The Fermilab colloquium introduces staff, users, students and members of the public to a wide range of scientific and science-related topics presented by notable speakers from across the country and around the world. Colloquia are open to the public.
An integral part of Fermilab’s academic culture, “orange” colloquium talks are aimed at a broad scientific and technical audience, while “green” talks are of general interest to all laboratory staff, users and members of the public.
Colloquia are open to everyone. Unless otherwise advertised, the talks are held at 4 pm on Wednesday afternoons in the One West auditorium in Wilson Hall. Members of the public wishing to attend must show a photo ID at the laboratory entrance and tell the guard on duty that they are attending the colloquium.
Fermilab upcoming colloquia
Lectures begin at 4:00 p.m. in 1 West
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Aug. 7, 2019, 4:00 pm
Goren Senjanovic, Abdus Salam International Center for Theorectical Physics
As you read this, trillions of neutrinos from the sun are passing through every square inch of your body, doing no harm whatsoever. They convey information from the depth of the universe and have been present from its very birth. Neutrinos have captured the imagination of physicists from the time they were first conceived and...
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Aug. 14, 2019, 4:00 pm
Prof. Yvonne Wong, University of South New Wales
Aug. 21, 2019, 4:00 pm
Louis Strigari, Texas A&M University
Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) is a long-standing theoretical prediction of the Standard Model (SM), and the COHERENT experiment has recently achieved the first detection of it. CEvNSprovides an important probe of physics beyond the SM. In addition, it can open up a new window into neutrino astrophysics, through studies of low energy neutrinos from the Sun, atmosphere, and supernovae. CEvNS is also vital for understanding and interpreting future particle dark matter searches. In this talk, I will discuss the prospects for learning about the nature of neutrinos and astrophysical sources from CEvNS detection, highlighting how astrophysical and terrestrial-based detections play important and complementary roles.
Aug. 28, 2019, 4:00 pm
Prof Angela Olinto, University of Chicago
Sept. 11, 2019, 4:00 pm
Prof. Robert Knapp
Oct. 16, 2019, 4:00 pm
Marina Brozović, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA
Dec. 4, 2019, 4:00 pm
Prof. Art McDonald
