August 25, 2021
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 beginning of our annual Science Cafe 2021 series "Universe", co-hosted with the Tamarokuto Science Center. This event will be in English.
Interested in testing you knowledge of the latest advances in mathematics and astronomy? We look forward to seeing you there. Pre-registration is required.
Science Cafe 2021 "Universe"
Time & Date: 14:00~15:30, September 19 (Sun), 2021
Venue: Online
"First stars and first galaxies in the history of the universe"
Speaker: Park Hyunbae (Kavli IPMU Project Researcher)
Recommended age: Junior high school and above (the content is more appropriate for high school students. The event will be in English with no Japanese interpretation)
Seats: 60 (If the number of registrants exceeds the number of seats, participants will be drawn from a lottery)
Admission: Free
Click here to register (Tamarokuto Science Center website). Registrations close on September 6 (Mon)
Introduction
Astronomy started when humanity started questioning the nature of celestial objects in daily life. We have answered many of those questions last several centuries thanks to a revolutionary development in science. Now the frontier of astronomy lies in the first generation of stars and galaxies in the history of the universe. We are studying these early galaxies to help reveal the origin of humankind and what we see in today’s universe. I would like to talk about the recent activities of astronomers on this global project.
About the Speaker
*Hyunbae joined Kavli IPMU in 2019. His area of expertise is cosmology.
Time & Date: 14:00~15:30, June 20 (Sun), 2021
Venue: Online
"Two fronts for New Physics"
Speaker: Thomas Rafael Czank (Kavli IPMU Project Researcher)
Recommended age: Junior high school and above (the content is more appropriate for high school students. The event will be in English with no Japanese interpretation)
Seats: 60 (If the number of registrants exceeds the number of seats, participants will be drawn from a lottery)
Admission: Free
Click here to register (Tamarokuto Science Center website). Registrations close on June 7 (Mon)
Introduction
The Standard Model (SM) despite its many successes in explaining the phenomenology of our daily lives and beyond still fails to explain the imbalance of matter and antimatter in the universe. Why is there more matter than anti matter? And offers no candidates to explain the huge amount of dark matter and energy around us. In this talk I will attempt to give an easy summary of the SM as well as its highlights while showing its limitations. Finally, explain what are the two fronts to look for hints on how to expand the SM so that it is able to account for the mysteries with no clear answer.
About the Speaker
Czank joined Kavli IPMU in 2018. His area of expertise is experimental physics.
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