UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Julieta Gruszko, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Shedding ‘Nu’ Light on the Nature of Matter: The Search for Majorana Neutrinos" Why is the universe dominated by matter, and not antimatter? Neutrinos, with their changing flavors and … Read more

UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Jeremy Rogers, University of Wisconsin-Madison "Measuring and modeling scattered light for quantitative contrast of nanoscale tissue structure" Diffuse light scattering in tissue is often considered problematic for imaging because it limits depth and contrast in … Read more

UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Colloquium João Alves, Universität Wien "The rise of the Milky Way" Most of what we know about star and planet formation has been obtained from spatial 2D observations of the local Galactic neighborhood (d < 1 … Read more

UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Michael Wittmann, The University of Maine "Using a knowledge-in-pieces resources framework to organize our knowledge of learning in physics" As a physicist who leaned toward theory, I can’t help but be interested in the theories … Read more

UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Akaa Daniel Ayangeakaa, United States Naval Academy "Nuclear Structure and the search for neutrinoless doublebeta decay (0νββ): A case study of 72,76Ge" The observation of neutrinoless double-beta decay (0νββ) would simultaneously demonstrate the Majorana nature … Read more

UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Wilson Miller, University of Virginia "MRI illuminated by Gamma Rays" Most medical imaging modalities have roots in old-fashioned nuclear physics. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), which is based on the spin dynamics of oriented nuclei, provides … Read more

UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Craig D. Roberts, Argonne National Laboratory "Emergence of Mass in the Standard Model" Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), the nuclear physics part of the Standard Model, is the first theory to demand that science fully resolve the … Read more

UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Andrea Shindler, Michigan State University "Flowing the strong interactions" Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) is the local gauge theory describing strong interactions. It has been successfully adopted for calculations in the high-energy regime using perturbation theory. To … Read more

UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Christoph Baranec, University of Hawaii "Advances in Adaptive Optics Technology at the University of Hawai`i" Since the 1990s, adaptive optics systems have opened up high acuity imaging of astronomical objects from the ground. In response … Read more

UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Giuliano Scarcelli, University of Maryland “Biophysical contrast mechanisms for biomedical imaging” The interaction between photons and acoustic phonons within materials, first described by Leon Brillouin, has been widely investigated to characterize mechanical and physical properties … Read more