The Human Side of Science: Dr. Javier Duarte, University of California San Diego
Date and Time
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
This event occurred in the past
- Tuesday, November 1, 2022 from 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Location
Shiley Center for Science and Technology, 232
5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110Cost
Free
Details
The discovery of the Higgs boson confirmed the existence of a new kind of field, the Higgs field, which fills the universe. Interactions with the Higgs field provide a mechanism for generating the masses of other elementary particles. Measuring these interactions is necessary to confirm the standard model of particle physics, and any deviations may give a critical hint for new laws of physics.
In his talk, Dr. Javier Duarte will explain how his team is developing new AI methods to confront two major, and related, challenges at the LHC: searching for the elusive Higgs boson self-interaction and quickly filtering millions of collisions per second in pursuit of new physics.
More About Dr. Javier Duarte
Dr. Javier Duarte is an Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of California San Diego and a member of the CMS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). He received his PhD in physics at Caltech and his BS in physics and mathematics at MIT. Professor Duarte’s group performs measurements of high-momentum Higgs bosons and searches for exotic new physics.
