Date: 7 February
Hour: 12 p.m.
Venue: EA1 amphitheatre, North Tower, Alameda campus
«The Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB) and Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN) are pleased to announce the colloquium “Towards the Deepest Insight into Nuclear Fission and Fusion”, presented by Anatael Cabrera, Laboratoire de Physique des 2 infinis Irène Joliot-Curie, CNRS, Orsay, France.
Developing technological tools to achieve the deepest possible insight into nuclear phenomena — both in civil and defence contexts — has long been one of humanity’s most ambitious goals. While key milestones had been reached earlier, the most significant leap forward occurred with the advent of the nuclear era following the Second World War. Indeed, this pursuit has served as the ikigai or raison d’être behind decades of dedicated effort by some of the brightest minds in history, yielding remarkable technological advancements. While many of these developments stemmed from applied research, some of the most groundbreaking discoveries — sparking conceptual revolutions — emerged as unexpected byproducts of fundamental research in particle physics and astronomy, including several Nobel prizes.
In this colloquium, the speaker will highlight some of the latest advancements at the forefront of fundamental research to explore the most profound methods (pushing together physics, chemistry, computing imaging and top engineering techniques & expertise) for gaining insight into nuclear fission and fusion sources, whether human-made or beyond. We will uncover that the ultimate path to the deepest direct understanding may lie in mastering the use of neutrinos as a unique information vector, an endeavour for which pioneering, specialised detection technologies are being developed as we speak.»