Jonathan Curtis- UCLA Optical Control of Quantum Magnetism New developments in intense infrared coherent light sources have enabled the generation of highly nonlinear dynamics in materials on ultrafast timescales, opening new avenues for the study and manipulation of quantum materials. … Read more
Professor Leo Stein, University of Mississippi at Oxford Title: Precision Binary Black Hole Waveform Modeling: Foundations and Recent AdvancesAbstract:Binary black hole mergers are the dominant gravitational-wave sources that LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA detect. For detection, parameter estimation, and tests of GR, we need … Read more
The most complicated binary black hole source is an eccentric binary where both spins and the orbital plane are precessing. These sources become more important at lower frequencies, so modeling them is paramount to the LISA mission and for the … Read more
Junyeong Ahn- Harvard Title: Shedding Light on Topology: Exploring Topological Materials with Light-Matter Interactions Exploration of topological materials is a central theme of modern quantum condensed matter physics, and it is currently encountering new horizons. Traditionally, the field has … Read more
I am Lawrence Machia, a third year graduate student in Nick Law’s lab, and I will be presenting on the Argus Optical Array and its prototypes. The Argus Optical Array will make a horizon-to-horizon movie of the night sky with … Read more
Investigating the O-Na Anticorrelation in Globular Clusters through Improved Low Energy Cross Section Measurements of the 20Ne(p,γ)21Na keV Resonance at LENA Within every Globular Cluster (GC) there exists a star-to-star variation in the abundances of light elements. Specifically, there is an anticorrelation … Read more
For the uninitiated, Physics from the Ground Up is a monthly public talk series based out of Lanza's Cafe in Carrboro where you have the opportunity to share your work to a general audience. This is a great opportunity to engage the … Read more
Dr. Nicholas Loutrel, Milan-Bicocca Title: The Eccentric Behavior of Compact Binaries The exceptional efforts of the LVK collaboration have resulted in the unprecedented detection of gravitational waves from ninety compact object binaries, most of which are binary black … Read more
Dr. Nicholas Loutrel, Milan-Bicocca Title: Testing the Black Hole No-Hair Theorems with Precessing Binaries Abstract: Black holes in general relativity obey the no-hair theorems, which predict that their multipolar structure is axisymmetric and only dependent on three parameter: … Read more
Dr. Roberto Oliveri- Observatoire de Paris, Meudon Asymptotic symmetries play a crucial role in gravity, particularly in understanding the behaviour of gravitational systems at large distances. The relevance of asymptotic symmetries has always been central in the quest for … Read more
BMS flux-balance laws: a connection between asymptotic symmetries and GW theory Dr. Roberto Oliveri- Observatoire de Paris, Meudon I will first outline the main steps to derive the asymptotic symmetry group in GR, known as the BMS group. Then, I … Read more