UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Thesis Defense Yao An "In situ NMR Investigation of Molecular Adsorption and Kinetics: Metal-Organic Frameworks, Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Surfaces, and Shales" Thermodynamic and kinetic properties of molecular adsorption and transport in porous media such as metal-organic … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Thesis Proposal Brandon Yost "Raman Spectroscopy of Metal-Organic Frameworks For Chemical Warfare Agent Degradation" Metal-organic frameworks are porous materials that can be used as catalysts for the decontamination of chemical warfare agents. The characterization of metal-organic … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Master's Presentation Shuo Song "Thermal Fluctuations in Relativistic Hydrodynamics" The theory of hydrodynamics has made lots of success in the past, but the full potential of the theory has not been reached yet. Relativistic hydrodynamics received … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Master's Presentation & Defense Nick Bryden "Design and construction of an ultra-low field NMR spectrometer " We describe an NMR spectrometer operating in the ultra-low field strength regime possessing high spectral resolution and arbitrary RF pulse … Read more
The Department of Physics and Astronomy Diversity Committee is excited to announce our first department-wide game night on Monday, April 12th, starting at 5pm! Come socialize with friends and colleagues by playing some fun casual games. All are encouraged to … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Thesis Defense Thomas Dombrowski "From Single to Collective: Model Swimmers at Intermediate Reynolds Numbers" Biological and artificial swimmers exist across a broad range of length scales, spanning from micron-sized bacteria and self-propelled nanoparticles to large aquatic … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Master's Defense Dylan Dutton "Skynet’s New Observing Mode: The Campaign Manager" Gravitational-wave events detected by LIGO, Virgo, and soon KAGRA, have several possible progenitors. Of particular interest to our group are such events that are accompanied … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Master's Presentation Joe Marincel "Lattice QCD at finite density and the Lefschetz Thimble Method" To understand nuclear matter from first principles one needs to study QCD at nonzero density. Despite the success of lattice QCD at … Read more
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy "Department Career Panel" The defense will take place remotely via Zoom.
UNC-CH Physics and Astronomy Thesis Proposal Presentation Morgan Clark “Characterization, Commissioning, and First Measurements of LEGEND-200 Detectors” The Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless double-beta Decay (LEGEND) is a next-generation experiment searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay in 76Ge. The first … Read more