As a collaborative effort between Morgan State University and WiP@JHU we are happy to announce an upcoming networking lunch between our departments. We believe this will be a fantastic opportunity for meaningful exchanges, idea sharing, and building a stronger community across our institutions. Not only will we be networking but there will be a focused […]
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. Sign up for e-mails by sending a […]
Liang Wu (U Penn) "Novel nonlinear optical response in PT-invariant antiferromagnets"
We are fortunate to have Benjamin Wandelt from Sorbonne University visiting to present a special seminar on "AI-assisted discovery in cosmological physics." Professor Benjamin D. Wandelt obtained a Ph.D. in astrophysics from Imperial College, London. After research positions at the Niels Bohr Institute and Princeton University, and tenure at Illinois, he is now a Professor at […]
Department-wide colloquium Speaker: Alex Lupsasca (Vanderbilt) Title: "The Black Hole Photon Ring" Abstract: What does a black hole look like? The first images of the supermassive black hole M87* display a bright ring encircling the event horizon, which appears as a dark patch in its surrounding emission. But Einstein's theory of general relativity predicts that within this […]
15-20 min long talks on astronomy-related papers, projects, ideas. Enjoy both Astronomy and Coffee (please bring your own mugs). If you have new results, ideas or want to discuss an interesting paper from arXiv, we encourage you to present. Spring 2024 schedule
Christina Lindberg (JHU) "Dust around massive stars is agnostic to galactic environment: New insights from PHAT/BEAST”
Informal science discussions and coffee, open to the entire department.
Speaker: David Weld of UCSB Location: Bloomberg 462 Title: Probing quantum dynamics with strongly driven ultracold atoms Abstract: Degenerate gases in modulated optical potentials are a flexible testbed for the experimental study of quantum matter driven far from equilibrium. I will present results from a sequence of recent experiments in this area, on topics ranging from […]
15-20 min long talks on astronomy-related papers, projects, ideas. Enjoy both Astronomy and Coffee (please bring your own mugs). If you have new results, ideas or want to discuss an interesting paper from arXiv, we encourage you to present. Spring 2024 schedule
Planets form from disks of dust and gas surrounding young stars. As they grow, these new planets inherit their chemical composition from the surrounding material and then sculpt it through gravitational interactions to form gaps and other asymmetric structures. In the last decade, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has revolutionized our ability to study planet formation, allowing us to examine this process in high spatial and spectral resolution. I will present highlights from ongoing work using ALMA and other […]
Speaker: Mark Rudner (U Washington) “Dynamical quantum materials” When pushed out of equilibrium, quantum materials can host interesting types of internal fields -- dc or ac electric fields, currents, etc., -- that cannot persist in equilibrium. Feedback of these potentially very strong fields on the material's underlying band structure and quantum geometry can lead to […]