The Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB) and the Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies (C2TN) announce the Lecture “Towards a Deeper Understanding of Nuclear Fission and Fusion,” presented by Anatael Cabrera, Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie, CNRS, Orsay, France.
The development of technological tools that enable the deepest possible understanding of nuclear phenomena – both in the civil and defense contexts – has long been one of humanity’s most ambitious goals.
Although significant milestones have been reached in the past, the most remarkable leap occurred with the advent of the nuclear age after World War II. Indeed, this goal has been the foundation of decades of dedicated efforts by some of the brightest minds in history, leading to notable technological advances. While many of these developments originated in applied research, some of the most groundbreaking discoveries – those that triggered conceptual revolutions – emerged as unexpected byproducts of fundamental research in particle physics and astronomy, including several Nobel Prize-winning achievements.
In this Lecture, the speaker will highlight some of the latest advances at the forefront of fundamental research, exploring the most comprehensive methods (combining physics, chemistry, computational imaging, and state-of-the-art engineering techniques and knowledge) to gain insights into nuclear fission and fusion sources, whether man-made or not. We will discover that the ultimate path to the deepest direct understanding may lie in the use of neutrinos as a unique information vector – an endeavor for which specialized and pioneering detection technologies are currently being developed.
📅 07/02
📍 EA1 Amphitheatre, North Tower, Alameda Campus
🕛 12h00