Colloquium Schedule

Colloquium: Thursday, February 26, 4:10 PM, Lewis Lab 316

Are the Parameters of the Standard Model Fine-Tuned for Carbon-Based Life?

Dean Lee

Physics Department
North Carolina State University

I discuss some recent results obtained using ab initio lattice simulations of effective field theory to probe nuclear structure. In particular I present recent lattice calculations of the Hoyle state of carbon-12 and whether or not light quark masses must be fine-tuned for the viability of carbon-based life.

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Physics and Astronomy Colloquia are usually scheduled for Thursdays at 4:10 PM in Lewis Lab room 316. Refreshments and snacks are available in the nearby coffee room at 3:45 PM.

 

Physics Colloquium Schedule for SPRING 2015

Click on Title below for past or upcoming Announcements (where available), and Speaker name for website.        

DateSpeakerAffiliationTitle
January 22Rosi ReedWayne State UniversityThe Connection Between Quantum Chromodynamics and the Quark Gluon Plasma
January 29Marguerite TonjesUniv. of MarylandStudying the Quark-Gluon Plasma at the Large Hadron Collider
February 5Jean PerezUniv. of New HampshireNew Horizons in Solar Wind Turbulence:
Theory, Simulations and Future Observations
February 12Sera CremoniniTexas A & M Univ."Applied" String Theory
February 19Cindy KeelerNiels Bohr InstituteString Theory in the Age of Duality
February 24 (Tuesday)Yelena ProkOld Dominion Univ.Nucleon Spin Structure: New Results from Jefferson Lab
February 26Dean LeeNorth Carolina StateAre the Parameters of the Standard Model Fine-Tuned for Carbon-Based Life?
March 5No ColloquiumAPS March Meeting-
March 12No ColloquiumSpring Break-
March 19Lev MurokhQueens College, CUNY-
March 26Nader EnghetaU Penn-
April 2Clifford BrangwynnePrinceton Univ.-
April 9Taeyoon KimPurdue Univ.-
April 16Boris YakobsonRice University-
April 23Dmitry SmirnovFlorida State Univ.-
April 30Vivek ShenoyU Penn-
May 7---