Friday Phenomenology Group Seminars

Past Events

Date
Fri April 26th 2024, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location:
Varian 312
Speaker
Alexander Kusenko

Black holes formed in the early universe can make up all or part of dark matter.  I will review some scenarios for their formation, especially those that arise from common models of physics…

Date
Fri April 12th 2024, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location:
Varian 312
Speaker
Gustavo Marques-Tavares

Cosmological measurements are playing a central role in our understanding of the physics related to dark sectors, in particular related to dark matter.

Date
Fri April 5th 2024, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location:
Varian 312
Speaker
Hengameh Bagherian

Models of dark sectors with a mass threshold can have important cosmological signatures.

Date
Fri March 22nd 2024, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location:
Varian 312
Speaker
Giacomo Marocco

Optically levitated microspheres are quantum-limited impulse sensors.

Date
Fri March 8th 2024, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location:
Varian 312
Speaker
Melissa Diamond

I present a novel way to produce dark compact objects and primordial black holes.

Date
Fri March 1st 2024, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location:
Varian 312
Speaker
Alessandro Podo

Positivity bounds on the S-matrix provide powerful constraints on effective field theories in flat space.