NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forums |
Organized by: Prof. Lu Lu
Events During the 2016 Fall Semester
August 2016
- Monday, August 1st
- Wei Wang, JUNO Spokesperson, Sun Yat-sen Univeristy
- From Daya Bay to JUNO: Solving the Last Unknowns in Neutrino Physics
- 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall, hosted by Kael Hanson
- Thursday, August 25th
- Mauricio Bustamante, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), The Ohio State University
- High-energy astrophysical neutrinos: testing ground for new physics
- 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin hall, hosted by Carlos Arguelles
September 2016
- Wednesday, September 14th
- Nicole Larsen, Kalvi Institute for Cosmological Physics, Univ Chicago
- An Effective Field Theory Analysis of LUX and Other Direct Dark Matter Searches
- 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin hall, hosted by Kimberly Palladino
October 2016
- Thursday, October 6th
- Dafne Guetta, ORT Braude College
- High Energy Neutrinos from pulsar wind nebulae
- 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall ***Note New Time****, hosted by Francis Halzen
November 2016
- Thursday, November 10th
- Valerio Vagelli, University of Perugia
- The AMS experiment on the International Space Station after 5 years in Space
- 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall, hosted by Vandenbroucke
- Wednesday, November 16th
- Anna Franckowiak, DESY, Germany
- Multi-Messenger Astronomy with Neutrinos
- 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall (coffee), hosted by Albrecht Karle
- Thursday, November 17th
- Erik Shirokoff, University of Chicago
- A novel on-chip, mm-wavelength spectrometer for mapping the high-redshift universe.
- 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall, hosted by Peter Timbie
- Friday, November 18th
- Elisabetta Bissaldi , Politecnico & INFN Bari
- The Fermi view of Gamma-Ray Bursts & the curious case of GW 150914
- 2:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall, hosted by Justin Vandenbroucke
- Monday, November 21st
- Marcos Santander , Barnard College - Columbia University
- Recent highlights from the VERITAS gamma-ray observatory
- 2:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall, hosted by Vandenbroucke
- Tuesday, November 22nd
- Daniela Simone, INFN Bari
- An overview of FBK Silicon Photomultipliers characterization
- 2:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin hall, hosted by Justin Vandenbroucke
December 2016
- Thursday, December 1st
- Nahee Park, University of Chicago
- STUDIES OF GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS WITH DIRECT AND INDIRECT MEASUREMENTS
- 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin hall, hosted by Stefan Westerhoff
- Wednesday, December 14th
- Shirley Li, Ohio State University
- New opportunities with solar neutrinos
- 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall, hosted by Stefan Westerhoff
- Thursday, December 15th
- Nepomuk Otte , Georgia Tech
- A feasibility study of detecting 1e18 eV neutrinos with a dedicated Cherenkov Telescope Array
- 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall, hosted by Justin Vandenbroucke