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
UNC-CH Nuclear Colloquium Amy Nicholson, Berkeley "Exploring beyond the Standard Model with Lattice QCD" While the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics has been enormously successful in describing the world around us, there still remain many important and unanswered questions … Read more
UNC-CH Nuclear Chalk Talk Amy Nicholson, Berkeley "Nuclear Physics from Lattice QCD" Understanding nuclear physics from first principles is a long-standing goal of many nuclear physicists, and there are many important quantities, such as the three neutron interaction, which are … Read more
"UNC-CH Astrophysics Colloquium" David Sand, Texas-Tech University "Unveiling the Physics and Progenitors of Cosmic Explosions with a One Day Cadence Supernova Search" Supernovae (SNe) are a linchpin for understanding the chemical evolution and star formation history of the Universe. Despite … Read more
"UNC-CH Astrophysics Chalk Talk" David Sand, Texas-Tech University "My research portfolio and how that will fit in with SOAR: Nearby galaxies and nearby supernovae."
"UNC-CH Astrophysics Colloquium" Paul Robertson, Penn State "From Cataloging to Characterizing: New Tools and Techniques for a New Era of Exoplanet Science" The field of exoplanet science, particularly as it relates to the discovery and characterization of the nearest exoplanets, … Read more
"UNC-CH Astrophysics Chalk Talk" Paul Robertson, Penn State
UNC Physics and Astronomy 16th Annual Demo Show The department is hosting the 16th annual demo show. This years theme is "The History of Physics". Faculty and graduate students will perform fun physics demonstrations with an emphasis on their historical … Read more
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