Colloquium – Seong-Gon Kim – Flat-surface-assisted and self-regulated oxidation resistance of Cu(111)
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Seong-Gon Kim (Mississippi State University) Title: Flat-surface-assisted and self-regulated oxidation resistance of Cu(111) Abstract: Oxidation can deteriorate the properties of copper that are critical for its use, particularly in the semiconductor industry and electro-optics applications. This has prompted numerous studies exploring copper oxidation and possible passivation strategies. In situ observations have, for example, shown
Special Colloquium – Hunter Waite – Exploration of Jupiter and the Galilean Moons
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Dr. Hunter Waite Jr. (NASA, SwRI) Title: Jupiter and the Galilean Moons: The Ongoing NASA Juno Mission to Jupiter and Future Exploration of Europa by the NASA Clipper Mission Abstract: New results and future plans for planetary missions exploring the Jupiter system will be presented. Juno has been exploring the system for several years
Colloquium – Mariel Pettee – Machine Learning for High-Energy Particle Physics
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Dr. Mariel Pettee (LBNL) Title: Machine Learning for High-Energy Particle Physics Abstract: 10 years ago, in the summer of 2012, CERN announced the discovery of the Higgs boson, marking the end of a half-century quest to complete the Standard Model. Later that year, a deep neural network called AlexNet outperformed other models by an
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.