-in-the-universe\/ Background image: http:\/\/www.desktopwallpaperhd.net\/blue-fractal-mirror-nice-background-wallpapers-84056.html #science #physics #ideas #universe #learning #cosmology #philosophy #math #gaugetheory #symmetry\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And here is the Q&amp;A video, where we go into more specifics about the Higgs mechanism, how it gives mass to particles, and how that plays out in the Standard Model of particle physics.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | Q&amp;amp;A 15 - Gauge Theory\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_KIs5mYNZ15o\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/KIs5mYNZ15o\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KIs5mYNZ15o\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1H27M53S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-07-05T15:43:20Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_KIs5mYNZ15o\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/KIs5mYNZ15o\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | Q&amp;A 15 - Gauge Theory<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KIs5mYNZ15o\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/KIs5mYNZ15o\/0.jpg\" alt=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | Q&amp;amp;A 15 - Gauge Theory\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe is a series of videos where I talk informally about some of the fundamental concepts that help us understand our natural world. Exceedingly casual, not overly polished, and meant for absolutely everybody. This is Idea #15, &quot;Gauge Theory.&quot; We dig a bit more deeply into how spontaneous symmetry breaking and the Higgs mechanism work in the Standard Model, especially to give masses to various particles. My web page: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/ My YouTube channel: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/seancarroll Mindscape podcast: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/podcast The Biggest Ideas playlist: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLrxfgDEc2NxZJcWcrxH3jyjUUrJlnoyzX Blog posts for the series: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/category\/biggest-ideas-in-the-universe\/ Background image: http:\/\/www.desktopwallpaperhd.net\/blue-fractal-mirror-nice-background-wallpapers-84056.html #science #physics #ideas #universe #learning #cosmology #philosophy #math #gaugetheory #symmetry\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally a reward for the hard work we did in the last few videos! (Not that hard work isn&#8217;t its own reward.) This week we talk about Gauge Theory, explaining how the forces of nature arise because of local symmetries in quantum fields. 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