UNC / Duke Joint String seminar Matt Baumgart, Rutgers "De Sitter Wavefunctionals and the Resummation of Time" The holographic RG of Anti-De Sitter gives a powerful clue about the underlying AdS/CFT correspondence. The question is whether similar hints can be … Read more
UNC-CH PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY PhD DEFENSE Jack A. Silano, UNC-CH "Sub-barrier Photofission Measurements in 238U and 232Th" A study of photofission of 232Th and 238U was performed using quasi-monoenergetic, linearly-polarized γ-ray beams from the High Intensity γ-ray source at TUNL. … Read more
UNC-CH PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM Chandralekha Singh, University of Pittsburgh “Improving Student Understanding of Quantum Mechanics” Learning quantum mechanics is challenging, in part due to the non-intuitive nature of the subject matter. Our research shows that the patterns of reasoning … Read more
UNC-CH PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM Roger Melko, University of Waterloo "Machine Learning the Many-Body Proble" Condensed matter physics is the study of the collective behavior of infinitely-complex assemblies of electrons, magnetic moments, atoms or qubits. This complexity is reminiscent of … Read more
UNC-CH PhD Defense Yuan Chong, UNC-CH "NMR Studies of Protein Hydration and Protein-Ligand Interactions" Hydration water plays a crucial role in a variety of biological processes such as protein folding and drug binding, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. I … Read more
UNC-CH NUCLEAR COLLOQUIUM “NUCLEAR PHYSICS FOR BEYOND-THE-STANDARD-MODEL SEARCHES” Martin Hoferichter, University of Washington Precision measurements of low-energy observables can provide constraints on physics beyond the Standard Model that are complementary to direct searches at the energy frontier, often extending the … Read more
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