[Physical-sciences] PSD February Mixer Reminder - Friday Feb 21st 2025

[TRIUMF Physical Sciences]

Hello, PSD Member!

A reminder that we have our next mixer this Friday the 21st of February at 2:30pm online and in the Auditorium!
The agenda and connection information is below.

In-person attendees: Don’t forget to scan the QR code on Ritu's slides or the printed ones on doors when you arrive to confirm your attendance (or pre register your attendance https://forms.office.com/r/kLMDL3CPJJ). This information helps us with planning future mixers (the food and drink order specifically), and it also satisfies AP’s requirement of listing attendees when I reconcile the catering bill.



When
February 21st 2025
2:30pm
Where
Auditorium & Zoom

Agenda
Division Updates
Ritu
20 Min+ 5 Min Q&A
Student Talks
Conditioned quantum-assisted deep generative surrogate for particle-calorimeter interactions
Javier Quetzalcóatl Toledo Marin
7 min +3 Min Q+A
An ab initio framework for modelling electroweak processes in light nuclei
Michael Gennari
7 min +3 Min Q+A
Science Talk
Making the heaviest elements in space
Abstract now available below!
Nicole Vassh
20 Min
Pizza and Pop!


Science Talk Abstract;
Making the heaviest elements in space
The building blocks of the world around us have been a focus of scientific research for hundreds of years across world-wide cultures. We know that matter is made of molecules comprised of different combinations of elements like carbon and oxygen. But how did these elements get here on Earth to begin with? The answer is connected to our own cosmic origins, for it is in the heart of stars that elements crucial to life such as carbon are formed. After decades of observation, we know that stellar conditions can fuse elements up to iron, but to explain the origin of heavier elements requires more exotic events, such as a core-collapse supernova (the explosive death of a star). Explosive astrophysical events such as this eject the elements produced into interstellar space where they can then be part of the initial gas that forms a new star. Additionally, explosive events leave behind a “remnant” such as a neutron star which is a dense object comprised mainly of neutrons. These remnants can eventually find one another in space, merge, and correspondingly undergo their own explosive nucleosynthesis to produce heavy elements. Within just the last few years, thanks to gravitational wave detectors, we have begun to observe such mergers in real time, along with the light they emit, which is imprinted with information about the elements produced. In this talk, I will focus on the rapid neutron capture process (r-process) which is believed to be responsible for producing the heaviest species such as gold and uranium. I will discuss the numerous connections that can be made between this multi-faceted nucleosynthesis process and other subdisciplines while highlighting the local efforts of the Theory group towards illuminating heavy element origins.


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Thanks,
Lauren





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