UK Physics & Astronomy


Physics & Astronomy Colloquium



3:30 PM, Friday, September 8, 2006

Room 155, Chem-Phys Building



Dr. Susan Gardner

Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Kentucky


``Tracking TeV-Scale Physics with neV Neutrons''


Theoretical and empirical evidence show the Standard Model, successful though it may be, to be incomplete at sufficiently high energies. Collider experiments yield direct constraints on possible completions, though important, complementary constraints come from precision measurements at low energies. I overview the latter, focussing on tests afforded by the study of low-energy neutrons, and discuss the theoretical challenges in interpreting these measurements as constraints on emergent, TeV-scale phenomena.

Refreshments will be served in CP 179 at 3:15 PM