Departmental Colloquium
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Fall 2021 – Michela Negro
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Michela Negro (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/UMBC) Title: High Energy Transient Repeaters: The Case of Gamma-ray Bursts From Magnetar Abstract: Started in the ’60s with the detection of the
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Fall 2021 – Shobita Satyapal
VirtualSpeaker: Shobita Satyapal (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/UMBC) Title: In Search of Elusive AGNs in Low Mass Galaxies and Mergers Abstract: Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at the centers of galaxies, which manifest
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Fall 2021 – Arindam Das
VirtualSpeaker: Arindam Das (Hokkaido University) Title: Neutrinos: a Bridge Among the Energy, Intensity and Cosmic Frontiers Abstract: Neutrino oscillation and flavor mixings have proved the existence of tiny neutrino mass.
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Fall 2021 – Cruz-Uribe
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: David Cruz-Uribe (OFS, Math Department chair, University of Alabama) Title: Swipe Right for Mathematics: an Overview of Research in the UA Math Department Mathematicians and physicists have had a
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Fall 2021 – Cui
VirtualSpeaker: Yanou Cui (UC, Riverside) Title: Probing the Dark Side of the Universe with Gravitational Waves Deep questions remain about our Universe: What is dark matter? What is the origin
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Fall 2021 – Fedin
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Igor Fedin (University of Alabama, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry) Title: Enhanced Emission from the Bright Exciton and Locating the Dark Exciton in Asymmetrically Strained CdSe/CdxZn1–xSe Quantum Dots Colloidal
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Spring 2022 – Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil (University of Chicago) Title: The Smallest and Faintest Galaxies: The New Frontier in Dark Matter and Galaxy Formation Studies Abstract: The smallest and faintest galaxies around the Milky Way are the most
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Spring 2022 – Chris Ashall
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Chris Ashall (University of Hawai'i) Title: The Variety of Thermonuclear Supernova Abstract: Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) mark the demise of white dwarfs (WD). These cosmic explosions release as
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Spring 2022 – David Nataf
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: David Nataf (Johns Hopkins University) Title: On the Milky Way’s Extinction Curve and Oldest Stellar Populations Abstract: The study of Galactic astronomy is being revolutionized by the plethora of
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Spring 2022 – Svea Hernandez
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Svea Hernandez (Space Telescope Science Institute) Title: Uncovering the History of Galaxies and Metals by Exploiting the Power of Nearby Laboratories Abstract: Precise metallicities and chemical abundances of the