Yachay Tech had its first international Astroparticle Physics event
Yachay Tech organized its first Astroparticle Physics event during the 6th, 7th and 8th of december, 2016. This event had the participation of more than 20 international guests and ponents that discussed overall perspectives on achievements and research initiatives in the field. The event was organized by Hisakazu Minakata, head of the department of Physics at Yachay Tech.
Astroparticle Physics is a multidisciplinary field, born from the combination of Astrophysics, the study of the physical laws of colossal objects in our universe; and Particle Physics, the study of the tiniest components of matter. By combining this fields, it’s possible to study the composition and formation of elements on space that we don’t fully understand yet. The speakers on this event, engaged in subjects like gamma rays, neutrinos, telescopy, cosmic rays, dark matter,
Right now, it’s important to defeat the many challenges we have, associated with the way we understand certain particles, like neutrinos. On the event, the guests discussed the advances and future of several research projects and institutions in the field. Adding to this, they highlighted the progress of initiatives like IceCube, the South Pole based observatory that discovered high energy neutrinos; Ligo, the observatory that confirmed the existence of gravitational waves, with an special attention on the future of gravitational waves physics. One of the main subject the ponents engaged in was the possibility of a new physics on the research of neutrinos, gamma rays, cosmic rays, dark matter and others.
The workshops were dictated by international guests. Other professionals in the field, faculty members and students from Yachay Tech attended the event as well. Conferensists and collaborators came from different institutions, such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Ohio State University and experiments such as IceCube, Ligo, the Telescope Array, among others.
