Lei Chen (Rice University) “Quantum criticality and correlated topology in flat band systems”

Bloomberg 462

Strong correlation effects are believed to be the driving force behind many novel quantum phases and exotic phenomena, such as strange metallicity. They become pronounced when the electrostatic repulsive interaction is larger than, or at least comparable to the kinetic energy. This regime naturally materializes in f-electron-based heavy fermion metals, as well as in d-electron-based […]

CAS Wine & Cheese Seminar

Bloomberg 462

Fall 2023 schedule The JHU/STScI Center for Astrophysical Sciences Wine and Cheese Seminars take place in Bloomberg 462 on Mondays at 3:30. Each week, there will be either one speaker, giving an hour-long presentation (50+10), or two speakers, each giving a half hour (25+5) presentation. Hour-long speakers will be invited by the committee, and the […]

Event Series STScI/JHU Galaxy Journal Club Meetings

STScI/JHU Galaxy Journal Club

STScI CafeCon

We meet every Tuesday at 1pm, Eastern time, in the CafeCon (the conference room next to the STScI cafeteria), and also remotely using BlueJeans. We start with a talk by guest speaker for ~30 minutes, followed by paper discussion. Vote for what papers you want discussed on Benty-Fields. Tentative talk schedule for the fall semester: […]

Tine Curk (JHU Materials Science & Engineering) “Investigating charge-structure coupling in soft materials for information processing and actuation”

Bloomberg 462

Investigating charge-structure coupling in soft materials for information processing and actuation. We will discuss the thermodynamics of information, compare the efficiency of different information processing architectures (CPU vs. brain), and explore the rich physics when electrostatics, elasticity, and hydrodynamics are coupled on the nanoscale. This will be illustrated by charge-regulation in polymers, DNA packing in […]