[Astro] [CAPT] CAPT Weekly Bulletin (w/c 20-10-25)

[Ella Batchelor (staff)]

Monday 20th October at 3pm, A113 CAPT – Theoretical Physics Student Seminar

Breagh Macpherson

Black Holes

---

Tuesdays at 11am, CAPT Foyer – Astro Coffee



Tuesday 21st October at 1pm, A113 CAPT – Particle Cosmology and Gravity Seminar

Fiona McCarthy (Cambridge)

Fundamental and beyond-standard-model physics from CMB-electron scattering


As the CMB travels through the Universe, it interacts with large-scale structure, including with the inhomogeneous electron gas that surrounds galaxies. The Compton-scattering of the CMB off these electrons leads to the Sunyaev--Zel'dovich effect. This induces new CMB anisotropies, which carry information about the distribution of electrons, and gives us access to a new cosmological probe: their large-scale velocity. We can access this information with state-of-the-art high-resolution CMB surveys such as ACT and SO. I will talk about how the SZ effect in combination with a galaxy survey will constrain fundamental and beyond-standard-model physics, focusing on probes of inflation.  I will also talk about more exotic CMB-electron interactions and recent constraints on beyond-standard-model particle physics, focusing on dark photon-CMB and axion-CMB interactions.

Link to join:  https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OGM3OTk5NzQtZWEwZS00ZmUyLTk3MGUtZjFhY2M5OTU2MjI1%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2267bda7ee-fd80-41ef-ac91-358418290a1e%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22f3250584-4b5f-48fa-a897-08e77f2246b7%22%7d
---

Wednesday 22nd October at 11am, A113 CAPT – CAPT Coding Club



Wednesday 22nd October at 3.45pm, C4 Physics – Astronomy Weekly Seminar

Tim Pearce (Warwick)

Extrasolar Kuiper Belts



Our Solar System contains not only planets, but also many smaller bodies, like asteroids and comets. These bodies are collectively called 'debris', and they tend to be concentrated in 'debris discs' like the Asteroid Belt and Kuiper Belt. We can image extrasolar Kuiper Belts around other stars too, and these belts exhibit a broad diversity of shapes and features. These shapes are often attributed to interactions with unseen exoplanets. In this talk I give a broad overview of debris discs, including observations, dynamics and evolution. I also explain what debris discs teach us about exoplanets and their historical evolution, and outline what the biggest outstanding questions are. For this talk I assume no prior knowledge and try to make it accessible to a wide range of seniorities and experience levels.

---

Thursday 23rd October at 1pm, A113 CAPT – Astronomy Lunch Talk

Jack Terry



Thursday 23rd October at 3pm, A113 CAPT – Particle Cosmology Journal Club
---
Fridays at 4pm, CAPT Foyer – CAPT Cakes
---
If you have any events/visitors you would like included in next week’s bulletin, please let me know.


Best wishes

Ella

Ella Batchelor (she/her)
Administrator

School of Physics & Astronomy

University of Nottingham
A112a Centre for Astronomy & Particle Theory
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD

+44 (0) 115 74 86778 |  nottingham.ac.uk<http://nottingham.ac.uk/>

[cid:image001.png at 01DC419A.C934EC10]

Follow us
facebook.com/uniofnottingham<http://facebook.com/TheUniofNottingham>
twitter.com/uniofnottingham<http://twitter.com/UniofNottingham>
youtube.com/nottmuniversity<http://youtube.com/nottmuniversity>
instagram.com/uniofnottingham<http://instagram.com/uniofnottingham>
linkedin.com/company/university-of-nottingham<http://linkedin.com/company/university-of-nottingham>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/pipermail/astro/attachments/20251020/5bc3d722/attachment-0001.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.png
Type: image/png
Size: 190221 bytes
Desc: image001.png
URL: <http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/pipermail/astro/attachments/20251020/5bc3d722/attachment-0001.png>
-------------- next part --------------
_______________________________________________
CAPT mailing list
CAPT at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
https://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/capt