Cosmic Particle Showers & SARS-CoV-2 containment

Spreker: Tina Pollmann (IoP)| Engels | 11:00-11:45 | C0.110 Sometimes one branch of physics has surprising connections with another. An example is that the modelling of cosmic particle showers - 'showers' of particles that reach our detectors as a result of the bombardment of our atmosphere with high energy cosmic rays - can be applied to studying the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus under different types of containment protocols. Tina Pollmann, an astroparticle physicist, explains how surprisingly she got to work extensively on this hot topic in health science over the past year.