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
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Thesis Proposal Presentation Christopher Munna "Eccentric orbit binary black hole inspirals: Informing the post-Newtonian expansion through black hole perturbation theory and multipole moment computation" With the first definitive signals from LIGO, the era of gravitational wave … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Wilson Miller, University of Virginia "MRI illuminated by Gamma Rays" Most medical imaging modalities have roots in old-fashioned nuclear physics. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), which is based on the spin dynamics of oriented nuclei, provides … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Senior Honors Thesis Defense Maggie Hilderbran "Numerical Simulations of the Ram Pressure-Driven Rayleigh-Taylor Instability" Star formation in the Galactic disk is fueled by continuous accretion of gas from the Galactic halo. This infalling gas is usually … Read more