The detection of cosmic dust-derived radionuclides with accelerator mass spectrometry from samples collected on Earth provides information on several interdisciplinary research areas including (i) nucleosynthesis processes in massive stars and their explosions, (ii) the nature of the interstellar matter our Solar System encountered in the past, (iii) mixing and transport of interstellar and interplanetary dust, and (iv) the effects of significant cosmic dust-producing events on Earth's climate history and biological evolution. I will present my current and future research on cosmic signatures on Earth, which includes answering geological, cosmochemical, and astrophysical questions using accelerator mass spectrometry. In addition, I will show how combining such experimental data with astrophysical modelling enables the full exploitation of the results.
As part of the presentation, there will be a teaching demonstration on the topic "The classical and the quantum harmonic oscillator".
