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Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics

The Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics was established in 2012 by the University of Edinburgh to seek answers to fundamental questions about the universe. We do this by creating opportunities for researchers and students from around the world to come together to formulate new theoretical concepts, taking us beyond the limitations of current paradigms.

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Quasicrystals in fundamental physics

The discovery of the Penrose tiling (and other self-similar quasiperiodic tilings) in the 1970s sparked research into the remarkable mathematical properties of quasiperiodic structures, revealing connections to Fourier theory, number theory, and even pure logic. Soon after, these tilings found a classic application in physics as models for “quasicrystals”, new ...
  • Edinburgh Futures Institute

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The wild, improbable search for natural quasicrystals—Paul STEINHARDT

The first known examples of quasicrystals were synthesized in the laboratory over four decades ago, but could Nature have beaten us to the punch? Most thought that was impossible: how could such exotic and fragile atomic arrangements arise naturally? This talk will describe the decades-long effort to prove the skeptics ...
Anatomy Lecture Theatre

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Artificial intelligence in fundamental physics: from modeling to understanding—Stefano FORTE

Artificial intelligence tools are becoming ubiquitous in everyday life as a tool for facilitating and speeding up tasks, such as retrieving information. In fundamental physics they are instead being used as tools for discovery. Specifically drawing from examples in high-energy physics, I show that AI and machine learning are enabling ...
Higgs Centre Seminar Room, JCMB

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Probing fundamental physics with radio and optical galaxy surveys

The Higgs Centre will be running a four-day workshop on Probing fundamental physics with radio and optical galaxy surveys on 31 Aug-3 Sept, 2026. This is an in-person workshop, starting on Monday August the 31st at 13:00 and ending on Thursday September the 3rd at 14:00. The workshop ...
  • Royal Observatory, Edinburgh

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