GPPU Seminar

Date

14:00-16:00, August 09th, 2018

Place

Room 745, Science Complex B (H-03) map

Abstract

I shall introduce and review the experimental studies of exotic atoms, in particular kaonic atoms, and present the future perspectives.

I shall mostly focus on the studies of kaonic atoms performed at the DAFNE collider of LNF-INFN and at KEK in Japan, which have produced a valuable wealth of data which are used by theoreticians to better understand the QCD in non-perturbative sector, with implications going from particle and nuclear physics to astrophysics. I shall also discuss the development of new X-ray detectors, such as Silicon Drift Detectors and Charge Coupled Devices which allowed to perform precision measurements of kaonic hydrogen and kaonic helium.

I shall also present future perspectives, including ongoing programs, as SIDDHARTA-2 at DAFNE and E57 and E62 at J-PARC, as well as plans to perform dedicated measurements of selected kaonic atoms to solve the challenging "charged kaon mass inconsistency".

Kaonic atoms studies represents a unique opportunity to unlock the secrets of the QCD in the low-energy regime and to disentangle the role of strangeness in astrophysics and cosmology.

Point

GSP 1