Eloise Chakour

Theoretical physics is often criticized for its lack of observable predictions. However, Canada is at the forefront of research on fascinating objects that exist in the borderlands between theoretical and observational physics: cosmic strings. These theorized objects may provide answers to some of the biggest questions in physics today.

Contemporary fiction short story. Honourable Mention in the 2020 Lorian Hemmingway Short Story Competition.

A summary of my work during the 2018 BLUE Fellowship. Intended for an audience with a background equivalent to high school-level mathematics.

Editor’s note: this post is the second in a two-part series by Eloise Chakour on Sudbury’s SNOLAB. Check out Part 1 here.

SNOLAB’s facilities in Sudbury, Ont. include the world’s deepest, cleanest lab. Researchers at SNOLAB do world-class science, including many experiments searching for dark matter and neutrinos. We will explore two dark matter experiments – the Dark matter Experiment using Argon Pulse-shaped discrimination (DEAP-3600) and PICO – and the neutrino experiment SNO+.

Dark matter

SNOLAB, Canada’s deep underground research laboratory, celebrated its 10th anniversary this year. Located two kilometres deep in a mine near Sudbury, Ontario, this facility hosts the world’s deepest, cleanest laboratory space. Over the past decade, SNOLAB has been at the forefront of astroparticle physics research and physicists anticipate an equally illustrious future. In this first installation of a two-part series, we explore what SNOLAB is, what it has accomplished, and what we can expect fr

Theoretical physics is often criticized for its lack of observable predictions. However, Canada is at the forefront of research on fascinating objects that exist in the borderlands between theoretical and observational physics: cosmic strings. These theorized objects may provide answers to some of the biggest questions in physics today.