Wednesday Colloquia
Angels and Demons: The Real Physics of Antimatter
by Prof. Tom Browder (University of Hawaii)
Thursday, December 11, 2014
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(Asia/Kolkata)
at Lecture Theatre (AG-66) ( TIFR, Mumbai )
at Lecture Theatre (AG-66) ( TIFR, Mumbai )
Description |
Abstract: Angels and Demons is a 2009 thriller mystery based on a best-selling novel by Dan Brown. In the movie and book, an antimatter weapon is stolen from CERN, the European laboratory for particle physics, as a part of plot to destroy the Vatican in Rome. In this special colloquium, I will discuss the real physics of antimatter, which leads to a real-life story more exciting and convoluted than a Hollywood movie. My plot involves the world's highest luminosity particle accelerator located in Tsukuba, Japan, a 2008 Nobel Physics Prize for Profs. Kobayashi and Maskawa, and the ongoing construction of a state-of-the-art particle detector called Belle II by an international consortium of 23 countries. |
Organised by | Sushil Mujumdar, Wednesday Colloquium Co-ordinator |