Fundamental symmetries and nuclear structure - some examples from the Global South

by Smarajit Triambak (University of the Western Cape, iThemba LABS)

Wednesday 13 Apr 2016, 14:30 → 15:30 Europe/Zurich

CERN

Atomic nuclei are known to provide excellent opportunities to test symmetries of the standard model. This indirect approach, usually with high precision measurements, allows one to place useful bounds on new physics. However, in order to achieve these goals, it is essential that the effects of nuclear structure are well understood. In this talk I will highlight some recent experimental work done in this exciting sub-field of nuclear physics, led the University of the Western Cape and in collaboration with other laboratories from the Northern Hemisphere.