Title: Ultracold Molecules: From Quantum Chemistry to Quantum Computing, Abstract: At ultracold temperatures, we can prepare reactants in well-defined quantum states. Doing so allows us to study the quantum dynamics of individual reaction channels. I will present our work on ultracold chemistry using triplet NaLi molecules. First, we discovered strongly spin dependent chemistry. For certain […]
Title: New Photo-galvanic effects, Abstract: The conventional device to convert light to electrical current uses two different kinds of doped silicon merged together known as pn junction or heterostructures. The current only flows one way in the pn junction due to a built-in electric field. Fabricating such heterostructures requires sophisticated thin film deposition methods. In […]
Deaglan Bartlett (IAP, Paris -> Oxford): "Accelerating Cosmological Modelling with Symbolic Regression" Niall Jeffrey (University College, London): "Decoding dark energy with AI: from DES to the Euclid Era”
Gender minorities and women in physics tea & cookies. More information about Gender minorities and women in physics.
Black (hole) Coffee is a space for students, postdocs, and professors to discuss cutting-edge research on all things black holes, spanning both observations and theory.
TITLE: to be announced soon, ABSTRACT: to be announced soon
Title: Where is tree-level string theory? Abstract: Tree-level string theory extends Einstein gravity by an infinite set of massive higher spin particles. From a purely spacetime perspective (if we didn’t know about the worldsheet picture) the consistency of string amplitudes would appear truly miraculous. This prompts the question: is string theory the unique framework for a higher […]
Host: Jazzmin Victorin Title: “Emergent metallicity and superconductivity at oxide heterointerfaces” Abstract: Perovskite-structured complex oxides exhibit a diverse array of physical properties, including magnetism, superconductivity, ferroelectricity, and metal-insulator transitions. The electronic, structural, and magnetic interactions at interfaces formed between crystalline, atomically-thin layers of these materials lead to the emergence of novel phases. Advances in the […]
Alex Szalay will present on the intersection of machine learning and astrophysics/cosmology.
Title: Polymer models for the prediction of 3D structure and transcription in human chromatin, Talk abstract: Transcription is a fundamental cellular process, and the first step of gene expression. In human cells, it depends on the binding to chromatin of various proteins, including RNA polymerases and numerous transcription factors (TFs). Observations indicate that these proteins […]
Hosted by JHU Gender Minorities & Women in Physics (G-WiP). Donna Strickland is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Waterloo and is one of the recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 for developing chirped pulse amplification with Gérard Mourou, her PhD supervisor at the time.
Haim Beidenkopf (Weizmann Institute) condensed matter and biological physics seminar. Host: Peter Armitage