Yale Systems Biology Institute Seminar Series Presents: “Overcoming thermal fluctuations requires large energetic costs for electrical signaling in neurons”. Benjamin Machta, PhD, Assistant Prof. of Physics, Yale University. Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM. Yale West Campus, 840 West Campus Dr., Room ABC373, West Haven. Lunch will be served.
Talk Title: Exploring quark-gluon plasma temperatures using thermal photon and dilepton production
Abstract:
Thermal electromagnetic radiation is emitted all throughout the space-time evolution of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP), which we are able to create in heavy-ion collisions at CERN. The production rate of this radiation depends on the QGP temperature, which is a key parameter to understand the dynamics of the system. So far there is no high precision measurement of the QGP temperature at LHC energies.
Please join us to hear what our student researchers have been doing this summer. Part 2 of a 2-day symposium.
Please join us to hear what our student researchers have been doing this summer. Part 1 of 2 day program.
All members of the Wright Lab community and Wright Lab summer program participants and their mentors are invited to a mid-summer pizza lunch.
YQI Documentary screening + conversation about art and technology
In this workshop we will cover the equipment available at the Wright Lab Advanced Prototyping Center and how to get started designing parts. Basics of CNC laser and abrasive water jet cutting will be included, as well as an introduction to 3D printing. No prior experience is required, but having an idea for a project that you may want to get started on would be great. We will start off with a classroom presentation and then have a quick tour of the facilities.
The EHS shop orientation is offered each semester and is required to be taken once by anyone who would like to gain access and make use of the research and teaching shops at Wright Lab.
For more information on the shop facilities at Wright Lab see:
https://wlab.yale.edu/facilities
The Wright Lab community is invited to welcome our summer student researchers with coffee, breakfast food, and casual interaction.
This tour is open to students in the Wright Lab Summer Student Program and new members of the Wright Lab and Yale Physics communities. Meet at the front entrance for a ~1 hour overview tour of the lab facilities and research program.
