EXPLORE 2024 Workshop: Frontiers of Matter and Gravity in Universe

Thursday Mar 28, 2024, 10:00 AM → 8:20 PM Europe/Berlin

Zoom (Online)

Laura Sagunski (chair), Rahul Kannan, Saeed Rastgoo (York University), Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich, Sean Tulin (York University), Mark Vogelsberger

EXPLORE stands for "EXPeriential Learning Opportunity through Research and Exchange”. It is the first German-Canadian-US undergraduate student research collaboration in theoretical astroparticle physics and brings together students and faculty from Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, York University in Toronto, Canada and the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US. The EXPLORE project is mentored by eight faculty members from four universities:

Saeed Rastgoo (University of Alberta, Canada)
Laura Sagunski (Goethe University, Germany)
Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich (Goethe University)
Sean Tulin (York University, Canada)
Rahul Kannan (York University, Canada)
Mark Vogelsberger(MIT, USA)

In EXPLORE, the students from all participating universities work together in diverse, international research teams to explore the most fascinating and yet unsolved mysteries of modern physics. This winter term, we have explored frontiers of gravity in the universe, where students have explored the gravity sector of the universe, studying physics at a range of length scales in the universe -- from structure formation on large scales to quantum black holes!

The EXPLORE students will present the outcome of their research at this workshop. Everyone interested, whether they are student, postdoc, or faculty, is invited to join the workshop!

 

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The EXPLORE project is supported by the Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) at York University, the DFG Collaborative Research Center CRC-TR 211 “Strong-interaction matter under extreme conditions” and the State of Hesse through the Research Cluster ELEMENTS.

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1 Welcome

Chair: Prof. Laura Sagunski

Speakers: Laura Sagunski (Goethe University), Prof. Saeed Rastgoo (University of Alberta), Juergen Schaffner-Bielich, Sean Tulin (York University), Rahul Kannan, Mark Vogelsberger

EXPLORE 2024 Workshop: High redshift galaxies and JWST

2 Galaxy Quenching at high redshifts with Thesan -- Part 1

Speaker: Mr Pranav Gupta

3 Galaxy Quenching at high redshifts with Thesan -- Part 2

Speaker: Ms Maheen Hemani

4 Cosmological Simulations with Cosmic Strings

Speaker: Ms Sonja Köhler

EXPLORE 2024 Workshop: Dark matter compact stars

5 Dark Matter Compact Stars -- Part 1

Speaker: Ms Sian McGarva (University of Alberta)

6 Dark Matter Compact Start -- Part 2

Speaker: Malin Brütting (Frankfurt Univeristy)

5:25 PM Break

EXPLORE 2024 Workshop: Quantum black holes

7 Black Hole Shadow -- Part 1

Speaker: Mr Tanjim Parvej

8 Black Hole Shadow -- Part 2

Speaker: Mr Hemish Ahuja (York University)

EXPLORE 2024 Workshop: Mini-halos and Mini-quasars

9 Minihalos and Miniquasars -- Part 1

Speaker: Ms Lauren Morley (York University)

10 Minihalos and Miniquasars -- Part 2

Speaker: Mr Aster Schnell (York University)

11 Minihalos and Miniquasars -- Part 3

Speaker: Mr Finn Karstens (Goethe University)

12 Minihalos and Miniquasars -- Part 4

Speaker: Mr Connor de Vries (Goethe University)