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UFN, 1999 Volume 169, Number 12, Pages 1299–1309 (Mi ufn1686)

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TO THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE, RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Elementary particle physics and cosmology: current status and prospects

V. A. Rubakov

Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: The current status of elementary particle physics can be briefly summarized as follows: the Standard Model of elementary particles is perfectly (at the level of radiation effects!) adequate in describing all the available experimental data except for the recent indications of neutrino oscillations. At the same time, much (and possibly most) of today's cosmology is not encompassed by the Standard Model — a fact which, together with intrinsic theoretical difficulties and the neutrino oscillation challenge, strongly indicates that the Standard Model is incomplete. It is expected that in the current decade a 'new physics', i.e. particles and interactions beyond the Standard Model, will emerge. Major advances in cosmology, both in terms of qualitatively improved observations and theoretical analysis of the structure and evolution of the Universe, are expected as well.

PACS: 11.15.Kc, 11.30.Fs, 12.15.-y, 95.30.Cq

Received: August 5, 1999

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0169.199912b.1299


 English version:
Physics–Uspekhi, 1999, 42:12, 1193–1203

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