May 16, 2018
Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU)
Enjoy a cup of tea or juice while interacting with scientific experts in our upcoming Science Cafe series.
The Kavli IPMU is proud to announce the dates for our annual Science Cafe series "Universe", co-hosted with the Tamarokuto Science Center. This year's events will be held on July 8 (Sun) and September 29 (Sat). Both events will be in English.
Interested in testing you knowledge of the latest advances in theoretical physics and astronomy? We look forward to seeing you there. Pre-registration is required.
Science Cafe 2018 "Universe"
Date & Time: 14:00 - 15:30 July 8 (Sat)
Venue: Tamarokuto Science Center, Event Hall
Quantum Strings and the Vacuum Structure of the Universe
Speaker: Matthias Weissenbacher (Kavli IPMU Project Researcher）
Difficulty level: Recommended for junior high school students and above (the lecture itself has been made with high school level science knowledge in mind. The lecture will be in English with no interpretation services available on the day)
Seats: 36 (prior registration required. If the number of registrants exceeds the number of seats, participants will be drawn from a lottery. Please not you will not be able to enter the room without prior registration)
Admission: Free; 500JPY Admission Fee to enter Tamarokuto Science Center is required. Junior and high school student participants can enter the science center for free)
Introduction
I will give a general introduction of how string theory as a quantum theory of gravity lies the basic for understanding the vacuum structure of the universe.
About the speaker:
Weissenbacher joined Kavli IPMU in 2015 as a project researcher. His field of expertise is theoretical physics, particularly superstring theory.
Date & Time: 14:00 - 15:30, September 29 (Sat)
Venue: Tamarokuto Science Center, Event Hall
Supernova: The cradle of chemical elements in the universe
Speaker: Shing Chi Leung (Kavli IPMU Project Researcher)
Difficulty level: Recommended for junior high school students and above (the lecture itself has been made with high school level science knowledge in mind. The lecture will be in English with no interpretation services available on the day)
Seats: 36 (prior registration required. If the number of registrants exceeds the number of seats, participants will be drawn from a lottery. Please not you will not be able to enter the room without prior registration)
Admission: Free; 500JPY Admission Fee to enter Tamarokuto Science Center is required. Junior and high school student participants can enter the science center for free)
Pre-registration for this event will open soon.
Introduction
There are more than 100 chemical elements in the universe. Where are they produced? And how are they produced? In this talk I will give a brief overview on the connection between chemical elements and supernovae. I will briefly introduce the historical development of the theory of supernova as an explanation to the diversity of chemical elements. Then I will describe some widely accepted explosion mechanisms for different types of supernovae and discuss how elements are formed in these mechanisms. At last I will introduce some important open questions in supernova nucleosynthesis and our current works.
About the speaker:
Leung joined Kavli IPMU in 2015 as a project researcher. His field of expertise is astronomy.
Inquiries: koukai-kouza_at_ipmu.jp (please change _at_ to @)