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Hooman Davoudiasl (Brookhaven National Laboratory)23/06/2020, 12:00
Abstract: Although the Standard Model of particle physics, in conjunction with General Relativity, explains a wide range of physical phenomena, there are good reasons to believe that it does not represent a complete description of Nature. In this lecture, we will introduce the Standard Model and discuss some of its empirical and conceptual shortcomings.
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Some of the ideas that have been... -
Bill Morse (BNL)26/06/2020, 12:00
What is a muon?
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Who ordered that?
What is a magnetic moment?
What is anomalous about the magnetic moment of the muon?
Most of the time, a muon is simply a muon, but very briefly, some of the time, by Quantum Mechanics, the muon is a muon, plus an electron, plus an anti-electron, for example.
How can the vacuum know about all of the standard model, and all of the new physics beyond the... -
Mary Bishai (Brookhaven National Laboratory)30/06/2020, 12:00
The neutrino - the "Little Neutral One" in Italian - is the most abundant of the elementary particles of physics in our Universe, yet remains the most mysterious. Physicists have hunted for signals of this elusive particle in vast vats of water and cleaning fluids located in deep mines and under mountains, at powerful nuclear reactors and particle accelerators, and in the Antarctic ice. In...
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Rob Pisarski (Brookhaven National Laboratory)01/07/2020, 12:00
Abstract: I give a meandering and historical introduction to our understanding of the modern theory of strong interactions, Quantum ChromoDynamics (QCD), and how at high temperature it is formed in the collisions of heavy ions at ultrarelativistic energies, to form a Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP).
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Yoshitaka Hatta (BNL)07/07/2020, 12:00
Abstract:In the first part, I give an elementary introduction to hadron physics and QCD (Quantum Chromodynamics), and explain how scattering experiments allow us to probe the internal structure of the proton. In the second part, I focus on spin physics. I introduce the notion of spin in particle physics and then point out that understanding the spin of a composite particle (in particular the...
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Dr E. C. Aschenauer (BNL)09/07/2020, 12:00
Abstract:Understanding the properties of nuclear matter and its emergence through the underlying partonic structure and dynamics of quarks and gluons requires a new experimental facility in hadronic physics known as the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). The EIC will address some of the most profound questions concerning the emergence of nuclear properties by precisely imaging gluons and quarks...
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Paul Stankus10/07/2020, 12:00
Starting from a very basic level we review how to describe
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the standard Big Bang model of an expanding universe.
We discuss the connection between expansion dynamics
and different types of matter and energy densities, and
focus on the evidence for the accelerated expansion of
our Universe driven by dark energy. Different schools of
observation and measurement will be mentioned and... -
Milind Diwan (BNL)14/07/2020, 12:00
Abstract: In this lecture, we will take a detailed look at the functioning and analysis of a common
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detector used in particle and nuclear physics. We will go through a detailed calculation of
what we expect from a sensitive photo-multiplier tube used to detect photons.
Through this calculation, you will learn the use of many tools that you already know from courses in calculus,... -
Gabriele Giacomini (BNL)17/07/2020, 12:00
Abstract: Silicon technology is approximately 70 years old, but thousands of years have been dedicated to R&D by a multitude of researchers; the well-established microelectronic industry is based on it. Being that the silicon is sensitive to photons (from infrared to X-rays, passing through visible light and ultraviolet) and to charged particles, we can leverage the microelectronic technology...
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Andrei Nomerotski (BNL)21/07/2020, 12:00
Abstract: I will review how the state-of-the-art sensors developed for astronomical applications can precisely measure the positions and shapes of billions of galaxies. The talk will also provide more detail on the camera and sensors for the Vera Rubin’s Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) and will discuss limitations on the achievable precision coming from the...
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Dr Kétévi Adiklè Assamagan (BNL)24/07/2020, 12:00
The discovery of the Higgs boson opens a new and rich experimental program that includes using the Higgs the boson to search for new particles. In this talk, I will discuss searches for dark sector particles in the decays of the Higgs Boson.
Recording is available at https://bluejeans.com/s/klU_gKZkQhQ/
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Rongrong Ma (Brookhaven National Laboratory)28/07/2020, 12:00
Abstract: Lattice-QCD predicts the occurrence of a phase transition above a critical temperature from ordinary nuclear matter to a new state of matter, usually referred to as the quark-gluon plasma (QGP), which is also believed to have existed momentarily after the Big Bang. One primary goal of the heavy-ion physics is to create and study the properties of the QGP. The last couple of decades...
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Xin Qian (BNL)31/07/2020, 12:00
Abstract: Linear algebra has been widely used in physics analysis of experiments. In this talk, I am going to review some of its recent usage in detector signal processing, noise filtering, event reconstruction, and data unfolding. In particular, its connections to various numerical and analytical techniques including the Fast Fourier Transformation, the Compressed Sensing, and the biconjugate...
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Paul Laycock (Brookhaven National Laboratory)07/08/2020, 12:00
Abstract:Modern nuclear and particle physics experiments generate huge amounts of data that need to be calibrated, processed and analysed so that we can extract and publish physics results. In this talk I will describe the journey of data, from the bits that leave the detectors through its transformation into well-understood physics objects that are analysed by physicists all over the world....
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Niklas Mueller (Brookhaven National Laboratory)11/08/2020, 12:00
Abstract: I will give an introduction into the exciting field of quantum computation and quantum simulation from the perspective of a nuclear theorists.
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My goal is to convince you that this potentially is the very beginning of a new era, where theorists may be able to compute things that had been impossible before.
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Mary Bishai (Brookhaven National Laboratory)14/08/2020, 12:00
Final session of the Physics Department Summer Lecture Series. Participants are invited to participate in Q&A and informal discussions with lecturers.
12:00-12:30: Nuclear and Particle physics experiments and experimental measurements: Higgs, dark matter, neutrinos, quark-gluon plasma, EIC
12:30-:1:00pm: Enabling technologies: detector and accelerator technologies and...
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