UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Chalk Talk Danielle Speller, Yale University "Advancing the Search for New Physics through Low Temperature Quantum Metrologies" Understanding the nature and origin of matter is a critical component of the continuing search for new physics. In … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Thesis Proposal Presentation Christopher Haufe "A Comprehensive Background Model for the Majorana Demonstrator" The Majorana Demonstrator is an experiment constructed to search for neutrinoless double beta decays in 76Ge and to demonstrate the feasibility to deploy … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Matteo Agostini, Technical University Munich "Neutrinos: a Unique Probe to Uncover the Secrets of Nature" Neutrinos play a key role in our life. They are deeply involved in many particle and nuclear physics processes, from … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Chalk Talk Matteo Agostini, Technical University Munich "Towards the Discovery of Neutrinoless Double-β Decay" The neutrinoless double-β decay is a hypothetical nuclear transition predicted by most of the theories that explain the origin of neutrino masses … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Seminar Felipe Attanasio, University of Washington "An exploration of the different phases of (HD)QCD using the complex Langevin method" Abstract TBA
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Jonathan Ouellet, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Searches for New Physics at the Edge of Absolute Zero" Why is there something in the universe instead of nothing? What is the nature of the so-called Dark Matter … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Chalk Talk Jonathan Ouellet, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Pulling the Signal from the Noise: The Next Generation of 0νββ and Axion Dark Matter Experiments" Probing the mass nature of the neutrino and understanding the particle nature … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Dissertation Defense Chris Shill "Stochastic and Semi-Classical Approaches to the Quantum Virial Expansion" Ultracold atomic gas experiments have seen rapid development in recent years. This is largely due to the highly clean and malleable nature of … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Julieta Gruszko, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Shedding ‘Nu’ Light on the Nature of Matter: The Search for Majorana Neutrinos" Why is the universe dominated by matter, and not antimatter? Neutrinos, with their changing flavors and … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Chalk Talk Julieta Gruszko, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Harnessing Detector Physics for Limitless Experiments" As we move to more and more sensitive experiments, having a complete understanding of the physics processes occurring in our detectors becomes … Read more