Fruits of the Universe – Strange hadrons in a strongly-interacting environment: from nuclei ad astra

by Kirill Lapidus (TUM)

Thursday 27 Feb 2014, 12:30 → 13:00 Europe/Berlin

Foyer, 1st floor (Excellence Cluster Universe)

Strange hadrons in a strongly-interacting environment: from nuclei ad astra Measurements of hadron properties inside the nuclear environment give insight into the fundamental properties of the strong interaction in the low energy domain — confinement and broken chiral symmetry. An additional motivation to focus on the strange hadron species (kaons and hyperons) is given by the hypothesis of their appearance in the core of a neutron star. In this talk, Kirill Lapidus will outline the mechanisms and experimental constraints for the existence of strangeness in neutron stars and give an example of accelerator-based studies with a recent high-precision measurement of neutral kaons done at the HADES experiment (GSI, Darmstadt). The audience is cordially invited to discuss and comment. During this 30-minutes lunch event, we will serve drinks and fingerfood. Venue: Cluster building, Foyer 1st floor, Boltzmannstr. 2, Garching