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