Departmental Colloquium
Graduate student orientation
223 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesDean Townsley, the current graduate director, will review timeline and requirements for graduate degrees.
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Fall 2019 – Plattner
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Alain Plattner(University of Alabama) Title: Planet Mercury's Weird Magnetic Field Abstract: It had been known since the Mariner 10 flybys in the 70s, that Mercury is the only other terrestrial planet with an active core magnetic field. Until NASA's MESSENGER satellite mission (in orbit 2011 - 2015), little was known about the morphology of
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Fall 2019 – C. Mewes / V. Veeraraghavan
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Claudia Mewes (University of Alabama) Title: Computational Challenges in Spintronics: From First Principles to Magnetization Dynamics Abstract: In this presentation I will give insights in different computational methods used in magnetic materials research. Focusing on three important interconnected material properties, the magnetocrystalline anisotropy, the magnetization relaxation rate, and the symmetric and antisymmetric exchange interaction,
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Fall 2019 – Kharzeev
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesProf. Dr. Kharzeev will give a colloquium talk covering chiral matter from quarks to quantum computers.
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Fall 2019 – Lizzi
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Fedele Lizzi (Naples University, Italy) Title: Pointless Physics Abstract: I will describe the role of points in modern physics, and in particular, in the attempts to build a theory of quantum gravity. Modern theories will require a quantum spacetime, and in it the usual concept of spacetime composed of points, as we have used
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Fall 2019 – Quinn
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesDr. Quinn will give a colloquium talk.
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Fall 2019 – Scherrer
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Robert Scherrer (Vanderbilt University) Title: New Directions in Dark Matter Abstract: The nature of dark matter remains one of the enduring mysteries of modern cosmology. While the evidence for dark matter continues to be overwhelming, all searches for dark matter have come up empty so far, and the standard WIMP (weakly-interacting massive particle) paradigm
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Fall 2019 – Tanner
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesDr. Angelle Tanner will give a colloquium presentation about A matter of perspective: Exoplanet discoveries, studies and compilations.
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Fall 2019 – Belov
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesDr. Belov will give a colloquium presentation about the CEvNS with RED-100 detector.
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Fall 2019 – Efremenko
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesDr. Efremenko will give a colloquium presentation about "What we can learn from CEvNS".