The cosmic and polar adventure of neutrinos
Special events
- Participant
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Carlos Pobes Aranda
Institute of Nanoscience and Materials of Aragon (INMA) - When
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2024/10/15
18:30 - Place
- Tabakalera, Kutxa Kultur Kluba
- Organizers
- CFM
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Carlos Pobes Aranda, renowned particle astrophysicist and disseminator of the Institute of Nanoscience and Materials of Aragon (INMA) will give a talk that opens a new edition of the lecture series “Qué sabemos de...” organized by the Center for Physics of Materials (CFM CSIC-UPV/EHU). In the second part of his intervention. Pobes will share a dialogue with Leire Larizgoitia, DIPC researcher also specialized in particle physics.
Traveling, exploring, inquiring, are inherent to the human race, but there are many ways to broaden our horizons. In his talk, Pobes proposes several journeys where science and adventure go hand in hand. An intellectual journey to try to understand the pieces that make up our Universe, in particular, neutrinos; a cosmic journey riding on one of these neutrinos to try to unveil their origins and the mysteries they hide; and an adventure trip following in the footsteps of Amundsen and Scott to the most remote place on the planet from where these elusive particles are captured.
The Center for Physics of Materials (CFM), a joint center of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) presents the lecture series “Qué sabemos de...” in collaboration with Kutxa Fundazioa. There will be four dates in October, November and December at the Kutxakultur Kluba space in Tabakalera and at the CFM itself. The talks will be accompanied by a peer-to-peer dialogue at the end of each presentation that will allow us to know not only the science that the speakers do, but also the person who carries it out.
About the speaker
Carlos Pobes is CSIC Senior Scientist at the INMA (Institute of Nanoscience and Materials of Aragon) and science communicator. Astroparticle physicist, PhD from the University of Zaragoza with a thesis on direct detection of Dark Matter in the Canfranc Underground Laboratory. He was presenter and scientific advisor of the Aragón TV programme En Ruta con la Ciencia, broadcast between 2015 and 2021 and awarded in several competitions. He is also co-writer of a documentary ‘Cazando lo invisible’, released in 2024, which proposes a unique journey through the darkest side of the Cosmos. In 2011, he was selected at international level to take care of the IceCube experiment, the world’s largest neutrino telescope, at the South Pole for a year. An experience he recounted on the blog www.eldiamaslargodemivida.com. He is currently developing radiation sensors based on superconducting materials, with applications in astrophysics, materials science and quantum technologies. And he continues to combine his outreach activities with his hobby of running in the mountains.
Leire Larizgoitia is a pre-doctoral researcher at the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC). Her research focuses on experimental neutrino physics, specifically on the development of detectors. She participates in several neutrino experiments, such as NuESS at the European Spallation Source (Lund, Sweden) and NEXT at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC). During his Physics degree (UPV/EHU) she spent time at Queen’s University (Canada) and later obtained a master’s degree from the University of Valencia. She had the opportunity to do internships at both CERN and DIPC. In 2022 she obtained the Predoctoral grant from the Basque Government to carry out her thesis at the DIPC and in 2023 she received the Fulbright grant for a stay at the University of Chicago to develop a neutron chamber.