UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Dissertation Defense Michael Antonacci "A Noble Solution: Dissolved-phase 129Xe as a Magnetic Resonance Biosensor" Hyperpolarized 129Xe gas has long been considered an ideal nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) probe for biological systems. Because of the large polarizable … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Honors Thesis Defense Jeremy Low "Asymmetrically etched p-type silicon nanowires as geometric diodes" Geometric diodes operate, not due to potential barriers, but due to the shape of the device. Nanowire geometric diodes have unique properties which … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Craig D. Roberts, Argonne National Laboratory "Emergence of Mass in the Standard Model" Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), the nuclear physics part of the Standard Model, is the first theory to demand that science fully resolve the … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Master's Talk Jacob Brooks "Actuating Surface Attached Post (ASAP) Arrays: The Next Generation" Biological cilia are slender organelles protruding from the surface of several different kinds of cells. These structures are fairly ubiquitous throughout the body … Read more
Alpha Chi Sigma Presents "Women in STEM Ally Training" Learn how to be a more active ally to women in STEM! Alpha Chi Sigma (the professional chemistry fraternity) is putting on a brief (~1 hour) training about how to be a … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Andrea Shindler, Michigan State University "Flowing the strong interactions" Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) is the local gauge theory describing strong interactions. It has been successfully adopted for calculations in the high-energy regime using perturbation theory. To … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy TNT Colloquium Andrea Shindler, Michigan State University "Flowing the Electric Dipole Moment" The electric dipole moments (EDM) of the nucleon (neutron or proton) is a very sensitive probe of CP-violation. The current bound on the neutron … Read more
UNC-CH Women in Physics Research Symposium This semester, WiP will be hosting our Second Annual Women in Physics Research Symposium on April 16th from 4-6 PM in Phillips 277. If you are unfamiliar with our symposium, it is an annual … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy PhD Defense Jamin Rager "A Search for Bosonic Dark Matter with the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR" The motivation for dark matter comes from a range of indirect, observational evidence such as gravitational lensing and galactic rotation curves. As … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Christoph Baranec, University of Hawaii "Advances in Adaptive Optics Technology at the University of Hawai`i" Since the 1990s, adaptive optics systems have opened up high acuity imaging of astronomical objects from the ground. In response … Read more