UNC-CH PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM Dan Hooper, Fermi Lab “Dark matter Annihilation in the Gamma-Ray Sky” In many models, dark matter particles can undergo self-annihilation, generating gamma-rays and other high-energy particles. One of the missions of the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space … Read more
UNC-CH Nuclear Colloquium Jens Braun, Technical University of Darmstadt "Generation of Structure under Extreme Conditions" The theory of the strong interaction describes the appearance of the fundamental building blocks of matter in the early universe and the subsequent formation of … Read more
"UNC-CH Nuclear Chalk Talk" Jens Braun, Technical University of Darmstadt "Nucleonic Systems as viewed at Different Distance Scales" The Renormalization Group (RG) represents an important method in modern physics as it allows systematic studies of the changes of physical systems … Read more
“UNC-CH Astrophysics Colloquium” JJ Hermes, UNC-CH “Deep Insights into the Endpoints of Binary and Angular Momentum Evolution” We are entering a new era of precision constraints on the fundamental properties and internal constitution of stars, thanks to improving models and … Read more
“UNC-CH Astrophysics Chalk Talk” JJ Hermes, UNC-CH “Stellar and Exoplanet Archeology in the Space Age” My research portfolio and how that will fit in with SOAR (and Evryscope, SALT, PROMPT).
UNC-CH PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM Shengbai Zhang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute "Topological Carbon: a New Perspective" Topological physics in solids began with carbon but drifted away due to its exceedingly small spin-orbit coupling (SOC), which is thought to be essential for … Read more
UNC-CH Nuclear Colloquium Emanuele Mereghetti, LBNL "Probing new physics at high and low energy" The Standard Model of particle physics is an extremely successful theory, tested over a wide range of energy scales. Still, there are many fascinating open problems, … Read more
"UNC-CH Astrophysics Colloquium" Gregory Herczeg, Peking University "The evolution of protoplanetary disks and their host stars" The origins of our own planetary system was set when the sun was still young and surrounded by a circumstellar disk. Although the evolutionary … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Prof. Pierre Hohenberg, NYU "What is quantum mechanics? A minimal formulation" This talk asks why the interpretation of quantum mechanics, in contrast to classical mechanics, remains a subject of controversy. I shall present a 'minimal … Read more
UNC-CH APPLIED PHYSICAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT Yunzhao Xing, UNC-CH “New NMR Methods for Characterizing Nanoporous Structures and Nanoconfined Shale Gas” Porous materials, such as activated carbons and gas shale rocks, are playing crucial roles in our daily life and industry areas. … Read more
Joint/String Theory Seminar at Duke Djordje Radicevic, Perimeter "The Ergodicity Landscape of Quantum Theories" Quantum theories can be classified by statistical properties of their entire spectra. The space of spectral universality classes is relatively simple, and at its two extremes … Read more
UNC-CH PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY DISSERTATION DEFENSE Kris Vorren, UNC-CH "A Direct Search for Dark Matter with the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR" The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is a neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment currently operating 4850 ft underground in the Sanford Underground Research Facility in … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Ronald Walsworth, Harvard University "Nanoscale Magnetic Imaging using Quantum Defects in Diamond" Nitrogen vacancy (NV) color centers are quantum defects in diamond that provide an unpar-alleled combination of magnetic field sensitivity and spatial resolution in … Read more