The neutrino mass is one of the outstanding problems in particle physics and cosmology. Lower limits obtained from neutrino oscillations are in tension with upper limits derived from cosmological measurements. Direct kinematic measurements provide the most promising avenue to determine the absolute neutrino mass scale. Project 8 is a next-generation experiment aiming to directly measure the...
Charm quarks are abundantly produced in ultra-relativistic collisions of protons and heavy ions, benefiting from the high energies achieved at modern colliders. Owing to their unique characteristics, they provide a powerful means to explore fundamental—and still unresolved—aspects of the strong interaction. The production of charmed mesons and baryons offers insight into the mechanisms of...
In this talk we discuss the interplay of dynamical mass generation from the strong and electroweak interactions and explore the consequences for phase transitions of the strong interaction at finite temperature and chemical potential. Using a functional approach to QCD we illustrate the search for a critical end point and outline possible strategies to explore the cold and dense region of the...
Short-range correlations between nucleons appear to be a universal feature of the structure of nuclei. In a short-range correlation, nucleons fluctuate to a state of very close proximity, and experience interactions that are much stronger than the typical mean-field attraction. This results in nucleons occupying states of high momentum, much larger than the nuclear Fermi momentum. Though only...
Compressed Baryonic Matter at FAIR: construction progress and prototype beam-test results Alberica Toia (for the CBM Collaboration) The Compressed Baryonic Matter (CBM) experiment, currently under construction at the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR), is designed to map the QCD phase diagram at high net-baryon densities and moderate temperatures through heavy-ion and hadron...
