The Neutrino Story: From Impossible dreams to unreachable stars (ONLINE) by Srubabati Goswami

Kaapi with Kuriosity The Neutrino Story: From Impossible dreams to unreachable stars (ONLINE) Speaker: Srubabati Goswami (Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad) When: 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Sunday, 23 May 2021 Where: Livestream via the ICTS YouTube channel Abstract:- Neutrinos are one of the fundamental particles. They are all around us, yet they remain elusive since they hardly interact with matter. In this talk I will discuss some of the unique properties of neutrinos which compel us to think beyond our standard ideas of fundamental particles and their interactions and open a new window towards a deeper understanding of nature. About the Speaker:- Prof. Srubabati Goswami did her PhD from Calcutta University and is currently a Senior Professor in the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. Her topic of research is Neutrino Physics and she is a member of the India-Based Neutrino Observatory collaboration. She has received several awards including the Humboldt fellowship from Alexander-von-Humboldt foundation, P. Sheel memorial lecture award for women scientists from NASI, C .V. Raman Mahila Vijnana Puraskara from Swadeshi Vijnana Andolana-Karnataka and the J.C. Bose National fellowship of SERB. She is an elected fellow of all the three science academies in India and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).