UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Dissertation Defense Chelsea Bartram "CALIOPE, A Search for CPT-Violation in Positronium" We present the results of a search for CPT-violation in ortho-positronium decay with CALIOPE, or CPT Aberrant Leptons in Ortho-Positronium Experiment. Positronium, a bound state … 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 "Annual Demo Show" Professors and students perform their favorite physics demonstrations in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing. Fun, educational and free this show is suitable for all ages!
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 Women in Physics Event Susan Clark, Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) On Tuesday, March 5th from 10-11 AM, Women in Physics will be meeting with Dr. Susan Clark. She is currently a Hubble Fellow at the Institute for Advanced … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Preliminary Exam Anna Reine "Study of Backgrounds in the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR through Analysis of Coincidence Data" The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is a germanium-based neutrinoless double beta decay search (0???) located in the Sanford Underground Research Facility. In … Read more
SHAPE: Symposium on Horizons in Astronomy and Physics Education Dr. Robert Janssens (UNC-CH) It’s Nuclear: The Hulk, Gamma Rays, the Atomic Nucleus and Shining Stars Dr. Tom Clegg (UNC-CH) on how to teach about the physics of climate change Dr. … 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 PhD Defense Kayla Redmond "How an Era of Kination in the Early Universe Impacts Dark Matter Annihilation Signatures" Our ignorance of the period between the end of inflation and the beginning of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis limits … Read more