When Fields Collide

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Kaiser, David I.
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Abstract
Particle cosmology is among the hottest of hot topics in physics today. The field investigates the smallest units of matter and their role in determining the shape and fate of the entire universe. In recent years the field has received as much as half a billion dollars from the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, and NASA; it has become a staple topic for popular science writing and NOVA television specials. Almost two new preprints on the topic are posted to the world’s central electronic physics preprint server (arXiv.org) every hour of every single day.
Date issued
2007-06
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/84992
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society
Journal
Scientific American
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Citation
Kaiser, David I. (June 2007). When Fields Collide. Scientific American, 62-69.
Version: Original manuscript
ISSN
0036-8733
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