Friday Phenomenology Group Seminars

Past Events

Date
Fri March 18th 2022, 3:30pm
Location:
PAB 102/103
Speaker
Nicolas Fernandez

Dark matter (DM) freeze-in through a light mediator is an appealing model with excellent detection prospects at current and future experiments.

Date
Fri March 4th 2022, 3:30pm
Location:
PAB 102/103 and Zoom
Speaker
Nadav Outmezguine

A self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) halo begins to thermalize once its age is comparable to the (inverse of the) self-interaction rate.

Date
Fri February 25th 2022, 3:30pm
Location:
PAB 102/103 and Zoom
Speaker
Christina Gao

Abstract: Many puzzles of fundamental physics indicate the existence of new particles that interact feebly with ordinary matter, which makes them appear “dark” to us.

Date
Fri February 18th 2022, 3:30pm
Location:
Varian 355
Speaker
Wolfgang Altmannshofer

For several years, various experimental results on B meson decays show persistent discrepancies with respect to Standard Model expectations.

Date
Fri February 11th 2022, 10:00am
Location:
Zoom
Speaker
Steffen Hagstotz

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are short and very bright transients visible over extragalactic distances.

Date
Fri February 4th 2022, 3:30pm
Location:
Varian 355
Speaker
Ben Garber

Abstract: Matter-wave interferometry using ultracold atoms in free-fall is a versatile experimental technique for precision measurement of fundamental physical constants and…