High Energy Physics Seminar next week (Esposito)

[HECAP - Margherita Di Giovannantonio]

*_HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS SEMINAR_ - https://indico.ictp.it/event/10647/**__*



*Thursday, 11 April* 2024, at *16:00*  - *LUIGI STASI SEMINAR ROOM/
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Giovanni Cabass (Institute Ruder Boskovic)

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*“Condensed Matter Assets for Particle Physics”*

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_Abstract_

Recent particle physics searches are focusing more and more on the study 
of light, feebly interacting particles, like neutrinos and dark matter. 
However, when these particles interact with our detectors, condensed 
matter effects become predominant like never before. This is both a 
challenge and an asset.


I will discuss how these effects can be included in this particle 
physics context, and exploited to push the boundaries of experimental 
searchers. In particular, I will present two idea: (1) the PTOLEMY 
project for the study of neutrinos using tritiated graphene, and (2) the 
possibility of employing anti-ferromagnets to look for sub-MeV dark 
matter, as well as (maybe) the QCD axion.

I will focus on how the standard condensed matter tools can be 
incorporated in the traditional particle physics language, as well as on 
new ways of dealing with condensed matter phenomena, exploiting the 
consequences of the spontaneous breaking of spacetime symmetries and 
effective field theory methods.



This is a hybrid event. *To join via Zoom*:

Zoom link:https://zoom.us/j/92649991887

Meeting ID: 926 4999 1887


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