NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forums |
Organized by: Prof. Lu Lu
Events During the Week of October 29th through November 5th, 2023
Monday, October 30th, 2023
- No events scheduled
Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
- No events scheduled
Wednesday, November 1st, 2023
- How to do particle physics in a climate emergency?
- Time: 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm
- Place: 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Speaker: Ken Bloom , University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Abstract: The pursuit of particle physics, or any kind of discovery-driven research, requires a stable and prosperous society. Today, our society is increasingly threatened by global climate change. Human-influenced climate change has already impacted weather patterns, and global warming will only increase unless deep reductions in emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases are achieved. Current and future activities in particle physics need to be considered in this context, either on the moral ground that we have a responsibility to leave a habitable planet to future generations, or on the more practical ground that, because of their scale, particle physics projects and activities will be under scrutiny for their impact on the climate. I will discuss several contexts in which particle physics has an impact on greenhouse gas emissions, and how our field can contribute to a more sustainable future.
- Host: Kevin Black
Thursday, November 2nd, 2023
- Looking inside the Earth with neutrinos
- Time: 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
- Place: CH5310 /
- Speaker: Sergio Palomares Ruiz, IFIC (CSIC - University of Valencia)
- Abstract: Looking at the Earth's interior with neutrinos is a realistic possibility with current and future neutrino detectors, which is complementary to geophysics methods, but it is based purely on weak interactions. In this talk, I will give an overview of the two main approaches to perform Earth tomography with neutrinos: (i) neutrino absorption tomography, based on partial absorption of a neutrino flux as it propagates through the Earth (at energies about a few TeV) and (ii) neutrino oscillation tomography, based on coherent Earth matter effects on the neutrino oscillatory pattern (at energies below a few tens of GeV). I will first discuss (i) and present the first neutrino tomography of Earth using IceCube data. Then, I will discuss (ii) and, in particular, I will focus on supernova neutrinos with tens of MeV.
- Host: Francis Halzen
Friday, November 3rd, 2023
- No events scheduled