UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Thesis Proposal Presentation Michele Kelley "Designing and constructing a high efficiency 129Xe polarizer" My work thus far indicates two major barriers to producing high levels of 129Xe polarization: first, 129Xe residence times that are much shorter … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Master's Presentation Christian McHugh “Gas microbubbles as a 129Xe carrier and as a contrast agent for MRI” Hyperpolarized (HP) 129Xe is an inert noble gas that has been widely used in biomedical applications of nuclear magnetic … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Prelim David Hervas Aguilar “Signal Event Generation in Germanium Inverted Coax Point Contact Detectors” The Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay (0νββ) (LEGEND) will combine the best techniques from the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR and the … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Thesis Proposal Presentation Joshua Reding “The Menagerie of 'Failed' Ia Supernovae” Type Ia supernovae are among the most scientifically valuable objects in modern astronomy, as they hold applications for many different fields of inquiry. However, the … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Dissertation Defense Rohan Isaac “Electron-phonon coupling and excited-state absorption studies of binary charge-transfer complexes containing pyromellitic dianhydride” Organic semiconductors are a class of materials that have considerable potential in the development of cheap and efficient solar … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Thesis Proposal Presentation Chad Hobson “Cell Nuclear Mechanics as Studied Through Custom Microscopy and Methodologies” Cell nuclei not only serve to encapsulate the genome, but additionally provide mechanical rigidity to the cell as the stiffest sub-cellular … Read more
UNC-Duke Joint Physics Colloquium Steffen Bass, Duke University "Quantifying the Shear Viscosity of Nature’s Most Ideal Liquid" Collisions of heavy nuclei at ultrarelativistic velocities are currently utilized at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Master's Presentation Amy Glazier "Evryscope and K2 Constraints on TRAPPIST-1 Superflare Occurrence and Planetary Habitability" The Evryscopes are the first gigapixel-scale all-sky survey telescopes, designed, constructed, and operated through UNC Chapel Hill. From their locations in … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Prelim Presentation Ward Howard "Investigating exoplanet habitability and the stellar magnetism of cool stars across half the Southern sky via superflares, starspots, and stellar rotation." Stellar flares are stochastic events that occur when a star's magnetic … Read more
UNC-Duke Joint Physics Colloquium Gökçe Basar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "The Search for the QCD Critical Point" The strong force binds the building blocks of protons and neutrons, quarks and gluons, together and creates most of the … Read more