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 […]
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
Video of the talk Passcode: YvKt0*4q Title: Building quantum networks: from solid-state defects and Rydberg atoms in cavities to a new scientific frontier with hybrid quantum systems. Abstract: The experimental development of quantum networks marks a significant scientific milestone, poised to enable secure quantum communication, distributed quantum computing, and entanglement-enhanced nonlocal sensing. In this talk, I will […]
JHU/STScI CAS Wine and Cheese Seminars take place in Bloomberg 462 every Monday at 3:30 pm Eastern. 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 half-hour speakers will comprise both […]
Informal science discussions and coffee, open to the entire department.
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 […]
Speaker: Tomoya Higo of U. Tokyo Title: Electrical manipulation and detection of topological states in heterostructures based on the Weyl antiferromagnet Mn3Sn Abstract: Various elementary particles previously proposed in high-energy physics are now being observed as quasiparticles in solids, garnering significant attention. Recently, the existence of Weyl fermions/Weyl semimetal states, stemming from the macroscopic time-reversal […]
Title: Latest Results of the CUORE Experiment + Low Energy StudiesAbstract - The results for the neutrinoless double beta decay search of 130Te using CUORE's total exposure of 2023 kg*yrs are presented. In addition to these results, a summary of ongoing work towards optimizing the low energy spectrum of CUORE is described to motivate other […]
Video of the Talk Title: Cavity-enabled measurements and interactions in atomic tweezer arrays Abstract: The atomic tweezer array has emerged as a promising new platform for quantum simulation and computation. In this talk, I will highlight our results on integrating an optical cavity with atomic tweezer arrays to control the atom-environment and atom-atom interactions. Through selectively […]
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
Department-wide colloquium Speaker: Jami Valentine, Founder of African American Women in Physics Title: Diversity in Physics Abstract: Dr. Jami Valentine Miller was the first African American woman to earn a PhD in Physics & Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University and is the founder of African American Women in Physics Inc. In this talk, she will share […]
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
Video of the talk Title: Illuminating exotic chemistry and physics with single-quantum-state spectroscopy Abstract: Molecules are amongst the most complex objects that can be controlled and studied at the individual quantum state level. In this talk, I will introduce some of the extraordinary advances made in the last decade by the application of AMO physics […]
JHU/STScI CAS Wine and Cheese Seminars take place in Bloomberg 462 every Monday at 3:30 pm Eastern. 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 half-hour speakers will comprise both […]
Informal science discussions and coffee, open to the entire department.
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 […]
Tea Temim (Princeton University) What Supernova Remnants Reveal about Stellar Explosions
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
Zoom option: https://jhubluejays.zoom.us/j/93026415427?pwd=ZGo1ditSNjh6V1JFY2dWNlhTOStLQT09
Video of the talk Department-wide colloquium Speaker: Blakesley Burkhart (Rutgers) Title: The Turbulent Life of Gas Across Cosmic Time: Unveiling the Hidden Drivers of Galaxy Growth Abstract: The past decades have witnessed a growing understanding of the cosmic baryon lifecycle: gas flows into galaxies from the diffuse intergalactic medium (IGM), fueling new generations of stars and […]
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
Informal science discussions and coffee, open to the entire department.
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 […]
Speaker: William D. Ratcliff of NIST Title: "Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Neutron Scattering” Abstract: Neutron scattering is a versatile technique for studying the structure and dynamics of materials. Unfortunately, there are a limited number of neutron sources available in the world to perform scientific experiments. In this talk, I will discuss the use of […]
Title: Generative transformers and how to evaluate them Abstract: With the increase in luminosity and detector granularity, simulation will be a significant computational challenge in the upcoming high-luminosity era of the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). To tackle this, I present developments in graph- and attention-based machine learning (ML) models for generating jets at the LHC using […]
Daniella Bardalez Gagliuffi (Amherst) "The New Directly Imaged Planets and Their Substellar Analogs"
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
Department-wide colloquium Speaker: Stephen Taylor (Vanderbilt) Title: The Road Ahead For Nanohertz-frequency Gravitational-wave Astrophysics Abstract: The landscape of gravitational-wave astrophysics was recently broadened to encompass the nanohertz-frequency band, where NANOGrav and other pulsar-timing arrays found the tell-tale signature of a stochastic all-sky background of gravitational waves. With this evidence came spectral information that yields insights […]
Video of the talk Title: Novel strategies for hardware-efficient quantum processors Abstract: Quantum error correction is an exciting scientific frontier at the interface of many fields including quantum information science, many-body physics, and computer science. The field has developed rapidly in the last several years, with major milestones marking the first glimpses into a future of error-corrected […]
Informal science discussions and coffee, open to the entire department.
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 […]
The Simplicity, Unity and Complexity of Life from the Biosphere to the Anthroposphere Although Life is probably the most complex and diverse phenomenon in the Universe, having evolved by the “random” forces of natural selection, many of its most fundamental characteristics scale with size in a remarkably simple universal fashion. From lifespans and growth rates […]
Cara Battersby (University of Connecticut) The Milky Way Laboratory STScI John Bahcall Auditorium
Video of the talk Ivana Dimitrova – Harvard University AMO Seminars – 2/28 @ 3pm - 4pm in Bloomberg 462
“Opening The Era of Exoplanet Atmospheric Chemistry With JWST.” We are now one full year into the era of JWST, NASA’s flagship observatory and successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. Exoplanet characterization has historically been dominated by space-based facilities, and the new infrared capabilities of JWST are uncovering the atmospheres of exoplanets in an […]