Shopping cart

close

The shape of the electron, and why it matters – Amar Vutha

Date: Tue. October 14th, 2014, 11:30 am-12:30 pm
Location: Rockefeller 221

The universe, or at least the 5% of it that we understand, is described rather well by the Standard Model of particle physics. Yet even this non-dark sector of the universe conceals a great mystery: // where has all the anti-matter gone? // In this lecture, I will describe the problem and the best solution that we have for it. One of the crucial ingredients of that solution is the prediction of new sources of time-reversal violation. The most sensitive probe of such time-reversal violation is, oddly enough, to be found in small asymmetries in the shape of the electron’s charge distribution. I will provide an overview of experimental efforts to detect these anomalous electric moments, and describe the strong constraints that they impose on the shape of physics to come.

Scroll To Top