/ CMS at LHC 
/ Double Chooz 
Seminar Series for Graduate and Undergraduate students
Section
599004 (1 credit hour)
Time: Wednesday, 3:30 -
4:25
Place: Nielsen Bldg.,
Room 307
Wednesday, March 17, 3:30 pm
Jirina Stone
Dense Matter Equation of State (Neutron stars)
Dear
graduate and undergraduate students
What is new,
interesting, and important in our understanding of matter, energy, and
the Universe?
Where are the
frontiers of Physics?
Today is a particularly
exciting time to get involved in research in Particle and
Astrophysics.
This year the Large Hadron Collider at
CERN will start expanding the available energy for particle reactions
in the search for fundamental forces and particles to an unprecedented
regime. The mysterious Dark Matter
that seems to make up a dominant fraction of our Universe will be
addressed with a new generation of experiments.
Neutrino experiments enter a
new stage of experiments opening the possibility to observe
neutrino-antineutrino
asymmetries that might hold the key to explain the dominance of matter versus anti-matter. Will our
understanding of
Gravity improve? And many more
questions and experiments ...
You might ask yourself
how can I participate in this kind of physics research and make a
contribution?
We think then this seminar can be very useful for you.
The Particle Physics, Astrophysics, and Cosmology Seminar (P599) is a 1
credit-hour course for graduate and
undergraduate physics major students where you will have a chance to
explore the latest developments in
fundamental particle physics,
astrophysics, and cosmology. Interested students from other
fields of research are
welcome to attend as well. No prerequisites or advanced courses are
required, only an interest in the problems
explored by fundamental physics, astrophysics, and
cosmology. UT faculty and guest scientists will tell you about
their current research and future plans. You will learn about newly
discovered facts, planned and future experiments,
and theoretical ideas in particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.
To earn 1 hour credit in this class we'll ask you to participate
actively in the seminar discussions (ask questions and
make comments) and also to give one
30-minute
scientific presentation. The subject of your presentation can be
a
recent experimental or
theoretical paper suggested by instructors, or
the subject of your own research or
interest.
The seminar will help you in developing your skills for scientific
presentation.
It is also quite acceptable if you just want to listen in or visit the
seminar for no credit - please come and do not hesitate
to ask
questions.
Please contact the Instructors listed
above (organizer: spanier@utk.edu) if you would like to understand more
about this class, how it works,
and whether you should sign up for it.
Topics of some previous years
Particle Physics Links:
/ CMS at LHC / Double Chooz 
