Date
December 6 (Tue) at 13:30 - 15:00, 2022 (JST)
Speaker
  • Tomohiro Fujita (Assistant Professor, Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University)
Venue
  • Hybrid Format (Common Room 246-248 and Zoom)
Language
English
Host
Ryo Namba

Our universe is lefty: recent observations imply that the polarization plane of light that has traveled through cosmic space for 13.8 billion years rotates about 0.3 degrees to the left. A similar phenomenon is known to occur in materials such as crystals, and is called birefringence. But why does birefringence occur even in the outer space, which is supposed to be a vacuum? Dark energy, the unknown energy that fills the universe, may be responsible for it. In this seminar, I will review observations and theories of cosmic birefringence and discuss future prospects.

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