Research Seminars @ Illinois

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Tailored for undergraduate researchers, this calendar is a curated list of research seminars at the University of Illinois. Explore the diverse world of research and expand your knowledge through engaging sessions designed to inspire and enlighten.

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High Energy Physics Seminar - Marios Galanis (Perimeter Institute) - "Superradiant interactions of cosmic noise"

Event Type: Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor: Department of Physics
Location: Room 464
Date: Oct 18, 2024 11:00 am
Speaker: Marios Galanis (Perimeter Institute)
Contact: Brandy Koebbe
E-Mail: BKOEBBE@ILLINOIS.EDU
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Originating Calendar: Physics - High Energy Physics Seminar; In this talk I will do three things. First, I will outline the conditions under which the interaction rate of inelastic processes with a system consisting of N targets scales as N^2. Second, I will present computations of interaction rates for several weakly interacting particles, including the Cosmic Neutrino Background and QCD axion dark matter, and will explain the underlying physics. Third, I will introduce new quantum observables that do not rely on net energy transfer, but can still extract these N^2 effects. This talk will not address a concrete experimental proposal, but the effects presented may point to a new class of table-top and ultra-low threshold particle detectors.

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