Title: How Much Do We Understand About Early Galaxy Formation? Abstract: The “Cosmic Dawn” of galaxy formation is one of the frontiers of modern astronomy. In the past two years, JWST has provided tantalizing clues about sources in the first several hundred million years of the Universe’s history that challenge our understanding this era, including […]
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. […]
Title: Knowing Stars, Knowing Planets: Unlocking JWST Exploration of Exoplanet Atmospheres through New Stellar Insights
TITLE: The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius, ABSTRACT: Patchen Barss will discuss his new biography of Roger Penrose, in conversation with Sean Carroll (JHU)
Title: Aspects of symmetry and gravity, Abstract: I will review the core questions in quantum field theory and gravity for the research in my group. I will also describe recent developments in the study of symmetry of quantum systems and their potential implications for gravity.
Title: Universality in a black hole ringing: excitation factors and greybody factors, Abstract: The ringdown gravitational waves emitted by a ringing black hole areimportant for testing strong gravity physics. However, achievingprecise detection requires not only advances in observationaltechniques but also a deeper theoretical understanding of ringdown orquasinormal-mode (QNM) excitation. In this talk, I will explain theuniversality […]
Title: New Views of Cool Atmosphere Physics and Chemistry from JWST