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Physics & Astronomy Nuclear Seminar

Date:
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Location:
CP 179
Speaker(s) / Presenter(s):
Dr. Wolfgang Schreyer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Title: Fundamental physics with cold and ultracold neutrons

Abstract: Thanks to their lack of charge, neutrons can be powerful probes to study fundamental aspects of the weak and strong nuclear forces unhampered by electromagnetic effects. However, for the same reason tools and techniques to make neutrons useful for fundamental physics are quite different from other fields of subatomic physics. This presentation will explain the principles of neutron production, moderation and transport and showcase examples of the fundamental physics that can be explored with neutrons.

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