<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear all, </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’d like to invite you to the talk <b class="">Dinko Milaković</b> is going to give on <b class="">Wednesday</b>,<b class=""> Sep 12</b>, <b class="">3 pm</b> (sharp) in the Seminar room (<b class="">F201</b>) of the Physics Department.</div><div class="">Dinko is the PhD student currently working at the European Southern Observatory.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Title</b>: Measuring the fine structure constant from Laser Frequency Comb calibrate quasar spectra</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Abstract</b>:</div><div class="">Variation of the fine structure constant, if detected, would require new physics in the form of additional quantum fields or additional dimensions. The only hint of its variation so far comes from measurements in high-resolution quasar spectra. These results, however, are dominated by systematic errors, the main source of which is the wavelength calibration of spectrographs. The Laser Frequency Comb (LFC) is a novel wavelength calibration source that will be instrumental in this respect, as it offers calibration accuracy three orders of magnitude better than currently available.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I will present our project to obtain the first LFC-calibrated quasar spectrum and measure fine structure constant free of wavelength calibration systematic effects. I will discuss our analysis of the LFC system currently in use on ESO/HARPS and its comparison with an independent LFC used simultaneously on the same spectrograph. This analysis will allow us to obtain the first quasar spectrum with wavelength accuracy 10^-9. Finally, I will talk about the role of LFC systems in measuring the expansion history of the Universe with the Extremely Large Telescope in the future.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">See you all on Wednesday,</div><div class="">Lana Ceraj</div></body></html>