Past Events

Feb

23

Seminar

Physics Colloquium: “Quantum computing with neutral ytterbium atoms” with Professor Jeff Thompson, Princeton University

Location:

Linderman Library 316

February 23, 2023, 4:25 - 5:25pm

Quantum computing with neutral atoms has progressed rapidly in recent years, combining large system sizes, flexible and dynamic connectivity, and quickly improving gate fidelities. The pioneering work in this field has been implemented using alkali atoms, primarily rubidium and cesium…

Feb

9

Seminar

Physics Colloquium: “Twisting quantum matter beyond the graphene paradigm” with Dr. Jed H Pixley

Location:

Linderman Library 316

February 9, 2023, 4:25 - 5:25pm

The ability to control and manipulate the strength of correlations in quantum matter is one of the central questions in condensed matter physics today. While pressure, chemical doping, or magnetic field have served as conventional tuning knobs for a wide class of correlated systems,…

Feb

2

Seminar

Physics Colloquium: "The Quark Gluon Plasma: Looking Inside the Hottest Matter in the Universe” with Prof. Anne Sickles, University of Illinois at UC

Location:

Linderman Library 317

February 2, 2023, 4:25 - 5:25pm

Under normal conditions quarks and gluons are confined within protons and neutrons, which in turn are confined to the atomic nucleus. However, in the early universe, about a millionth of a second after the Big Bang, the temperature was hot enough that neither nuclei nor protons and…