Research Progress Meeting Date: February 1, 2024 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132   Speaker: Mariel Pettee (LBNL) Title: Towards a Foundation Model for Fundamental Physics Abstract: The launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 ignited an ongoing worldwide conversation about the possible impacts of Large …

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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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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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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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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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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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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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