Colloquium

Speakers: Sven Vahsen (University of Hawaii) Why does a world governed by quantum mechanics look classical on everyday scales? One of the central ideas in addressing this question is quantum decoherence. In this colloquium, I will introduce these ideas from the perspective of experimental particle physics, at a level intended to be accessible to physics ... Read more

Speakers: Philip von Doetinchem (University of Hawaii) The precise measurement of cosmic-ray antinuclei is an important means of identifying the nature of dark matter and other beyond-standard-model physics. Recent years have shown that identifying the nature of dark matter with cosmic-ray positrons and antiprotons is difficult, and this has led to a significantly increased interest ... Read more

Speakers: Prof. Ralf Kaiser (University of Hawaii, W M Keck Center for Astrochemistry) Over the past decade, a paradigm shift has emerged in astrochemistry: complex organic molecules can form efficiently in the coldest regions of space. Ice-coated interstellar grains are now recognized as molecular factories that drive the synthesis of biorelevant species within cold molecular ... Read more

Speakers: Prof. JoAnne Hewett (StonyBrook) Discovered a decade ago, the Higgs boson offers a unique portal into the laws of nature and any small deviation in its expected properties would constitute a major breakthrough. The full discovery potential of the Higgs will be unleashed by percent and sub-percent level precision studies of the Higgs properties. Such measurements ... Read more