2018 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2018

Looking for Fossils of the Big Bang in Molecular Spectra

14 Jun 2018, 17:30

20m

McCain Ondaatji Hall (cap. 500) (Dalhousie University)

Plenary Speaker / Conférencier(ère) plénier(ère) Herzberg Public, Plenary, and Medal Talks / Conférenciers des sessions Herzberg, plénières et médaillés (CAP-ACP) R-PLEN3 Plenary Session | Session plénière - Eric Cornell, Univ. of Colorado

Speaker

Prof. Eric Cornell (University of Colorado)

Description

How can you learn about the early moments of the universe? How can you discover evidence for new sub-atomic particles? We usually think of ever-more exotic telescopes, or of ever-larger particle accelerators. I will talk about the third leg of the stool: precision measurement. We will see that the humble two-atom molecule should be thought of as an ultrahigh-electric-field laboratory.