Featured Event
Colloquium — David Yu — Hadronic Jets
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Dr. David Yu (Brown University) Title: Hunting for New Physics with Hadronic Jets at the LHC Abstract: Since the landmark discovery of the Higgs boson ten years ago, the LHC experiments have pursued an extensive program of searches and measurements to go above and beyond the Standard Model. Searches for new particles decaying to
Astronomy Talk and Public Observing Night
Gallalee Hall Rooftop Observatory Gallalee Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesTalk talk by graduate student and observing of moon and nebulae.
Colloquium – Saptaparna Bhattacharya – Rare and Novel at the LHC
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker – Dr. Saptaparna Bhattacharya Title: “Looking for New Physics in Rare and Novel Processes at the Large Hadron Collider” Abstract: The collection of a large dataset at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) allows for the exploration of rare processes predicted by the Standard Model of Particle Physics (SM). In this talk I will focus
Colloquium – Christine McLean – HEP and Future Colliders
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker – Dr. Christine McLean from SUNY Buffalo Title: “HEP and Future Colliders” Abstract: Since the discovery of the SM Higgs boson in 2012, particle physicists have continued to investigate the source of electroweak symmetry breaking - whether it's caused solely by the Higgs mechanism or if there is new physics involved. This and other
Colloquium – Newton Barbosa Neto – Photon Manipulation of Molecules
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Newton M. Barbosa Neto (Institute of Natural Sciences, Federal University of Pará, Brasil) Title: Photoinduced manipulation of conjugated polymers and molecules via sequential two-photon absorption Abstract: Solution processing of conjugated polymers into ordered self-assembled precursors has attracted great interest in the past years owing to the ability to manipulate their structural and physical properties.
Total Lunar Eclipse May 2022
Gallalee Hall Rooftop Observatory Gallalee Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThe University of Alabama Department of Physics and Astronomy invites you to come watch the upcoming Total Lunar Eclipse with us using the 16" telescope on the roof of Gallalee Hall! The event is free and open to the public. Partial eclipse begins at 9:29 pm, totality lasts from 10:29-11:59. Doors will open at 9
Colloquium – Atreya Acharyya – Astronomy at the Highest Photon Energies
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Dr.Atreya Acharyya (University of Alabama) Astronomy at the Highest Photon Energies Abstract: Most astronomical telescopes observe thermal radiation. However, this does not include the most energetic gamma-rays photons, produced by large particle accelerators in space, which also act as tracers for cosmic-ray sources. While gamma-rays can be observed using space-based detectors, their relatively small
Colloquium – Leandro e Silva – Co-formation of the Milky Way’s thin and thick discs
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Dr. Leandro Beraldo e Silva (University of Michigan) Title: Co-formation of the Milky Way's thin and thick discs Abstract: Thin disc stars are younger than thick disc stars on average, and some models predict the thin disc to start forming only after the thick disc has formed, around 10 Gyr ago. According to these
Colloquium – Enrico Rossi – Quantum Metric and Correlated States in Two-dimensional System
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Dr. Enrico Rossi (William and Mary) Title: Quantum Metric and Correlated States in Two-dimensional System Abstract: In the past two decades some of the most interesting developments in condensed matter physics have resulted from the careful treatment of the effects of the Berry curvature in many-body systems. Exemplary is the discovery of topological insulators.
Colloquium – Luca Grandi – Looking for Dark Matter Signatures
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Luca Grandi (University of Chicago) Title: Looking for Dark Matter Signatures in a 6-tonne Liquid Xenon Target: XENONnT Abstract: A large set of astronomical and astrophysical measurements point towards a Universe with way more matter than what we can account for by looking around us. This missing mass is referred to as Dark Matter