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SUMMARY:SPEAKER: John Groh (NIST)- TITLE: Pointing Superconductors at the Sky: Towards new fundamental physics through precision cosmic microwave background measurements
DESCRIPTION:This is an In-Person Event \nLocation: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5-5132 \nTitle: Pointing Superconductors at the Sky: Towards new fundamental physics through precision cosmic microwave background measurements \nAbstract: The cosmic microwave background is an incredible tool for probing fundamental physics\, both as a snapshot of the early universe and as a backlight to subsequent cosmic evolution. The next generation of observatories will cross several important qualitative thresholds for characterizing possible cosmic inflation mechanisms and neutrino masses while also constraining dark energy\, light relic particles\, and modified gravity. To make these measurements\, these observatories will require at least an order of magnitude improvement in both sensitivity and size\, presenting significant instrumentation challenges. In this talk\, I will discuss key technology advances leading to more capable instruments\, focusing on highly multiplexed readout of the increasingly large cryogenic sensor arrays. I will also describe work incorporating novel instrumentation technologies into a new microwave observatory – the Simons Array – and commissioning it at its observing site in the Chilean Atacama. Not only are these developments enabling new physics and cosmology measurements through the Simons Array\, SPT-3G\, the Simons Observatory\, and AliCPT experiments\, but they are also building technological readiness as the field prepares for CMB-S4. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://lbnl.zoom.us/j/98854322464?pwd=K2tKUm1VZjRlV1J5RHE3cXdHQzRxdz09 \nMeeting ID: 988 5432 2464\nPasscode: 142239 \n 
URL:https://rpm.physics.lbl.gov/event/speaker-john-groh-nist-title-pointing-superconductors-at-the-sky-towards-new-fundamental-physics-through-precision-cosmic-microwave-background-measurements/
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SUMMARY:SPEAKER: Richie Bonventre(LBNL)-TITLE: Status of the Mu2e experiment at Fermilab
DESCRIPTION:This is an In-Person [HYBRID] Event \nLocation: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5-5132 \nSPEAKER: Seth R. Johnson (ORNL) \nTITLE: Status of the Mu2e experiment at Fermilab \nABSTRACT: The Mu2e experiment\, currently under construction at Fermilab\, will search for the charged-lepton flavor violating (CLFV) neutrino-less conversion of a negative muon into an electron in the field of a nucleus. It aims to achieve a four-orders of magnitude improvement in sensitivity over previous experiments\, allowing it to probe new physics at mass scales up to 10^4 TeV. In this talk I will present the current status of the experiment\, improvements to the track reconstruction algorithm\, and results from vertical slice tests of the straw tracker. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://lbnl.zoom.us/j/98854322464?pwd=K2tKUm1VZjRlV1J5RHE3cXdHQzRxdz09 \nMeeting ID: 988 5432 2464\nPasscode: 142239
URL:https://rpm.physics.lbl.gov/event/speaker-richie-bonventrelbnl-tittle-status-of-the-mu2e-experiment-at-fermilab-february-23-400-pm-500-pm/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230316T160000
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SUMMARY:EVENT CANCELED: SPEAKER: Gabriel Orebi Gann (LBNL)-TITLE: Let There be Light: next-generation neutrino detection at Theia
DESCRIPTION:EVENT CANCELED \nThis is an In-Person [HYBRID] Event \nLOCATION: Sessler Conference Room – 50A – 5132 \nDATE: March 16\, 2023 \nTIME: 4:00 PM \nTITLE: Let There be Light: next-generation neutrino detection at Theia \nABSTRACT: Neutrinos are some of the most fascinating particles that occur in nature. Over one billion times lighter than the proton\, the neutrino was once thought to be massless and to travel at the speed of light. The Nobel-Prize winning discovery of neutrino oscillations demonstrated that neutrinos have non-zero mass\, which opens up the unique possibility of the neutrino being its own antiparticle\, known as a Majorana fermion. This talk will discuss the physics landscape\, and present recent technological advances that enable a new kind of “hybrid” neutrino experiment\, which would combine two highly successful detection techniques: the topological information of Cherenkov detectors\, with the high light yield of scintillators. The Theia detector would be capable of combining both signals to achieve unprecedented levels of particle and event identification\, offering a rich program of science across high-energy particle\, nuclear and astrophysics. If deployed as one of the “modules of opportunity” at the DUNE far site\, Theia could offer insights into both CP violation\, and the search for Majorana neutrinos: the two ingredients necessary to shed light on the source of the matter antimatter asymmetry in our Universe. \nZOOM INFORMATION – \nhttps://lbnl.zoom.us/j/98854322464?pwd=K2tKUm1VZjRlV1J5RHE3cXdHQzRxdz09 \nMeeting ID: 988 5432 2464\nPasscode: 142239
URL:https://rpm.physics.lbl.gov/event/speaker-gabriel-orebi-gann-lbnl-title-tba/
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SUMMARY:Speaker: Adam Miller ( Northwestern)- TITLE:  Red after Dead – Understanding the Progenitors of "Cool" Explosions
DESCRIPTION:This is an In-Person [HYBRID] Event \nLocation: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132 \nTitle:  Red after Dead – Understanding the Progenitors of “Cool” Explosions\n \nAbstract: In this talk I will discuss open questions in our quest to develop a map between progenitor systems and supernova explosions. Solving the puzzle has important ramifications for understanding the chemical enrichment of the Universe and galactic evolution and feedback. I will highlight Type Ia supernovae and discuss an exquisite set of observations obtained by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF). From the early observations we can constrain the progenitors\, and we have recently identified a new subclass of peculiar Type Ia supernovae that comes from a unique progenitor channel. To close I will discuss a new project\, the La Silla Southern Sky Survey (LS4). LS4 is upgrading the Quest camera to fill the 20 sq. deg. focal plane with red-sensitive LBNL CCDs to conduct a new time-domain survey. This instrument is uniquely sensitive to red transients in the local universe\, including (hopefully) the optical counterparts to gravitational wave events. \nZoom Information \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://lbnl.zoom.us/j/98854322464?pwd=K2tKUm1VZjRlV1J5RHE3cXdHQzRxdz09 \nMeeting ID: 988 5432 2464\nPasscode: 142239\nOne tap mobile
URL:https://rpm.physics.lbl.gov/event/speaker-adam-miller-northwestern-title/
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SUMMARY:SPEAKER: Stuart Bale (UC Berkeley)- TITLE: LuSEE 'Night': The Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment
DESCRIPTION:This is an In-Person [HYBRID] Event \nDate: MARCH 30\, 2023 \nLocation: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5-5132 \nSPEAKER: Stuart Bale (UC Berkeley) \nTITLE: LuSEE ‘Night’: The Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment \nABSTRACT: The Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Explorer ‘LuSEE Night’ is a low frequency radio astronomy experiment that will be delivered to the farside of the Moon by the NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program in late 2025 or early 2026. The payload system is being developed jointly by NASA and the US Department of Energy (DOE) and consists of a 4 channel\, 50 MHz Nyquist baseband receiver system and 2 orthogonal ~6m tip-to-tip electric dipole antennas. LuSEE Night will enjoy standalone operations through the lunar night\, without the electromagnetic interference (EMI) of an operating lander system and antipodal to our noisy planet Earth. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://lbnl.zoom.us/j/98854322464?pwd=K2tKUm1VZjRlV1J5RHE3cXdHQzRxdz09 \nMeeting ID: 988 5432 2464\nPasscode: 142239 \n  \n 
URL:https://rpm.physics.lbl.gov/event/speaker-stuart-bale-uc-berkeley-title-tba/
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