Abstract: The origin of dark matter is a driving question of modern physics. Finding dark matter in the laboratory and elucidating its properties could revolutionize our understanding of the fundamental building blocks of the universe. The common challenges for dark …
Abstract One of the most intriguing questions in physics today is the nature of dark energy that is responsible for the accelerated expansion of the Universe. Three-dimensional maps of galaxies from spectroscopic galaxy surveys provide a giant laboratory to test the …
HYBRID TALK| Hee-Jong Seo “Accelerating Universe through DESI” Read More »
TITLE: Snowmass Report Highlights - Part 3 SPEAKERS: This week, we'll have highlights of the Theory, Rare-Processes and Precision, and Community Engagement Frontiers, presented respectively by the following: Simon Knapen - Theory Frontier Dave Brown - Rare-Processes and Precision Frontier Erin …
SPEAKER: Simone Pagan-Griso – Snowmass Report Highlights – Part 3 Read More »
TITLE: Optical Neutrino Detectors of the Past, Present, and Future ABSTRACT: Large-volume optical detectors are a mainstay of experimental neutrino physics, with several successful implementations in the past decades and larger models on the horizon. Traditionally, such detectors make use …
TITLE: Searches for Higgs to Charm Decays with the CMS Experiment using Novel ML Methods ABSTRACT: Searches for charm decays of the Higgs boson are not only limited by the small coupling but primarily by the considerable difficulty of identifying …
THIS RPM WILL BE AT 12:00 P.M. NOON - November 17, 2022 TITLE - Searches for Exotic Higgs Boson Decays with Modern Machine-Learning Methods at the LHC ABSTRACT - Advances in machine learning have shifted the paradigm in how we …
This is a VIRTUAL Event TITLE: Background Modeling and First Results From The LUX-ZEPLIN Dark Matter Experiment ABSTRACT: LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a dark matter experiment located at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota, USA employing a 7 tonne …
This is an IN-PERSON Event Location: Sessler Conference Room - 50A-5132 TITLE: Search for Higgs Boson Decaying to Dimuon ABSTRACT: The search for Higgs boson decaying to dimuon is currently the most promising channel to probe the Yukawa coupling to …
This is a Virtual Event Location: Zoom from campus In Campbell Hall, Room 131 TITLE: Galaxy Clustering with Emulation and Equivariant Machine Learning ABSTRACT: There is significant untapped cosmological information in the clustering of galaxies, particularly at small scales. I …
This is a VIRTUAL Event TITLE: Expansive Dark Matter Searches with LZ ABSTRACT: LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is an underground direct detection experiment that conducted its first search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) and set world-leading upper limits on spin-independent and …