Colloquium
Department of Physics, NCU
From the ground to space, from heavy-ion physics to cosmic ray
Speaker
Prof. Yang, Yi (楊毅)
中央大學物理系92級系友
Department of Physics, National Cheng Kung University
Date 2019.10.01(Tue)
Time 14:00-16:00
Place S4-625
In the past five decades, we had tremendous success on understanding our universe and how fundamental particles interact to each other. One of the most important tasks in physics is to have more deeper insights into the detailed behavior of the strong interaction (Quantum Chromo Dynamics, QCD). Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory provides us rich phenomena of QCD, in particular a unique opportunity for us to study the QCD matter, Quark Gluon plasma, which is created at extremely high energy density. On the other hand, there are many interesting and important results from the current cosmic ray experiments. Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) is one of the most powerful detectors in space and it is facing a serious challenge after 8 years operation. In this talk, I will give an introduction on the heavy-ion program and status at the RHIC and a short update on the AMS-02 experiment.
