“Spring Break”
No Colloquium, "Spring Break"
No Colloquium, "Spring Break"
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
UNC-CH PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY DEPARTMENT DEFENSE Josh Fuchs, UNC-CH "Fundamental Properties of White Dwarfs Alone and In Binaries" White Dwarf Properties Mass, log(g), and Teff too, I Measure Better
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Jonathan Baugh, University of Waterloo, CA "Benchmarking quantum control and developing semiconductor-based quantum devices" The development of robust, scalable quantum information processors is both an extraordinary opportunity and an extraordinary challenge. Over the past 20 … 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
CoSMS Institute Colloquium Daniel Kleppner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, recipient of the 2017 APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research. “Three Seeds in the Flowering of Quantum Science” A new field of quantum science has sprung into life in the … Read more