[14:30] Coast-to-Coast Seminar: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (A Neutrino)

Speaker: Dr. Scott Oser, University of British Columbia

If you took an electron and stripped away all of its charge and all of its mass, would you have anything left? Incredibly enough, the answer is yes---a neutrino! Invented originally as an “accounting trick” to balance the books in nuclear reactions, we now know neutrinos to be among the lightest and hardest to detect particles in the world. Billions of them are flying through your body as you read this abstract. I will explain what we know about these phantom-like particles and the unique challenges we face in studying their properties.

NOTE: due to the size and complexity of delivering cross-country seminars, we regret we cannot support desktop AG connections for the Coast-to-Coast seminars

If you are planning to attend this seminar, ensure you have registered using the link provided at the top of this announcement. AG rooms will only be opened for these seminars where someone has indicated they plan to attend, and it is critical that we be aware of significant attendees in case a larger room needs to be booked.