Hello everyone,

This is a reminder that you have the IIHE seminar this Friday on top
entanglement in your agenda.

See you there numerously,
Steven.


On 26/02/2024 14:28, Steven Lowette wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> On Friday Mar 22 we will have an IIHE seminar from Dr. James Howarth:
> "Exploring quantum entanglement at hadron colliders using top quarks at
> the ATLAS experiment"
> at 14h30 in the Sacton seminar room (G.1.03)
>
> Abstract and short bio are below; the event's agenda can be found here:
> https://indico.iihe.ac.be/event/1918/
>
> Kind regards,
> Steven.
>
> -----
>
> Abstract:
> ATLAS recently observed quantum entanglement in pairs of top quarks
> using 13 TeV data, the first time that entanglement has been observed in
> fundamental quarks and at the highest ever energy scales. In this
> seminar I will explain how this ground breaking measurement was
> achieved, how it highlights limitations in our current state-of-the-art
> Monte Carlo simulations, and the implications of the result in the wider
> context of quantum information. I will also explain what direction this
> exciting new field of study at collider experiments might take and
> highlight new opportunities for collaborations between quantum
> information and collider physics.
>
> Bio:
> Dr James (Jay) Howarth is a Lecturer at the University of Glasgow and
> Royal Society University Research Fellow. He obtained his PhD at the
> University of Manchester in 2013, followed by a research fellowship at
> DESY and a postdoctoral research position at the University of
> Manchester. His research focuses on top quark physics in general,
> particularly on the properties of top quarks at hadron colliders and is
> a member of the ATLAS collaboration.
>
>

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