UNC-CH NUCLEAR CHALK TALK Martin Hoferichter, University of Washington “Analysis Strategies for General Spin-Independent WIMP-Nucleus Scattering” Searches for dark matter via direct detection have reached impressive sensitivities in the last years, and further advances are expected with the advent of … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Peter Wolynes, Rice University "Energy Landscape Theory: From Folding Proteins to Folding Chromosomes" The statistical mechanics of energy landscapes has resolved the paradoxes of how information-bearing matter can assemble itself spontaneously. I will explain how … Read more
UNC-CH Nuclear Colloquium Ragnar Stroberg, TRIUMF "Atomic nuclei from the ground up" The standard model of particle physics has been astoundingly successful in predicting and interpreting the results of atomic and sub-atomic experiments. However when it comes to atomic nuclei … Read more
UNC-CH Nuclear Chalk Talk Ragnar Stroberg, TRIUMF "Ab initio many-body methods for nuclear structure" A major effort in modern nuclear theory is the solution of the many-body problem in a systematically improvable framework. In this talk, I will discuss approaches … Read more
UNC-CH Nuclear Colloquium Saori Pastore, LANL "Fundamental Physics with Electroweak Probes of Nuclei" The past decade has witnessed tremendous progress in the theoretical and computational tools that produce our understanding of nuclei. A number of microscopic calculations of nuclear structure … Read more
"UNC-CH Nuclear Chalk Talk" Saori Pastore, LANL "Two-nucleon electroweak currents" In this talk, I will discuss available models of two-nucleon electroweak currents and their impact on ongoing research programs in fundamental symmetries and neutrinos.
"UNC-CH Astrophysics Colloquium" Katherine Alatalo, Carnegie Observatories "The life-cycle of gas in dying galaxies" Modern day galaxies populate a bimodal distribution, in both morphology and color space. Their morphological and color properties are also inter-related, with lenticular and elliptical galaxies … Read more
"UNC-CH Astrophysics Chalk Talk" Katherine Alatalo, Carnegie Observatories "Title and Abstract to be Announced"
Joint String Theory Seminar at Duke Ken Intriligator, UCSD "Aspects of (susy) CFTs and RG flows" The traditional approach to quantum field theory starts with free fields and adds interactions. This approach misses many interesting, and potentially useful, quantum field … Read more
UNC-CH PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY DISCUSSION On Friday Feb. 17 and Friday Apr. 7 at 2:30 in Phillips 277, a task force including faculty, staff, and grad & undergrad students will lead moderated discussions of issues that concern all of us … Read more