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Will The (Super)Symmetry Survive?

Sanayei, Amir Hossein | 2018

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  1. Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
  2. Language: Farsi
  3. Document No: 51599 (04)
  4. University: Sharif University of Technology
  5. Department: Physics
  6. Advisor(s): Golshani, Mehdi
  7. Abstract:
  8. The concept of symmetry has long been the focus of numerous debates in different fields; some have come up with an artistic approach looking for a beautiful notion germane to the concept of symmetry. Others have examined this issue from a philosophical viewpoint and studied the ontology of symmetry and philosophers like Kant moved beyond the limits and have given their symmetry a transcendental position. On the other hand, in an anti-realist position relying on the fact that the goal of science is not truth but merely it’s an empirical adequacy, Van Fraassen argued that “science was rapidly gaining autonomy not only from theology but from all of philosophy, and was exploiting concepts and methods foreign to metaphysics. Pre-eminent here is the birth of the symmetry argument. Modern physics argues from symmetry and continuity-not from universality or necessity, natural kinds or essences, contingency or accident. The concept of a law of nature is a vestigial concept in contemporary science”. Meanwhile, the role of natural science scientists, especially physics, is more pronounced in utilizing symmetries. In a famous quote from Wigner states that “if we knew all the laws of nature, or the ultimate Law of nature, the invariance properties of these laws would not furnish us new information” Therefore, the concept of symmetry in the foundation for theorizing in physics is of paramount importance. In this thesis for answering the question, first we investigate the concept of symmetry and its expected properties
  9. Keywords:
  10. Symmetry ; Supersymmetry ; Unification ; Methaphysics ; Reductive Physicalism

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