Speaker: Lindley Winslow (MIT) – Title: The Search for GUT-Scale Axions: Really Big Magnets and Quantum Sensing

Research Progress Meeting Date: February 6, 2024 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm  Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132   Speaker: Lindley Winslow (MIT) Title: The Search for GUT-Scale Axions: Really Big Magnets and Quantum Sensing Abstract: The particle nature of dark matter remains one of the …

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Speaker: William Coulton (Cambridge) – Title: Novel cosmological tests with precision CMB measurements

Research Progress Meeting Date: February 15, 2024 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132   Speaker: William Coulton (Cambridge) Title: Novel cosmological tests with precision CMB measurements Abstract: High resolution cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments provide views of the Universe both at redshift ~1100, …

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Speaker: Clara Verges (Harvard) – Title: A new era for cosmology with current and next-generation CMB experiments

Research Progress Meeting Date: February 20, 2024 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm  Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132   Speaker: Clara Verges (Harvard) Title: A new era for cosmology with current and next-generation CMB experiments Abstract: Cosmology has experienced a considerable surge in the past thirty …

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Speaker: Zhen Liu (University of Minnesota) – Title: The Next Leap: Physics Landscape of Future Colliders

Research Progress Meeting Date: February 22, 2024 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132   Speaker: Zhen Liu (University of Minnesota) Title: The Next Leap: Physics Landscape of Future Colliders Abstract: The future direction of High Energy Physics (HEP) is a critical topic, especially …

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Speaker: Brendan Crill (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) – Title: Sensitivity limits to cosmological constraints on early Universe physics: lessons from Planck for future measurements

Research Progress Meeting Date: February 27, 2024 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm  Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132   Speaker: Brendan Crill (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Title: Sensitivity limits to cosmological constraints on early Universe physics: lessons from Planck for future measurements Abstract: The past several decades …

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Speaker: Petra Merkel (Fermilab) – Title: Detectors for Future Colliders

Research Progress Meeting Date: February 29, 2024 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132   Speaker: Petra Merkel (Fermilab) Title: Detectors for Future Colliders Abstract: I will present detector capabilities that need to be developed in order to address physics requirements at future collider …

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Speaker: Roy Aleksan (CEA-Saclay) – Title: Status of the Future Circular Collider (FCC)

Research Progress Meeting Date: March 5, 2024 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm  Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132   Speaker: Roy Aleksan (CEA-Saclay) Title: Status of the Future Circular Collider (FCC) Abstract: While the LHC is continuing its outstanding program, one needs to decide what the …

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Speaker: Cameron Geddes (LBL Accelerator Division) – Title: Accelerators for Future Colliders

Research Progress Meeting Date: March 7, 2024 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132   Speaker: Cameron Geddes (LBL Accelerator Division) Title: Accelerators for Future Colliders Abstract: Particle physics motivates next generations of colliders ranging from a fraction of a TeV for precision Higgs …

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Speaker: Colin Hill (Columbia) – Title: Uncovering Physics Beyond the Standard Model in the Cosmic Microwave Background

Research Progress Meeting Date: March 12, 2024 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm  Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132   Speaker: Colin Hill (Columbia) Title: Uncovering Physics Beyond the Standard Model in the Cosmic Microwave Background Abstract: The cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy remains the cleanest, most …

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Speaker: Matthias Hohenberger (LLNL) – Title: Demonstrating fusion ignition in the laboratory for the first time

Research Progress Meeting Date: March 14, 2024 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132   Speaker: Matthias Hohenberger (LLNL) Title: Demonstrating fusion ignition in the laboratory for the first time Abstract: At approximately 1 am on December 5th, 2022, a fusion experiment at the …

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