Popular Science Lecture 101

Three quarks walk into a baryon: The recently discovered Xi_cc+ particle


Venue: Anna Centenary Library,
Kotturpuram
Chennai

April 04, 2026
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
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About the Lecture
Particle colliders have proved to be very useful in humanity's quest for understanding the smallest particles that make up the universe. These colliders have been throwing up a whole zoo of particles since the 1960s. While these short-lived particles have helped us build up the Standard Model of Particle Physics (our most successful theory of the subatomic world so far), they also point us towards unanswered questions at the edge of our understanding. One such particle is the Xi_cc+ , whose discovery at the Large Hadron Collider in CERN was announced less than a month ago. In this talk, the speaker will introduce the role of colliders, and talk about the importance of this new discovery in the zoo of particle physics.

துகள் மோதுவிகள் அடிப்படைத் துகள்களைக் கண்டறிய உதவுகின்றன. Xi_cc+ எனும் புதிய துகள் சி.இ.ஆர்.என்னில் கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்டது. இது நிலையான மாதிரியை வலுப்படுத்துவதோடு, இயற்பியலில் விடைபெறாத கேள்விகளையும் எழுப்புகிறது. இந்த உரையில் மோதுவிகளின் பங்கும் இக்கண்டுபிடிப்பின் முக்கியத்துவமும் விளக்கப்படும்.

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Time: 11:00 am to 1:00 pm - April 04, 2026

Attendance Registration starts at 10:30 am

11:00 am

Introduction

11:10 am

Dr. Sushant K. Raut
Assistant Professor of Physics, Krea University

Three quarks walk into a baryon: The recently discovered Xi_cc+ particle

4:00 pm

Q & A

Speakers

Dr. Sushant K. Raut

Dr. Sushant K. Raut

Dr. Sushant K. Raut is a particle physicist, specialising in the study of neutrinos. After his Ph.D. from IIT Bombay, he has conducted research at PRL (Ahmedabad), KTH (Stockholm), and IBS and KAIST (South Korea). He is currently a faculty at Krea University. He believes that science education can help in solving many of the problems in society, not merely through technological advances, but also through the inculcation of scientific temper and rational thinking. Outside of his professional life, his interests include travel, reading, cooking, and learning new languages and scripts.

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