We present an updated analysis of the first-order phase transition associated with symmetry breaking in the early Universe in a classically scale-invariant model extended with a new SU(2) gauge group. Including recent developments in understanding supercooled phase transitions, we compute … Read More

The meeting will take place in the seminar room of physics (room 106).

$V_{ub}$ is the smallest and least known of all CKM matrix elements; it's currently determined primarily through the exclusive process B → π l 𝜈. I will present progress toward a lattice QCD determination of the $V_{ub}$​ matrix element from a novel transition -- the B → π … Read More

Islets of Langerhans consist of a large functional syncytium of beta cells that produce pulses of insulin, a key component for controlling metabolic homeostasis. In response to stimulation, the islet cells display rather well-coordinated intercellular activity patterns, which was found … Read More

I will present a new approach to studying epithelial mechanics, which is based on representing the tissue structure by a graph. As a proof of concept, I will study a tissue with random cell rearrangements and compare the results with … Read More

A cosmological first-order phase transition would have given rise to a stochastic gravitational wave background which may be observable today. Phase transitions are driven by thermal loop fluctuations, which modify background fields at leading order. This breaks the usual loop … Read More

The meeting will take place in the seminar room of physics (106).

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Abstract Viruses likely represent the most diverse part of the biosphere; nevertheless, a large part of their diversity is still unknown. Viromics approaches, based on high-throughput sequencing, enable the studies of virus diversity inside and outside of their hosts, in … Read More

I will present a minimal Grand Unified Theory model, based on an SU(5) gauge symmetry and a global U(1) Peccei-Quinn symmetry, that predicts the existence of an ultralight axion dark matter within a narrow mass range between 0.1 neV and … Read More