'Particle Physics - The strange stories of Neutrino and SUSY'
PAST EVENT | 22 October 2015 17:00 - 22 October 2015 19:00
The inaugural session of Pembroke’s new interdisciplinary joint SCR/MCR Research Seminar is taking place on Thursday of 2nd week (22nd October). This session's title is “Particle Physics - The strange stories of Neutrino and SUSY”.
The seminar will be chaired by Rebecca Smethurst (DPhil candidate in Astrophysics and convened by Nora Stappert (DPhil candidate in International Relations), be followed by a drinks reception.
SCR speaker: Prof. Alfons Weber, Rokos-Clarendon Fellow in Physics
Title: Neutrinos - The Ghostly Shape-shifters
Abstract: Neutrinos are some of the most abundant particles in the universe, but very little is known about them. First invented to solve a theoretical problem in radioactive decays in the 1930s it took more than 20 years for them to be discovered. We now know that there are 3 different types of neutrinos, but the more we learn about them, the more they surprise us. Neutrinos can change from one type to another and may be the very reason that or universe looks like it does and that life exists.
MCR speaker: William Fawcett, DPhil candidate in Particle Physics
Title: Supersymmetry and the LHC
Abstract: The Standard Model of particle physics has worked beautifully in its ability to predict the properties of the fundamental building blocks of matter, however physicists know that it is incomplete. Supersymmetry is a leading extension to the Standard Model that can fill in many of the gaps. The theory predicts the existence of a new particle -- a super-partner -- for every Standard Model particle. However, none of these new particles have yet been discovered at the Large Hadron Collider. What does this mean for Supersymmetry? Can Supersymmetry still be a viable theory of nature, after the onward march of null results? To shed light on these questions, we have performed a meta-analysis combining the results of many searches for new particles to summarise their impact on a large class of theoretical models. The results will also help refine future searches.
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'Particle Physics - The strange stories of Neutrino and SUSY'
PAST EVENT | 22 October 2015 17:00 - 22 October 2015 19:00
The inaugural session of Pembroke’s new interdisciplinary joint SCR/MCR Research Seminar is taking place on Thursday of 2nd week (22nd October). This session's title is “Particle Physics - The strange stories of Neutrino and SUSY”.
The seminar will be chaired by Rebecca Smethurst (DPhil candidate in Astrophysics and convened by Nora Stappert (DPhil candidate in International Relations), be followed by a drinks reception.
SCR speaker: Prof. Alfons Weber, Rokos-Clarendon Fellow in Physics
Title: Neutrinos - The Ghostly Shape-shifters
Abstract: Neutrinos are some of the most abundant particles in the universe, but very little is known about them. First invented to solve a theoretical problem in radioactive decays in the 1930s it took more than 20 years for them to be discovered. We now know that there are 3 different types of neutrinos, but the more we learn about them, the more they surprise us. Neutrinos can change from one type to another and may be the very reason that or universe looks like it does and that life exists.
MCR speaker: William Fawcett, DPhil candidate in Particle Physics
Title: Supersymmetry and the LHC
Abstract: The Standard Model of particle physics has worked beautifully in its ability to predict the properties of the fundamental building blocks of matter, however physicists know that it is incomplete. Supersymmetry is a leading extension to the Standard Model that can fill in many of the gaps. The theory predicts the existence of a new particle -- a super-partner -- for every Standard Model particle. However, none of these new particles have yet been discovered at the Large Hadron Collider. What does this mean for Supersymmetry? Can Supersymmetry still be a viable theory of nature, after the onward march of null results? To shed light on these questions, we have performed a meta-analysis combining the results of many searches for new particles to summarise their impact on a large class of theoretical models. The results will also help refine future searches.
Featured image by Image Editor