[seminar] Tamás Csörgő (Tue 21th Apr, 10:15h, F-201)

[Ivica Smolic]

Dear colleagues,

I would like to invite you to another, popular seminar

Tamás Csörgő
(Wigner RCP, Budapest, Hungary)
(KRF, Gyöngyös, Hungary)

"Universe in a Single Atomic Nucleus"

Tuesday, 21th of April, 10:15h, *F-201*

This is a popular, outreach talk for non-specialists like students,
researchers outside high energy particle and nuclear physics, or for 
laypersons.

As an introduction, I discuss the ``suchness'' or dual nature of 
elementary particles, discussing some interesting concepts introduced to 
quantum mechanics and modern physics from the beginning of the 20th 
century. The main topic of my talk is the formal similarity between the 
Little Bangs of high energy heavy ion collisions and the Big Bang of our 
Universe, the analysis of the similarities and also the limitations of 
these similarities as well as the differences of the scales.

I also mention that the nuclei of the atoms in our bodies were burnt in 
stars and the end of our life on Earth will likely be a stellar event,  
the growth of our Sun to a red giant star. I will also highlight some of 
the astrophysical observations that suggest that we live in a Universe 
with accelerating expansion, which suggests that the fate of our 
Universe will be unlimited expansion and related cooling and emptiness.

In the closing part of my talk I will mention the Hungarian Science 
Clubs movement that I have initiated in Hungary, and I will demonstrate 
how one can play with elementary particles, how to keep them ``at hand'' 
and perhaps even to "have them" in our pocket: I will play some Little 
Bangs, Big Bang and show how to find a Higgs boson in a way that is 
easily understandable for laypersons.

As an outlook, if time permits I will also discuss the Einstein 
Telescope project,
that allows for an indirect investigation of one of the most fundamental 
questions:
Is our Universe alone or do we live in Multiverses, in the World of Worlds?


Best regards,

Ivica Smolić
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