• Physics and Astronomy Colloquium

March 27, 2026 3:30 PM - March 27, 2026 4:30 PM
PAIS 1100

Host:

Victor Acosta

Presenter:

Dylan Yost (Colorado State University)

Colloquium info coming soon

About Dylan Yost

My research focuses on the spectroscopy of simple atoms and the short-wavelength laser sources needed for such experiments. The study of simple atoms – namely hydrogen – has historically been an extremely fruitful endeavor, catalyzing the development of quantum mechanics, quantum electrodynamics and even some nuclear physics. All of these advances occurred when discrepancies were found between the physical theories describing the atomic energy levels and the experimental data. In fact, such discrepancies persist until today (http://arxiv.org/pdf/1301.0905v2.pdf), which may be evidence of physics beyond the standard model.