Author: sylvia

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    Neutrinos Join Forces to Shed Light on Dark Matter

    Neutrinos can “talk” to each other much more than expected within the Standard Model, and this can provide an experimentally testable solution to the dark matter puzzle of the Universe. Can […]

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    Can gravitational waves reveal phase transitions in the cores of neutron stars?

    Figure caption: Internal structure of a neutron star – predicted by theory. Phase transitions to states of matter containing deconfined quarks, hyperons and meson condensates are possible at the densities […]

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    Probing Quantum Entanglement in a Gas of Oscillating Neutrinos

    In environments where neutrinos are present in large number densities or fluxes — such as supernovae, compact object mergers, and the early universe — coherent neutrino-neutrino interactions can lead to […]

  • Sophia Han

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    Sophia Han

    Sophia obtained her Ph.D. in physics from Washington University in St. Louis in 2015, where she was supervised by Prof. Mark Alford. After graduation, she then joined Prof. Andrew Steiner’s […]

  • Ermal Rrapaj

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    Ermal Rrapaj

    Ermal graduated from Old Dominion University in 2010 with a B.S. in physics and applied mathematics. After receiving a MS in Science in Physics in 2011 and a MS in […]