Neutrinoless double-beta decay and SuperNEMO

18 Nov 2020

Neutrinoless double-beta decay would be the first known lepton-number violating process, creating matter without antimatter. I'll tell you about the process and the techniques used to look for it.

Connecting Research Culture with Stellar Populations

25 Nov 2020

Research Culture shapes the ecosystem in which we operate. In this talk the impact of research culture on research as a whole will be discussed and connected with the study of stellar populations.

WAGASCI: A New Near Detector at T2K

9 Dec 2020

The new WAGASCI detector at the T2K experiment will be introduced and the status after its first commissioning and physics runs reported.

ECR Seminar: Professor Carlos Cid

18 Dec 2020

Professor Carlos Cid will be presenting "no crypto solace in the quantum world — an introduction to quantum-safe cryptography".

Turning wiggles into science: How we classify and understand gravitational-wave signals

4 Nov 2020

An unprecedented number of black holes and neutron stars collisions is currently observed. They provide an excellent opportunity to measure the Cosmological properties of our Universe.

Quantum computing for simulating high energy collisions

11 Nov 2020

The improvement of quantum devices presents an opportunity to construct algorithms to exploit the potential of quantum computers. I will present algorithms to calculate two stages of an LHC collision.

A Search for Relic Axions and Their Frequency Modulation

13 Jan 2021

The axion could explain the strong interactions' invariance under P and CP transformations. This hypothetical particle is searched in a microwave cavity by the ADMX collaboration.

Applying astroparticle physics techniques to the detection of Pb contamination in water

20 Jan 2021

The TRACE collaboration applies astrophysical and particles physics techniques to detect lead contamination in drinking water. A goal of the collaboration is the construction of LABChico.

Beamlines for fixed target experiments, test beams and particle therapy

3 Feb 2021

The presentation provides an overview over the current and historical fixed target experiments at CERN as well as the beamlines for the test beams.

Precise timing detector based on Micormegas (PICOSEC): Towards the large area detector

24 Mar 2021

The PICOSEC Micromegas collaboration was formed to evaluate the usage of Micormegas in precision timing applications.