Events at Physics |
Events During February, 2024
- Thursday, February 1st
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Dissipative mechanisms in SNS junctions and magnetic vortex lattices, Tony Liu, U Washington
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm;
- Low-energy Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations, Kevin Kelly , Texas A&M University
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Bursty star formation: physical drivers and implications for JWST observations of high-redshift galaxies, Chris Hayward, CCA
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Novel Methods for the Detection of Dark Matter, Carlos Blanco, Princeton University
- Friday, February 2nd
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Effective field theories of thermalizing systems, Luca Delacretaz, University of Chicago
- Monday, February 5th
- Atomic Physics Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Novel strategies for hardware-efficient quantum processors, Harry Levine, AWS Center for Quantum Computing
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm; 1227 Engineering Hall
- Magnetohydrodynamics of tokamak disruptions, Prof. Carl Sovinec, UW-Madison
- Tuesday, February 6th
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Rm.5294, Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum Coffee Hour
- Wednesday, February 7th
- Preliminary Exam; 10:00 am - 12:00 pm; B343 Sterling
- Neutral Beam Injection on WHAM, Kunal Sanwalka, Physics Graduate Student
- Atomic Physics Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum Science with Ultracold Atoms: from Quantum Simulation to Quantum Networking, Elmer Guardado-Sanchez, Harvard University
- Thursday, February 8th
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- X-Ray Spectroscopic Insights Into the Microphysics of Collisionless Shocks, Ehud Behar, Technion
- Friday, February 9th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Retrieving images from tarnished 19th century daguerreotypes using X-ray fluorescence imaging with an X-ray micro beam with tunable energy, Tsun-Kong (T.K.) Sham, Western University, Ontario
- Outreach; 7:15 pm - 9:00 pm; Space Place, 2300 S Park St and virtual, see abstract for link
- Chasing ghost particles: searching for neutrinos from high-energy sources in real time, Jessie Thwaites, UW–Madison Physics / WIPAC
- Saturday, February 10th
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Sunday, February 11th
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Monday, February 12th
- Atomic Physics Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum metrology with an optical lattice atom interferometer interrogated for one minute, Cristian Panda, UC Berkeley
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm; 1227 Engineering Hall
- "Stellarator optimization through coil shaping", Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, National Institute for Fusion Studies
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Mapping New Physics from the UV to the IR, Grant Remmen, NYU
- Tuesday, February 13th
- Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Seminar; 2:00 pm; Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 912 3071 4547
- Light Dark Sector: Inelastic Exploration, Prof. Bhaskar Dutta , Texas A&M University
- Wednesday, February 14th
- Atomic Physics Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Photonic Links for Rydberg Atom Arrays, Ivana Dimitrova, Harvard University
- Thursday, February 15th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- Plasma Seminar; 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
- Stellarators Linking Axisymmetric Mirrors (SLAM), Tony Qian, Princeton Universtiy
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Tabletop to Telescope: Unraveling the Mystery of Dark Matter, Tanner Trickle, Fermilab
- Saturday, February 17th
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Sunday, February 18th
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Monday, February 19th
- Atomic Physics Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Using precision measurements to study the interplay of quantum mechanics and gravity and explore the universe, Tejas Deshpande, Northwestern University
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm; 1227 Engineering Hall
- "Coherent structures in non-neutral electron plasmas, 2D fluids, and beyond", Noah Hurst, WiPPL, UW-Madison Physics Department
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Hierarchies from string theory, Jakob Moritz, CERN
- Wednesday, February 21st
- Physics ∩ ML Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; Chamberlin 2104
- Diffusion Models - A Thermodynamic Perspective, Akhil Premkumar, KICP Chicago, University of Chicago
- Atomic Physics Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Cavity-enabled measurements and interactions in neutral atoms, Zhenjie Yan, UC Berkeley
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Axion Dark Matter: From the Laboratory to the Cosmos, Joshua Foster, MIT
- Thursday, February 22nd
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 11:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Superconductor — Insulator Transition and Coulomb drag in non-Fermi-Liquid modelled by an array of SYK grains, Alexander Chudnovskiy, Hamburg
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute Seminar; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; Discovery Building, DeLuca Forum
- Exploring many-body problems with arrays of individual atoms, Antoine Browaeys, Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique, CNRS
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Building Planetary Systems: The Formation of Planetesimals, Jake Simon, Iowa State University
- Friday, February 23rd
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Symmetry in Quantum Field Theory, Clay Córdova, University of Chicago
- Monday, February 26th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm; 1227 Engineering Hall
- "From the laboratory to astrophysics: the Rayleigh-Taylor instability", Dr. Bhuvana Srinivasan, Director, PLASMAWISE Laboratory - Univ of Washington
- Plasma Seminar; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
- Highlights from the path toward confined e+e- pair plasmas, Eve Stenson, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
- Tuesday, February 27th
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Rm.5294, Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum Coffee Hour
- Wednesday, February 28th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Effective Field Theory Approach to Physics Beyond the Standard Model, Xiaochuan Lu, UC San Diego
- Thursday, February 29th
- Plasma Seminar; 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
- Investigations of fundamental Alfvénic Wave Physics, Seth Dorfman, Space Science Institute
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; Supernova @WIPAC
- New probes of ultrahigh energy cosmic ray source evolution, Marco Muzio, Penn State University
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Exploring the diversity of H2-H2O subNeptunes, Raymond T. Pierrehumbert, University of Oxford