Virtual Dean's Lunch and Learn feat. the School of Physics and Astronomy

Andrew Furmanski and Nadja Strobbe talk about their research

Join Dean Kaveh and department head Paul Crowell for college updates and a closer look at some of the innovations taking place in the School of Physics and Astronomy.

FEATURING:

"The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment—Small Particles, Big Detectors!" presented by Andrew Furmanski, Assistant Professor

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) will study the phenomenon of neutrino oscillations to an unprecedented level of detail. Key to the goals of DUNE are determining whether neutrinos and antineutrinos oscillate in the same way. If they don't, this can be part of explaining why the universe is made entirely out of matter, not a mix of matter and antimatter. This process requires sending a beam of neutrinos 800 miles and constructing a 70,000 ton particle detector a mile underground. Professor Furmanski will explain why this experiment has to be so large, why it takes so long to build, and what we hope to learn from it.

"Searching for New Physics at the Large Hadron Collider" presented by Nadja Strobbe, Assistant Professor

Particle physicists have developed a comprehensive understanding of how the universe works, but this understanding is still incomplete. The Compact Muon Solenoid experiment at the Large Hadron Collider was built to uncover more of Nature's secrets. We have so far discovered one missing piece, the Higgs boson, but the search continues. Professor Strobbe will discuss how we can use this experiment to search for new particles and how future upgrades will enable us to dig even deeper.

Alumni from all academic majors are welcome.

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Start date
Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, Noon
End date
Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, 1 p.m.

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