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Why our universe might exist on a knife-edge

Gian Giudice · TED

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The biggest surprise of discovering the Higgs boson? That there were no surprises. Gian Giudice talks us through a problem in theoretical physics: what if the Higgs field exists in an ultra-dense state that could mean the collapse of all atomic matter? With wit and charm, Giudice outlines a grim fate -- and why we shouldn't start worrying just yet.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDxCERN
Speaker
Gian Giudice
Year
2013
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Physics, Earth and environment
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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