2019
KICP Colloquia: Hugh Lippincott (Fermilab) “Doping – Not just for Cyclists”
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
After a series of null results from the LHC and large direct detection experiments, dark matter remains frustratingly mysterious, and much of the canonical heavy WIMP parameter space is now ruled out. In this talk, I will give an update on the status of the LZ experiment, and discuss an idea to expand the parameter space that can be probed by large liquid xenon TPCs like LZ by adding hydrogen to the target, opening up sensitivity to WIMP masses well below 1 GeV.
Reception following colloquium in the Hubble Lounge (ERC 501).
Milky Way Discussion Group: Christine Simpson
2:00–3:00 pm ERC 419
Open Group Seminar: Alex Krolewski (Berkeley)
11:00 am–12:00 pm ERC 401
Special Seminar: Ore Gottlieb (Tel Aviv) "Relativistic Outflows in Neutron Star Mergers"
3:00–4:00 pm ERC 576
90th Compton Lecture: Reed Clasey Essick, KICP
11:00 pm KPTC 106
90th Compton Lecture: Reed Clasey Essick, KICP, “What to Do When Gravity Waves”
Welcome Reception for Incoming Graduate Students
3:00–5:00 pm Hubble Lounge (ERC 501)
Teaching Assistant Training
9:00 am–12:00 pm ERC 576
Astronomy and Astrophysics Department Faculty Retreat
8:00 am–5:00 pm Gleacher Center