Measurement of the ATOMKI anomaly

by Dr Hugo Natal da Luz (Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Czech Technical University in Prague)

Thursday 13 Mar 2025, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Prague

Abstract: 

Theoretical prediction for the distribution of the angle between electrons and positrons originating in internal pair creations is a monotonic featureless decrease with the opening angle. Studies on excited states of 8Be and 4He nuclei, made in ATOMKI, Hungary, over the last decade, revealed deviations from this expectation. If true, the anomaly can be explained by introducing a new short-lived neutral boson that can still fit into known experimental and theoretical constraints. Although several independent laboratories have been trying to verify these results world wide, a satisfactory model does not exist yet.

In this seminar I will give an overview of a selection of different experiments aiming at the solution of the ATOMKI anomaly and summarise their results. I will also describe the ongoing construction of a spectrometer for light charged particles at the Van-de-Graaff accelerator facility of the Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics (IEAP) at the Czech Technical University in Prague in order to either confirm or disprove the above-mentioned anomaly.

 

 

 

The seminar will be held in the Dvořák hall, FZU, Pod Vodárenskou věží 1, Prague.

Location: https://goo.gl/maps/wEf7PsiLimSXMZhE9

 

The seminar will be also available via ZOOM video conference system:

Meeting ID: 674 9629 6646
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