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
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Defense Evan Nelsen "Atomic Force Microscopy with a Versatile Optics System for Applications in Biophysics" Cells possess the ability to sense their environment through mechanical means. These interactions include forces from and the extracellular matrix (ECM), … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Dissertation Defense Dillon Morse "Semi-Classical Backreaction of Quantum Scalar Fields on an Evolving Spacetime" The formalism required to extend quantum field theory to curved spacetimes has been studied extensively for the last 40 years. In all … Read more
ASTRONOMY ON TAP TRIANGLE Dr. Chris Richardson, Elon University "Black Holes: Shedding Light on Eternal Darkness" Zach Nasipak, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Gravitational Waves and the New Era of Astronomy" Come on down for another Astronomy on … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Commencement Ceremony The Physics and Astronomy Spring 2019 Commencement ceremony is scheduled for May 12th at 1PM in Chapman 211. This ceremony is honoring undergraduates and graduate students completing their degrees in Summer 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Summer … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Defense Tom Gilliss "Modeling of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Background Data" Observation of neutrinoless double-beta decay (0nBB) would establish lepton number violation, constrain the absolute neutrino mass scale, and imply the Majorana nature of neutrinos. Germanium-based 0nBB … Read more
On the morning of Tuesday, May 14th, the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hosting the 4th grade classes from four schools in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district for Science … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy PhD Defense Sam Meijer "Precision Modeling of Germanium Detector Waveforms For Rare Event Searches" Neutrinoless double-beta decay is a proposed rare nuclear event. Current generation experiments require high sensitivity designs, with the ability to remove background … Read more