Name: Physics Department Summer Lectures 2020
Start: 2020-06-23T08:00:00-04:00
End: 2020-08-14T18:00:00-04:00
Location: BlueJeans

Monday, 22 June 2020
Tuesday, 23 June 2020
12:00 Standard Model: Necessary but not Sufficient (Block 1) - Hooman Davoudiasl (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Standard Model: Necessary but not Sufficient (Block 1)
- Hooman Davoudiasl (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
12:00 - 13:15
Room: ID 832 459 133 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. Some of the ideas that have been proposed to address these open questions will also be briefly discussed. Recording is available at <a href="https://bluejeans.com/s/Wuqxc/">https://bluejeans.com/s/Wuqxc/</a>
Wednesday, 24 June 2020
Thursday, 25 June 2020
Friday, 26 June 2020
12:00 The Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Muon (Block 2) - Bill Morse (BNL)
The Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Muon (Block 2)
- Bill Morse (BNL)
12:00 - 13:15
Room: ID 832 459 133 What is a muon? 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 standard model? You will know the answer to all these interesting questions after just one hour! Recording is available at <a href="https://bluejeans.com/s/1oAGB/">https://bluejeans.com/s/1oAGB/</a>
Saturday, 27 June 2020
Sunday, 28 June 2020

Monday, 3 August 2020
Tuesday, 4 August 2020
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
Thursday, 6 August 2020
Friday, 7 August 2020
12:00 From Raw Data to Physics Results (Block 7) - Paul Laycock (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
From Raw Data to Physics Results (Block 7)
- Paul Laycock (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
12:00 - 13:15
Room: ID 832 459 133 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. We will look in particular at how this exabyte scale problem requires computing and software solutions that operate on a global scale, and take a look at the challenges that still lie ahead of us Recording is available at <a href="https://bluejeans.com/s/HeqhxQl4RHF/">https://bluejeans.com/s/HeqhxQl4RHF/</a>
Saturday, 8 August 2020
Sunday, 9 August 2020