22–26 Sept 2025
Europe/Lisbon timezone

Looking at Stars, Aiming for Axions

22 Sept 2025, 09:20
40m

Speaker

Georg Raffelt (Max Planck Institute for Physics, Garching)

Description

Using stars as natural laboratories for fundamental physics is an idea with deep roots, but recent years have seen a dynamic resurgence in this approach. In this talk, we will explore how stellar observations - both historical and cutting-edge - are shedding light on axions and other feebly interacting particles. By tracing the evolution of these ideas, from classic arguments to modern developments, we aim to highlight the growing role of astrophysics in probing new physics.

Author

Georg Raffelt (Max Planck Institute for Physics, Garching)

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