Field Rose Rogers (MIT) “The GAPS Antarctic Balloon Experiment: Low-energy Antinuclei for Dark Matter Detection”

Abstract:  Despite overwhelming evidence of abundant dark matter in the Universe, the nature of this material remains a mystery. The General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) is an upcoming NASA Antarctic balloon mission to search for signatures of dark matter annihilation or …

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Afroditi Papadopolou (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Lepton-Nucleus Scattering Constraints For Neutrino Interactions And Oscillations

Zoom Talk 50A-5132, Berkeley, ca

Abstract: Neutrinos exist in one of three types or “flavors” (νe ,νµ or ντ ), which oscillate from one to another when propagating through space. This phenomenon is one of the few that cannot be described using the Standard Model …

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Alissa Monte (UCSB) “Using Active Vetoes and Hydrogen Doping to Strengthen Dark Matter Discovery Potential with Xenon”

Zoom Talk 50A-5132, Berkeley, ca

Alissa Monte (UCSB) "Using Active Vetoes and Hydrogen Doping to Strengthen Dark Matter Discovery Potential with Xenon" Abstract: The fact that 85% of the gravitating mass in the universe is invisible is one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in fundamental …

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RPM – Physics Division | Aaron Manalaysay (LBNL) “Xe: The Element Designed to Detect Dark Matter”

Zoom Talk 50A-5132, Berkeley, ca

Abstract: Despite nearly four decades of direct searches, the identity of dark matter in the universe is still unknown.  The hunt for dark matter is especially alluring because, not only is this abundant substance extremely elusive, it also holds promise: …

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Scott Kravitz (LBNL) “Pushing Dark Matter Detection to the Limit with Machine Learning and Solid Xenon”

Zoom Talk 50A-5132, Berkeley, ca

Abstract:  Discovering the particle properties of dark matter is a global undertaking, necessitating many experimental approaches to cover the vast range of possible models. Massive particles such as WIMPs remain leading candidates, and may be within the reach of state-of-the-art …

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Kirit Karkare (U.Chicago) “Pushing the Limits of Cosmology with Next-Generation Millimeter-Wave Telescopes”

Zoom Talk 50A-5132, Berkeley, ca

ABSTRACT: While the Lambda-CDM cosmological model is remarkably effective at describing the Universe and its evolution as a whole, foundational questions remain. Where did the primordial fluctuations come from and why were they so uniform? What is causing the present-day …

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Joint Special RPM and INPA Seminar | Chelsea Bartram (U of Washington) “Combing the Cosmos: A Deep Dive into the Nature of (Dark) Matter and Fundamental Symmetries”

Zoom Talk 50A-5132, Berkeley, ca

Abstract: One of the most striking mysteries in modern astrophysics manifests itself as an absence of matter needed to form a narrative consistent with our current understanding of the universe. A promising candidate for the so-called "dark matter" is the …

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Kevin Crowley (UCB) “The View From Down Here: Ground-Based Measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background from the Atacama Desert”

Zoom Talk 50A-5132, Berkeley, ca

Abstract: The study of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropies has become a percent-level science constraining the accepted cosmological model ΛCDM. The most powerful measurements thus far have been made from space, but observations from the Earth’s surface can be …

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Roger O’Brient (U. Washington) “Superconducting Detectors for Cosmology and Ultra-High Energy Physics”

Zoom Talk 50A-5132, Berkeley, ca

Abstract: The BICEP program has thus far constrained the tensor scalar ratio r<0.036, approaching the gravitational lensing floor.  This was possible in large part because of innovations in detector technology at JPL.  In my talk, I will describe the antenna-coupled …

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Kelly Johnson, Talent Outreach Program Manager (LBNL) “Talent Outreach Program 101”

Zoom Talk 50A-5132, Berkeley, ca

Abstract: Kelly Johnson, Talent Outreach Program Manager, will share details about the Talent Outreach Program Office, including the various hiring and outreach programs for adult workers from underrepresented groups (women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities) that are available to the …

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