Pump up the neutrons

Dr. Russell Mammei UCN Team — From left: Dr. Russell Mammei, Thomas Hepworth, Abeer Zahra, and Rylen De Vries

Why is there more matter than antimatter in our universe? That is the question on the minds of physicists around the world, including UWinnipeg’s Dr. Russell Mammei, internationally renowned researcher in the field of nuclear physics-fundamental symmetries.

To find the answer, Dr. Mammei prefers his neutrons served cold. Using ultracold neutrons (UCN), Dr. Mammei is looking to find the answers regarding matter to help better understand our universe.

To aid him in his search, Dr. Mammei was given the 2024 Chancellor’s Excellence Research Award.

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