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Past Events

Sep

26

Lecture

Physics Colloquium: "The PPOLs Model: Modeling the Architecture and Water Content of Exoplanet Systems by Pebble Accretion" Presented by Dr. Sean McCloat - Lehigh University

Location:
Lewis Lab 316
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The recent announcement from NASA of over 5,000 total discovered exoplanets represents an incredible achievement for astronomy and planetary science. This large and growing dataset enables study of not just individual planets but the patterns of planetary systems in general. This talk…

Sep

24

Event

Physics Seminar: "A Physicist's Path Through Wall Street"

Location:
Lewis Lab 512
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After a brief introduction to the concepts and history of Risk Neutral derivative pricing in finance, and the basic practice of options trading, it will be shown how derivative problems can be connected to diffusion and quantum mechanics problems in physics, The concept of Path…

Sep

19

Sep

12

Lecture

Physics Colloquium: "All Stressed-Out: How Curvature and Tension Control Crystallization and Assembly in Two-Dimensional Complex Fluids" Presented by Dr. Maria Santore - University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Location:
Lewis Lab 316
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Flexible electronics and function-integrated synthetic skins or coatings require ultrathin flexible films, able to dynamically conform to complex shapes while reconfiguring internal constituents to alter their properties and connectivity.  We consider phospholipid lamellae as a…

Sep

5

Lecture

Physics Colloquium: "Diving into an Ocean World: NASA’s Hunt for Habitability with the Europa Clipper Mission" Presented by Dr. Tracy Becker - Southwest Research Institute

Location:
Lewis Lab 316
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Jupiter’s moon, Europa, harbors a liquid water ocean under its icy surface. NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission, set to launch in October 2024, will explore this ocean world with a suite of instruments designed to assess its habitability. I will present the scientific studies that have led…

Aug

29

May

2

Apr

25

Lecture

Physics Colloquium: Delivering laser performance conditions to enable fusion ignition and beyond at the National Ignition Facility Presented by Dr. Michael Erickson - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Location:
Lewis Lab 316
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On December 5th, 2022, controlled fusion ignition was demonstrated for the first time at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), a major achievement in the field of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) requiring a multi-decadal effort involving broad national and international…

Apr

18

Apr

11

Apr

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Mar

28

Event

Physics Colloquium - "Intimations of universality in nonequilibrium strongly correlated quantum systems" Presented by Professor Aditi Mitra - New York University

Location:
Lewis Lab 316
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It has been hard enough determining the ground states of strongly interacting quantum systems, is the study of their nonequilibrium properties totally hopeless? In this talk I will give an overview of recent results obtained in my group and elsewhere where it has been shown that…