Conceptual Approaches to Elementary Particle Physics in Bloomington, MN

Welcome to the world of high-energy particle physics. Join me in an accessible and all-levels yet thorough walkthrough of the smallest most minuscule scales of the universe. Explore the fundamental building blocks of matter that cannot be broken down to anything simpler, the intricate interactions they undergo and the strange set of laws that governs it all. From the most elementary particles and the experimental methods by which we detect them, to the modern theoretical frameworks and models we use to describe their eccentric behaviors, an exhilarating and enlightening invisible world is waiting to be explored just beyond our everyday reality.