Abstract: After the discovery of the Higgs boson at the LHC, thoroughly studying the properties of the Higgs boson has become one of the top priorities of the LHC physics program. Measurement of the decay of the Higgs boson …
Abstract: The Heavy Photon Search (HPS) experiment is a fixed target experiment at Jefferson Lab searching for a new dark-force mediator called a heavy photon (or dark photon or A’). A heavy photon is a hypothetical U(1) vector boson …
Matthew Solt (Stanford U) “The Heavy Photon Search Experiment Read More »
Abstract: Neutrino oscillations have been established as an energy and distance dependent phenomena, beyond the Standard Model of Particle Physics. However, a number of key questions remain, which have implications for our understanding of the origin and development of our …
Abstract: Dark matter is the dominant source of matter in our Universe. However, while dark matter dictates the evolution of large-scale astrophysical systems through its gravitational effects, the particle nature of dark matter is unknown. In this talk I will …
Ben Safdi (U. Michigan) “The Search for Axion Dark Matter Read More »
ABSTRACT: The DUNE long baseline neutrino oscillation collaboration consists of over 180 institutions from 33 countries. The experiment will consist of 4 10kT fiducial volume liquid argon TPC’s in South Dakota and a multi-system near detector at Fermilab. The …
ABSTRACT: The LHC is both a Higgs and B-factory, and for both particles it will deliver the largest data set for many decades to come. I will discuss a few examples of ways we can leverage this to search for …
Abstract: Neutrino physics aims to answer some of the most pressing questions in particle physics: why the Universe is dominated by matter, why the neutrino mass is so small and if there are more types of neutrinos. Due to the …
ABSTRACT: Halometry---mapping out the spectrum, location, and kinematics of nonluminous structures inside the Galactic halo---can be realized via effects that variable weak gravitational lensing induces on the proper motions of stars and other luminous background sources. Modern astrometric surveys provide …
Ken Van Tilburg (NYU/IAS) “The Structure of Dark Matter on Small Scales” Read More »
Abstract: Measurements of the universe's present-day expansion rate, or the Hubble constant (H0), that use a Cepheid variable star calibration of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are in >4σ disagreement with values predicted by the standard, Lambda cold dark matter …