Tracing Neutrinos Through the Cosmos

Naoko Kurahashi Neilson, Drexel University

Wagner Free Institute of Science (Philadelphia, PA)

Saturday, November 10, 2018 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm EST

1700 West Montgomery Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19121
 

2018 Westbrook Free Lectureship
 
The Universe has been studied using light since the dawn of astronomy, when starlight captured the human eye. However, a different kind of telescope located at the geographic South Pole observes the Universe in a unique way: in high-energy neutrinos. Naoko Kurahashi Neilson, assistant professor of physics at Drexel University, is part of the global IceCube experiment. In July 2018, IceCube made international news when scientists announced that they had traced a neutrino's likely origins for the first time--to a blazar almost 4 billion light-years away. This talk will explain what these extreme neutrinos are, the extreme astrophysics we study using them, at extreme energies, and why the IceCube lab is in such an extreme location. The Wagner’s museum will be open from 1 pm until the talk begins at 3 pm. Our Annual Member Reception will take place after the talk and will include a book signing with Dr. Mann. The reception is free for members, $10 for guests.
 
Dr. Naoko Kurahashi Neilson is an assistant professor of physics at Drexel University. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles, including in Science, in the field of neutrino astroparticle physics. She currently works on the IceCube experiment, the world's largest neutrino detector buried deep in the glacial ice at the geographic South Pole. She has been interviewed by many media outlets such as NPR and BBC radio on her travel to the South Pole and on exciting science results announced by IceCube in recent years.
 

Museum opens at 1:00 
Lecture begins at 3:00 PM
 
Annual Member Reception follows the talk.
Reception free for members; $10 for guests.
 

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