PubSci Science Café and Conversation: Big Bang Physics

Brookhaven Lab scientists to discuss the building blocks of matter at Oakdale's The Snapper Inn

November 1, 2018

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The PubSci panelists, pictured from left to right: Angelika Drees, Gene Van Buren, and Ofer Rind.

EVENT: PubSci, Brookhaven National Laboratory's science café and conversation series, is bringing science to the pub with an event on Nov. 15 titled, “Big Bang Physics and the Building Blocks of Matter.” Researchers will discuss how Brookhaven’s Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) recreates the same matter that filled the early universe moments after the Big Bang. The audience will be engaged in a lively conversation framed around several questions:

  • How did the universe take shape?
  • What binds matter together?
  • How can we answer these questions at Brookhaven?

All are welcome to come, join the conversation, and talk about science in plain language with our three speakers: 

  • Angelika Drees, Collider Group Leader, Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • Ofer Rind, Technology Architect, RHIC and ATLAS Computing Facility, Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • Gene Van Buren, STAR Experiment Software & Computing Co-Leader, Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory
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The Snapper Inn in Oakdale, NY will provide a casual setting for a conversation on the physics of our universe and the Big Bang. Admission is free, and seating is first come, first served. Menu and bar items will be available for purchase.

WHEN: 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018

WHERE: The Snapper Inn, 500 Shore Dr., Oakdale, NY 11769

DETAILS: PubSci is a science café presented by Brookhaven National Laboratory's Stakeholder and Community Relations Office. PubSci brings expert scientists to public venues to discuss cutting-edge topics and research in an informal setting.

To download the PubSci poster or let us know you're coming, please visit www.bnl.gov/pubsci.

RSVPs do not guarantee seats, but you will get a bonus raffle ticket.

Media interested in attending should RSVP to Tara Shiels, tshiels@bnl.gov, (631) 344-2400.

Brookhaven National Laboratory is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy. The Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit science.energy.gov.

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