Cosmic Birefringence: how our universe violates left-right symmetry
- Date
- December 6 (Tue) at 13:30 - 15:00, 2022 (JST)
- Speaker
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- 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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