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| November 21 2024 |
Ground level enhancement
GLE #74 took place, representing the most recent observed Ground Level Enhancement event as of the current date.
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| September 2024 |
Self-interacting dark matter
Another scientific study proposed that SIDM, along with fuzzy cold dark matter, could potentially resolve the 'final-parsec problem'.
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| September 2024 |
Self-interacting dark matter
A follow-up study proposed that both SIDM and fuzzy cold dark matter might provide a solution to the 'final-parsec problem'.
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| July 2024 |
Self-interacting dark matter
A scientific study was published proposing that self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) could solve the 'final-parsec problem' in astronomical research.
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| April 1 2024 | Joined Columbia University as provost. |
| 2023 | EUSO-SPB2 was scheduled to fly from Wānaka, New Zealand, combining a more sensitive Fluorescence Telescope and a novel Cherenkov Telescope to search for up-going tau showers produced by astrophysical tau neutrinos. |
| 2021 |
CERN Axion Solar Telescope
First results from the RADES detector were published, reporting no significant axion signal detected above the noise background during the 2018-2021 period.
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| 2021 | Elected to the Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, acknowledging her scientific excellence. |
| 2021 | Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, highlighting her scholarly achievements. |
| 2021 | Elected to the National Academy of Sciences, recognizing her significant contributions to astroparticle physics. |
| 2020 | A measurement of a unique MOND (Modified Newtonian Dynamics) effect was recorded, offering another alternative explanation to dark matter. |
| October 2020 |
Light dark matter
SENSEI experiment published its most recent results on ruling out possible mass ranges of dark matter below 1 GeV using silicon detector and CCD technology.
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| August 2020 |
Cosmic ray
Scientists reported that ionizing radiation from cosmic rays may significantly limit the coherence times of qubits in superconducting quantum computers if not adequately shielded.
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| 2019 | Observations of Andromeda showed a lack of microlensing effects, suggesting tiny black holes do not exist in significant numbers. |
| 2019 |
Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray
Observation of ultra-high-energy gamma rays from the Crab Nebula, supporting the feasibility of electron acceleration to ultra-high energies in pulsar magnetospheres.
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| August 22 2019 | Mini-EUSO ultraviolet telescope launched to the International Space Station, serving as a pathfinder mission for UHECR-missions in space. |
| February 2019 |
Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass Experiment
ISS-CREAM was switched off due to unspecified project management challenges, ending its data collection mission prematurely before completing its planned three-year operational period.
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| 2018 |
CERN Axion Solar Telescope
RADES (Relic Axion Dark Matter Exploratory Setup) began searching for axion-like dark matter, becoming the first detector to search for axions above 30 μeV.
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| 2018 | Became the first female dean of the Physical Sciences Division at the University of Chicago. |
| 2018 |
Cosmic ray
Observations of neutrinos and gamma rays from blazar TXS 0506+056 suggest that active galactic nuclei can also produce cosmic rays.
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| 2017 |
CERN Axion Solar Telescope
CAST helioscope was converted from a solar telescope to a haloscope that looks at the galactic halo.
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| 2017 | Appointed as Albert A. Michelson Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the College at the University of Chicago. |
| 2017 | Olinto began serving as principal investigator for POEMMA (Probe of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics), developing the conceptual design for a NASA space mission. |
| 2017 | EUSO-SPB1 mission launched from New Zealand, with a flight lasting 13 days (shorter than the planned 100 days). |
| August 14 2017 |
Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass Experiment
ISS-CREAM was launched to the International Space Station during the CRS-12 mission, marking the next generation of CREAM balloon experiments. The instrument was designed to be permanently installed on the station at an altitude of 410 km to collect cosmic ray data.
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| April 2017 | EUSO-SPB1 flew with a Fluorescence Telescope developed for JEM-EUSO, marking an important milestone in Olinto's space observatory research. |
| 2016 | A test of gravitational lensing in entropic gravity provided a scattered success for alternative hypotheses to dark matter. |
| 2016 | TUS mission launched on the Lomonosov satellite, included in the EUSO program. |
| 2015 | Gravitational wave measurements detected the merger of intermediate-mass black holes, which increased interest in primordial black holes as a potential dark matter explanation. |
| 2014 | Received Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentoring at the University of Chicago. |
| 2014 | EUSO-Balloon telescope conducted a 5-hour flight in Canada, observing laser-simulated cosmic ray events. |
| 2013 | Served as the Homer J. Livingston Professor in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the College at the University of Chicago. |
| 2013 | Delivered the Hess Lecture at the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference. |
| 2013 |
Cosmic ray
Fermi Space Telescope data provides evidence that a significant fraction of primary cosmic rays originate from supernova explosions of stars.
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| March 2013 | EUSO-TA telescope installed at Black Rock Mesa, Utah, United States at one of the Telescope Array fluorescence detectors. |
| 2012 | Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. |
| 2012 | Olinto began serving as the United States principal investigator of JEM-EUSO (Extreme Universe Space Observatory), an international collaboration involving 16 countries to discover the origin of the highest energy cosmic rays. |
| 2012 | Began her second term as chair of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. |
| 2012 |
Light dark matter
XENON10 experiment placed the first sub GeV limits on dark matter mass using direct detection method.
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| May 17 2012 |
Ground level enhancement
A Ground Level Enhancement (GLE) occurred, associated with an M-Class solar flare that happened 20 minutes prior to the event, demonstrating the connection between intense solar flares and ground-level particle showers.
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| 2011 | Awarded the Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching at the University of Chicago. |
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