Seminar

Pulsar polarization: explanations and applications Pulsar radio emission, and particularly its polarization, is a key probe of neutron star physics. This, in turn, means that we can use it to advance searches for gravitational waves and to map out the invisible structures of the galaxy. However, new and improved observations show that the conventional model […]

Machine Learning: from Quantum Technologies to Neuromorphic Devices  

Evidence for high-energy neutrinos from the Galactic plane The Milky Way, our home galaxy, is visible to the eye as a faint band of light in the night sky. This emission from the Galactic plane extends over a wide range of the electromagnetic spectrum, from radio to gamma rays. A fraction of the gamma-ray emission […]

Looking for dark matter in gamma rays - can machine learning help? We live in a ‘golden’ time for studies of high-energy (HE) astrophysics as a series of satellite and ground based telescopes currently provide high-precision data, critical to answer the century old questions on the origin of cosmic rays and physics at the heart […]

Civilian and military use of nuclear technology To exploit nuclear technology for civilian purposes, in particular energy production, a variety of facilities - a nuclear fuel cycle - is necessary, comprising reactors and uranium enrichment plants among others. These same facilities, however, produce the fissile materials that are required to build nuclear weapons: plutonium and […]