Featured Event
Colloquium – Thejesh Bandi – Atomic Clocks: the workhorses of precision timing
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Thejesh Bandi Title: Atomic Clocks: the workhorses of precision timing Abstract: Precision timing is ubiquitous in our everyday lives. For instance, the workings of telecommunication networks, power grid synchronization, navigation – GPS/GNSS, imaging of Blackholes etc all need precision timing in its background, without which it is impossible to operate these technologies. The precision
Colloquium – Azadeh Keivani – Horizontal Growth: Transitioning from Academia to Industry
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Azadeh Keivani (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center) Title: Horizontal Growth: Transitioning from Academia to Industry Abstract: Transitioning from academia to industry provides a great opportunity for a physicist to develop new skills while utilizing the previously acquired knowledge and skills. The industry can also hugely benefit from the unique perspective a physicist possesses. While
Colloquium – Sukanya Chakrabarti – Towards Precision Measurement of Dark Matter
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Sukanya Chakrabarti (University of Alabama, Huntsville) Title: Towards Precision Measurement of Dark Matter Abstract: For more than a century now, our inference of the mass distributions (including dark matter) in galaxies has been based on modeling the positions and velocities of stars, i.e., using kinematic analyses, which assume equilibrium. These kinematic estimates can be
Colloquium – Jason Terry – Analyzing Planet Forming Environments with Deep Learning
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Jason Terry (University of Georgia) Title: Analyzing Planet Forming Environments with Deep Learning Abstract: Protoplanetary discs - the birthplaces of planets - offer unique opportunities to advance our theories of planet formation. Observing these rich physical environments reveals mechanisms and conditions that lead to stellar systems, but the overall process is still poorly understood.
HEP-Seminar: Prof. Dr. Michal Heller (Ghent University)
VirtualHolographic complexity proposals are interesting because, on one hand, they express universal properties of black hole interiors and, on the other, they go beyond the area-centric view on quantum gravity. Prof. Heller will talk about recent progress in that area.
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Spring 2023 – Hansung Gim
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Hansung Gim (Montana State/ University of Alabama) Title: Exploring the submillimeter properties of the black hole in Henize 2-10 Abstract: It is well known that massive black holes (BHs) were almost exclusively found in the giant galaxies. However, recent studies have shown that these BHs are much more common in dwarf galaxies than previously
HEP Seminar – Prof. Raman Sundrum (University of Maryland) – Spring 2023
GL 310 Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesProf. Sundrum, famous for his work on extra-dimensions (Randall-Sundrum model) is going to talk about cosmology and unification.
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Spring 2023 – Jamileh Beik Mohammadi
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Jamileh Beik Mohammadi (Loyola University) Title: Spintronics: Research and Education Abstract: From a small electric motor or a cellphone in a village in Alabama to Voyager, space stations, and Mars rovers, magnetic devices are vital to many applications. Spintronics offers promising solutions for magnetic devices such as memories and sensors. The technological significance of
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Spring 2023 – Kun Wang
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Kun Wang (Mississippi State) Title: Probing and Controlling Quantum Transport and Energy Conversion at the Molecular Scale Abstract: Molecules - the smallest unit of matter - have been playing a pivotal role in today’s materials science, nanotechnology, and quantum science. The capability to manipulate physical and chemical behaviors of single molecules and understand how
Colloquium – Yi Lin – Photoelectron Eyes on Equilibrium and Light-Driven Quantum Material
Gallallee Hall Room 227 Gallalee Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Dr. Yi Lin (Columbia University) Title: Photoelectron Eyes on Equilibrium and Light-Driven Quantum Material Abstract: What could happen when light meets with quantum materials? And how to discover new materials and paths for light-matter interactions? The horizon for addressing these questions has been rapidly extending, due to the recent advances in laser technology, discoveries