Description
About half of the weight of a human body comes from protons. So does almost the total known (baryonic) mass of the entire Universe. Understanding the particles you are made of is of significance for humans since ‘self-knowledge’, a psychological term, is as relevant today as ever.
Looking into the structure of what we once thought of as a ‘fundamental’ particle is a core activity among many particle physicists all over the world. In this seminar, we shall look back at the history of the search for the structure of the proton and review our present understanding of this very basic building block of Nature.