Astroparticles: Illuminating the dark universe
Prof. Erez Etzion
Space is filled with invisible particles that can both inspire and threaten: from cosmic rays that jeopardize our electronics to elusive dark matter hiding in plain sight. Launching particle detectors to space, we both safeguard our technology and gain insight into the fundamental mysteries of the universe. Join us on a journey where engineering, physics, and imagination come together to shield spacecraft, search for dark matter, and even look for water on the moon.
Friday | Nov 14 | 10:30-12:00
Location: Auditorium, Museum of Natural History
About
Prof. Erez Etzion is an experimental particle physicist who works on fundamental studies of the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics and searches for extensions or deviations from the theory. In recent years he has been focused on studies within the international ATLAS Collaboration at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The research spans a variety of subjects such as studies of the strong interactions of heavy quarks, searches for heavy resonances decaying into leptons, jets or top quarks, studies of jets physics, searches for the so-called exotics extensions to the SM, studies of the properties of the Higgs Boson, discovered by the ATLAS Collaboration in 2012, and searches for Dark Matter (DM) with ATLAS and recently with the SENSEI (Sub Electron Noise Skipper-CCD Experimental Instrument) experiment at SNOLAB. In addition, develops novel detectors and technologies aiming at utilising particle physics techniques in other fields, e.g. Nano Sattelites, medical treatment, homeland security, archeology.