Department-wide Colloquium: Lisa Kewley (Harvard-Smithsonian CFA)

Bloomberg 272 - Schafler Auditorium

Hosted by JHU Gender Minorities & Women in Physics (G-WiP), TITLE: A new vision for the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian ABSTRACT: I will present the latest discoveries and developments at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA).  Our discoveries cover solar astrophysics, star formation and evolution, galaxy formation & evolution, extrasolar […]

High energy physics theory seminar: Will Farr (Stony Brook & CCA)

Bloomberg 462

Title: Fundamental Physics and Cosmology from Stellar Mass Binary Black Holes Abstract:The first three observing runs of the LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA gravitational wave detectors produced a wealth of "firsts," including the first observation of multiple "ringdown" modes from a black hole---the remnant of the first-ever binary black hole merger, GW150914.  Just like an excited […]

Condensed matter & biological physics seminar: Nathan Keim (Penn State)

Bloomberg 462

TITLE: Memory and Plasticity in Amorphous Solids ABSTRACT: While we are all familiar with retaining information in a computer or our minds, memory is an essential quality of many more non-equilibrium systems around us. We consider what information is stored in the arrangement of the particles in a 2D solid adsorbed at an oil-water interface. […]