Ashutosh Kotwal  (Duke University) “High Precision Measurement of the W-Boson Mass with the CDF II Detector”

Zoom Talk 50A-5132, Berkeley, ca

***This Research Progress Meeting is scheduled to be a Zoom Talk. Below, please find the Zoom Meeting information to join the talk.*** Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Physics Division Special Research Progress Meeting Monday, April 11, 2022 ZOOM Talk: https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/99540518328   …

Ashutosh Kotwal  (Duke University) “High Precision Measurement of the W-Boson Mass with the CDF II Detector” Read More »

Pier Monni (CERN) “Taming the Complex Dynamics of Scattering Events”

HYBRID 50A-5132 (Sessler Conference Room), https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/91782268585 50A-5132

Abstract:  The pioneering investigation of the fundamental laws of nature at the Large Hadron Collider builds upon the interpretation ofcomplex scattering events. Our ability to identify small signals of elusive new phenomena therefore depends on accurate theoretical simulations which describe …

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Ran Itay (SLAC) “MicroBooNE’s New Results from the Deep-Learning-Based  Search for an Electron Neutrino Excess”

HYBRID 50A-5132 (Sessler Conference Room), https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/91782268585 50A-5132

ABSTRACT: The MicroBooNE detector is a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) located on-axis in the  Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fermi National Laboratory. One of the primary goals of the experiment is to investigate the excess over background expectations …

Ran Itay (SLAC) “MicroBooNE’s New Results from the Deep-Learning-Based  Search for an Electron Neutrino Excess” Read More »

Željko Ivezić (Rubin Observatory/University of Washington) “Cosmology with the Greatest Movie of All Time” 

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Abstract: The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), the first project to be undertaken at the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory, will be the most comprehensive optical astronomical survey ever undertaken. Starting in 2024, Rubin Observatory will obtain panoramic images covering …

Željko Ivezić (Rubin Observatory/University of Washington) “Cosmology with the Greatest Movie of All Time”  Read More »

Ken Bloom (UNL) “Climate Impacts of Particle Physics: A Sustainability Agenda”

HYBRID 50A-5132 (Sessler Conference Room), https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/91782268585 50A-5132

ABSTRACT: (This is a Hybrid/ZOOM Meeting) The pursuit of particle physics requires a stable and prosperous society.  Today, our society is increasingly threatened by global climate change.  Human-influenced climate change has already impacted weather patterns, and global warming will only …

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HYBRID TALK | David Weinberg (Ohio State U./Visiting UCB Miller Professor) “Decoding the Origin of the Elements”

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Abstract: The elemental abundance patterns of stars encode a wealth of information about the history of the Milky Way galaxy and the astrophysical processesthat create atomic nuclei.  I will describe some of what we have learned about the origin of …

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Anne Green (University of Nottingham) “Primordial Black Holes as a Dark Matter Candidate”

Zoom Talk 50A-5132, Berkeley, ca

ABSTRACT: Diverse astrophysical and cosmological observations indicate that most of the matter in the Universe is cold, dark and non-baryonic. Traditionally the most popular dark matter candidates have been new elementary particles, such as WIMPs and axions. However Primordial Black …

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Matt Kramer (LBNL) – “Measurement of sin²2θ₁₃ and Δm²ₑₑ from the Full Dataset of the Daya Bay Experiment”

HYBRID 50A-5132 (Sessler Conference Room), https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/91782268585 50A-5132

ABSTRACT: (This is a Hybrid/ZOOM Meeting) The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment was built to measure the smallest neutrino mixing angle, θ₁₃, using the oscillation of electron antineutrinos produced by the Daya Bay nuclear power complex in southern China. Using the …

Matt Kramer (LBNL) – “Measurement of sin²2θ₁₃ and Δm²ₑₑ from the Full Dataset of the Daya Bay Experiment” Read More »

Hybrid Talk | Aaron Manalaysay (LBNL) “First results from the LZ dark matter search”

HYBRID 50A-5132 (Sessler Conference Room), https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/91782268585 50A-5132

Abstract: The question of what the identity of dark matter is, presents one of the most fundamental mysteries in physics today. An answer to this question will shed light on a wealth of physics beyond the Standard Model, and will …

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Samir Gambhir and Stephen Menendian, UCB – The Inclusiveness Index

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The Physics IDEA Committee has invited Samir Gambhir, Director of the Equity Metrics Program, and Stephen Menendian, Assistant Director, members of the Othering & Belonging Institute, University of California, Berkeley, will present their findings on the Inclusiveness Index. They have …

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