Dr. Guy Savard

Biography

Guy Savard is a part-time professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Chicago and a senior scientist at the Argonne National Laboratory's Physics Division. His current research focuses on low-energy tests of the Standard Model, particularly the electroweak interaction. Savard's studies utilize samples of radioactive ions that are captured in ion traps, allowing for high-precision experiments. His group has developed new techniques to efficiently capture short-lived isotopes, enhancing the sensitivity of experimental results. Savard is actively involved in determining the weak vector coupling constant and testing the unitarity of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix through various experimental programs. He is also engaged in researching scalar currents in charged electroweak interactions using superallowed emitters. His experiments significantly benefit from state-of-the-art radioactive ion sources, which are a high priority for new nuclear physics construction, and he is heavily involved in R&D for these facilities, particularly at the Argonne National Laboratory.

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