Conveners
(DNP) T2-6 Precision Physics and Tests of Fundamental Symmetries | Physique de précision et tests des symétries fondamentales (DPN)
- Liliana Caballero Suarez
Antimatter and gravity are subjects of two of the biggest mysteries in physics: How can we explain the observed excess of matter over antimatter in the universe? And, how can the theories of gravity and quantum mechanics be unified? Antihydrogen, as the simplest purely antimatter atomic system, is a natural candidate for experimentally testing some fundamental theories related to these...
The TRIUMF UltraCold Advanced Neutron (TUCAN) Collaboration is developing a new ultracold neutron (UCN) source for installation at TRIUMF. High energy neutrons will be produced by directing protons from the TRIUMF cyclotron onto a tungsten target. The neutrons will undergo moderation in two steps to reduce their energy, first in a heavy water then in a liquid deuterium moderator. The...
The pursuit of fundamental interactions requires ever increasing precision in theory and experiment. Ion-trapping techniques have been deployed and pioneered to investigate radioactive nuclides at the TITAN-TRIUMF facility. Experiments include precision mass spectrometry of superallowed $\beta$ emitters to investigate isospin symmetry and to test the unitarity of the quark-mixing matrix. To...
