Jose Luis Bernal (Barcelona U.) "Synenergies and Fundamental Physics from the Large Scale Structure

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Abstract:  Galaxy surveys and the study of the Large Scale Structure (LSS) have played an important role in establishing the standard cosmological model, LCDM, and will push the envelope of observational cosmology the next decades, thanks to experiments such as …

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Kendrick Smith (Perimeter Institute) "CHIME: The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment"

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Abstract: CHIME is a new interferometric telescope at radio frequencies 400-800 MHz. The mapping speed (or total statistical power) of CHIME is among the largest of any radio telescope in the world, and the technology powering CHIME could be used …

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Nathan Lourie (U. Pennsylvania) "Sub-arcminute Galactic Polarimetry with the Next Generation Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST-TNG)"

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Abstract: Mapping the polarized thermal dust emission from our galaxy is important for many fields of astrophysics, and recent observations reveal a complex network of filamentary structures which pervade the interstellar medium and molecular clouds, and are rich with prestellar …

Nathan Lourie (U. Pennsylvania) "Sub-arcminute Galactic Polarimetry with the Next Generation Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST-TNG)" Read More »

Masayuki Wada (Princeton) " WIMP Dark Matter Search from Ionization Channel in DarkSide-50"

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Abstract:   In spite of a wide range of observational evidence, the mystery of dark matter is still present and dark matter remains to be directly detected. One of the most popular Dark Matter candidates is the Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP). In …

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LianTao Wang (U. Chicago) " Physics of Future Colliders"

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ABSTRACT: After the discovery of the Higgs boson, the future of high energy physics became a central question. There have been several proposals of future colliders which would continue the exploration of the high energy frontier beyond the reach of …

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Yoshikazu Nagai (U. Colorado) "Understanding Neutrino Beams: Hadron Production Measurements with NA61/SHINE"

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ABSTRACT: A precise prediction of the neutrino flux is a key ingredient for achieving the physics goals of accelerator-based neutrino experiments. In modern experiments, neutrino beams are created from the decays of secondary hadrons produced in hadron-nucleus interactions. Hadron production …

Yoshikazu Nagai (U. Colorado) "Understanding Neutrino Beams: Hadron Production Measurements with NA61/SHINE" Read More »

Emanuele Castorina (UCB) "Cosmology with Neutral Hydrogen in the Post Eeionization Era"

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ABSTRACT: Measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropies and, more recently, of the distribution of galaxies at late times led us to the definition of a concordance cosmological model, the so called LCDM model. Despite its phenomenological success, several …

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Simon Knapen (IAS) "The Soft Frontier in Dark Matter Direct Detection"

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ABSTRACT: Searches for high energy signatures from beyond the standard model physics have advanced greatly, but a lot of ground remains to be covered for soft, low energy signals. In the context of dark matter direct detection, future single-phonon detectors …

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Dean Robinson (UCSC/LBNL) " Model-Independent Pathways to New Physics"

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ABSTRACT: New methods and novel strategies are needed in the search for physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM). Motivated by signals of lepton flavor universality violation in semileptonic B decays, I'll discuss state-of-the-art theoretical developments and new model-independent theoretical tools …

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Richard Bonventre (LBNL) "Investigating Lepton Flavor and Number Violation with the Mu2e and SNO+ Experiments"

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Abstract: Neutrino oscillation measurements have shown that lepton flavor is not conserved, and that the standard model must be extended to include neutrino mass. Neutrino-less double beta decay measurements will help understand the nature and origin of neutrino mass, while …

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