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John Patrick Mc Gowan (University of Victoria (CA))25/06/2026, 14:15Particle Physics / Physique des particules (PPD)Invited Speaker / Conférencier(ère) invité(e)
The Standard Model is the reigning theory of fundamental particles and their interactions, and has held up to rigorous test at collider experiments up to and including the LHC. Despite this, the Standard model has known shortcomings, such as it's inability to explain the origin of dark matter, the matter-antimatter asymmetry of the universe, and the fine tuning of the Higgs Boson mass. Many...
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Daniel Huff (University of Houston)25/06/2026, 14:45Particle Physics / Physique des particules (PPD)Oral not-in-competition (Graduate Student) / Orale non-compétitive (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle)
Gravitational wave observations from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) have been used to pinpoint the timing of several compact object mergers involving a neutron star over the past decade. These precise timestamps allow for more efficient searches for particle signals from a given merger by enabling tight coincidence-timing cuts that reduce background and allow...
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Branden Aitken25/06/2026, 15:00Particle Physics / Physique des particules (PPD)Oral not-in-competition (Graduate Student) / Orale non-compétitive (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle)
The null results in direct detection motivate the exploration of a broader mass range for thermal relic dark matter (DM) candidates. An intuitive new place to extend these models is to consider masses in the MeV to GeV range. One way to do this and avoid bounds from the Cosmic Microwave Background is to introduce a dark sector consisting of a dark mediator and stable DM candidate.
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