Early Morning Coffee at CERN

Guests
Fred Gray , Professor of Physics at Regis University, Muon g-2 Experiment
Claudia Cornella, CERN Theory Research Fellow
Simon Kuberski, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Theory Research Fellow at CERN

Contributors
Host: Steven Goldfarb
Editor & Producer: Melanie Arnold
Executive Producer: Jacques Fichet
Ron Suykerbuyk: Technical Lead
Sound Engineering: Piotr Traczyk
Music: The Canettes Blues Band

In this special episode celebrating the United Nations' International Year of Quantum Science and Technology and World Quantum Day, we dive into the mysterious world of quantum entanglement—this time, at the scale of top quarks. 

Join us as we speak with Giulia Negro (CMS Experiment, Purdue University) and Yoav Afik (ATLAS Experiment, University of Chicago), two physicists behind groundbreaking results from the Large Hadron Collider's biggest experiments. 

From the birth of quantum mechanics 100 years ago to its latest tests in high-energy proton collisions, we explore how the weirdness of the quantum world continues to unfold—one quark pair at a time.

Contributors:
Host: Steven Goldfarb
Editor & Producer: Chetna Krishna
Executive Producer: Jacques Fichet
Ron Suykerbuyk: Technical Lead
Sound Engineering: Piotr Traczyk
Music: The Canettes Blues Band

Why does our universe seem to be made almost entirely of matter, with barely any antimatter in sight? 

Join us as we dive in this podcast episode of Early Morning Coffee at CERN (Emc2) into the fascinating world of LHCb, the LHC's beauty experiment, with two leading experimentalists, Yasmine Amhis and Patrick Koppenburg. We explore how the LHCb experiment is probing CP violation to studying hadrons containing b and c quarks and preparing for the High-Luminosity LHC era. Discover what makes LHCb unique—its asymmetric design and its remarkable success in identifying new hadrons.

Contributors:
Director, Producer & Editor: Chetna Krishna
Host: Steven Goldfarb
Production Assistant: Joni Pham
Guests: Yasmine Amhis and Patrick Koppenburg
Executive Producer: Jacques Fichet
Technical Lead: Ron Suykerbuyk
Sound Engineering: Piotr Traczyk
Original theme: Canettes Blues Band

How can the Large Hadron Collider turn lead into primordial soup and why?

Join us as we dive into the world of heavy ion collisions at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC). In this episode, we connect with an expert from the LHC’s Beam Operations team and a researcher from the ALICE experiment to uncover the science behind colliding lead ions instead of protons. What does it take to vapourize lead, strip off its electrons, and accelerate it to near-light speeds for these extraordinary collisions? And why are these collisions important?

We’ll explore the challenges of lead ion collisions, how they differ from proton collisions, and the unique role of the ALICE experiment in studying their results. From measurements to discoveries, we’ll unpack the insights gained from these experiments while offering a glimpse into the future of research at the LHC.

Tune in to explore the fascinating intersection of physics, experimentation, and cutting-edge discovery.

Can dark matter be produced at the Large Hadron Collider?

On Dark Matter Day, discover how scientists at CERN are using cutting-edge technology and computing to tackle one of the universe’s biggest mysteries. 

Hear from host Steven Goldfarb and our guests Baptise Ravina from the ATLAS experiment and Annapaola de Cosa from the CMS experiment.

In this episode:
0:00 - 0:45 — Teaser
0:45 - 1:20 — Introduction
1:20 - 2:10 — Origins of Interest in Dark Matter
2:10 - 3:47 — Dark Matter Evidence
3:47 - 4:47 — Cosmic Background & Relativity
4:47 - 5:46 — Gravity and Dark Matter
5:46 - 9:15 — What Is Dark Matter?
9:15 - 11:00 — Detection Challenges
1:00 - 13:30 — Detection Strategy
13:30 - 16:18 — Differentiating Neutrinos
16:18 - 18:00 — Alternative Models
18:00 - 19:35 — Particle Jets
19:35 - 20:08 — Theory vs. Concept
21:53 — LHC & Higgs Discovery
22:12 — Higgs-Dark Matter Link?
22:27 — LHC Dark Matter Search
23:02 — Dark Higgs Theory
24:02 — Dark Leptons & Quarks
25:03 — Parallel Universe Hypothesis
25:54 — LHC Upgrades & Future
27:22 — AI and New Physics
28:43 — Planning a New Collider
29:49 — Other Dark Matter Experiments
30:48 — Complementary Approaches
31:30 — Dark Matter Quest
32:11 — Quantum Fields
33:00 — Team

Guests
Annapaola da Cosa, Assistant Professor, ETH Zürich (CMS)
Baptiste Ravina, Research Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (ATLAS)

Contributors:
Host & Script: Steven Goldfarb
Executive producer: Jacques Herve Fichet
Director & Producer: Chetna Krishna
Editor: Chetna Krishna
Production Assistant: Joni Pham
Sound designer: Piotr Traczyk
Original Music: Canettes Blues Band
Graphics and animation: Daniel Dominguez
Technical Lead: Ron Suykerbuyk
Studio Manager: Max Brice
Advisors: Matthew Chalmers, Paola Catapano, Arnaud Marsollier