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CRA Seminar: Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (University of Washington, Seattle) **Special Time**
February 7, 2018 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Making a Universe with (Rel)axions
The discovery of the Higgs boson reinforces the possibility that other similar, scalar particles may exist in nature. In this talk, I will begin by discussing one such dark matter and sometime inflaton candidate, the axion. I will describe the claim that dark matter axions form an exotic state of matter called a Bose-Einstein condensate and my work on this exciting prospect. Along the way I will draw connections with the interesting relaxion idea and possible phenomenologies for the proposed NASA STROBE-X experiment.
Please note special day (Wednesday) AND time (1pm). Coffee and cookies will be served in the CRA kitchen after the seminar to allow participants to attend the Black History Month lecture at 3pm: http://www.diversity.gatech.edu/2018-black-history-month-lecture