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Events During the 2024 Spring Semester
January 2024
- Monday, January 15th
- Academic Calendar
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Tuesday, January 16th
- Preliminary Exam; 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 5310 CH
- Multimodal vision-language modeling for advanced quantitative analysis of positron emission tomography imaging, Zach Huemann, Physics Graduate Student
- Thursday, January 18th
- Graduate Program Event; 9:00 am - 10:30 am; 2241 Chamberlin
- Qualifying Exam - Classical Mechanics
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Inelastic decay from integrability, Amir Burshtein, Tel Aviv U
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 10:30 am - 11:30 am;
- Probing Cosmic Ray Physics at TeV-PeV Energies with GRAPES-3 Experiment , Pravata Kumar Mohanty, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
- Graduate Program Event; 11:30 am - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- Qualifying Exam - Statistical Mechanics
- Friday, January 19th
- Graduate Program Event; 9:00 am - 10:30 am; 2241 Chamberlin
- Qualifying Exam - Electricity & Magnetism
- Graduate Program Event; 11:30 am - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- Qualifying Exam - Quantum Mechanics
- Monday, January 22nd
- Academic Calendar; 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Graduate School Spring 2024: Spring Degree Window Period deadline for master's students
- Academic Calendar; 11:55 pm - 12:55 am
- Graduate School Spring 2024: Spring Degree Window Period deadline for doctoral students
- Tuesday, January 23rd
- Academic Calendar
- Spring semester instruction begins
- Council Meeting
- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin Hall
- Wednesday, January 24th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling
- Thursday, January 25th
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; Discovery Building, DeLuca Forum
- Semiconductor qubits on the move: low power and high-fidelity quantum gates, Menno Veldhorst, QuTech – Delft University of Technology
- Friday, January 26th
- Preliminary Exam; 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm; B343 Sterling or
- Developing an Analysis Pipeline, and mm/sub-mm Spectrometer for a Novel Balloon-Borne Intensity Mapping Experiment., Faizah Karim Siddique, Physics Graduate Student
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm; Chamberlin Hall 5280
- The flavor composition of high-energy cosmic neutrinos: towards high statistics and ultra-high energies, Mauricio Bustamante, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Gravitational-wave astronomy with LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA, Patrick Brady, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Monday, January 29th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm; 1227 Engineering Hall
- Challenges and opportunities associated with first principal optimal design of fusion energy systems, Prof. Andrew Christlieb, Michigan State University
- Thesis Defense; 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm; B343 Sterling or
- MULTI-SCALE INTERACTIONS OF TEARING MODES WITH MICROTURBULENCE AND ITG SATURATION-CHANNEL SELECTION, Taweesak Jitsuk, Physics Graduate Student
- Tuesday, January 30th
- Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Seminar; 2:00 pm; Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 912 3071 4547
- Explaining nonlinearities in black hole ringdowns from symmetries, Antonio Riotto , Geneva U
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 Colloquium; 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
March 2024
- Friday, March 1st
- Graduate Program Event; 8:30 am; all over Chamberlin
- Prospective Visit Days, various
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum engineering for superconducting quantum computers, Prof. Yasunobu Nakamura , University of Tokyo
- Monday, March 4th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm; 1227 Engineering Hall
- Schnack Memorial Seminar: "Plasma instabilities associated with runaway electron beam and their potential influences”, Dr. Chang Liu, PPPL (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
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- Wednesday, March 6th
- Undergraduate Program Event; 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm; Chamberlin Hall Lobby
- Physics and Astronomy Majors Fair, Evan Heintz
- Thursday, March 7th
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- CANCELLED: NIRWALS: the Near InfraRed Washburn Astronomical Laboratories Spectrograph on SALT, Marsha Wolf, UW-Madison
- Friday, March 8th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Using Radio Detectors to Discover the Highest Energy Astrophysical Neutrinos, Abigail Vieregg, University of Chicago
- Monday, March 11th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm; 1227 Engineering Hall
- "Advances in optimization for stellarator design", Elizabeth Paul, Columbia University
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
- Plasma Seminar; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
- Structuring Light: The Next Frontier in Laser-Plasma Interactions, Andrew Longman, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
- Tuesday, March 12th
- Council Meeting
- 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 2314 Chamberlin Hall
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; Discovery Building, DeLuca Forum
- Theory of g factors in semiconductors -- some history, and new insights, David DiVincenzo, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
- Wednesday, March 13th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling
- Thursday, March 14th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 11:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Detecting, Studying, and Eliminating Quasiparticles in Superconducting Circuits, Eli Levenson-Falk, USC
- Plasma Seminar; 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
- Understanding the plasma universe through laboratory experiments and related models, Yang Zhang, Caltech
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Supercomputer Simulations of the Universe: Interfacing galaxy formation with precision cosmology, Volker Springel, Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics
- Friday, March 15th
- Graduate Program Event; 8:30 am; all over Chamberlin
- Prospective Visit Days, various
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Using Dissipation to Preserve Superconducting Qubit Coherence, Eli Levinson-Falk, USC
- Monday, March 18th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum skyrmion Hall effect, Ashely Cook, Max Planck Institutes for the Physics of Complex Systems and the Chemical Physics of Solids
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm; 1227 Engineering Hall
- "Cylindrical Implosion Experiments at Los Alamos National Laboratory", Josh Sauppe, LANL (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
- Tuesday, March 19th
- Preliminary Exam; 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm; B343 Sterling
- Electron Cyclotron Heating in the WHAM device, Jonathan Pizzo, Physics Graduate Student
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Rm.5294, Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum Coffee Hour
- Wednesday, March 20th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Protecting Qubits from High-energy Impacts, Britton Plourde, Syracuse University
- Thursday, March 21st
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- The cosmic journey of the elements, from dust to life, Lia Corrales, University of Michigan
- Friday, March 22nd
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Towards EeV neutrino astronomy with GRAND, Kumiko Kotera , Institut d'astrophysique de Paris
- Saturday, March 23rd
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- Sunday, March 24th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- Monday, March 25th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
- Thesis Defense; 1:00 pm; B343 Sterling
- A CHAPMAN-ENSKOG-LIKE (CEL) CONTINUUM KINETIC CLOSURE APPROACH IN NIMROD, Joseph Jepson, Physics Graduate Student
- Graduate Program Event; 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm; 5310 CH
- How to Prelim
- Tuesday, March 26th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Seminar; 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm; Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 912 3071 4547
- The present and future of flavor in high-energy cosmic neutrinos, Mauricio Bustamante , NBIA, Denmark
- Wednesday, March 27th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- ALMA Community Day Event; 9:00 am - 4:00 pm; B343, Sterling Hall
- ALMA Proposal Preparation Workshop, Stephen McKay, UW-Madison
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
- Graduate Program Event; 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm; 5310 CH
- How to finish your PhD
- Thursday, March 28th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- Spring Break Potluck Lunch; 11:30 am - 1:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Friday, March 29th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- Saturday, March 30th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- Sunday, March 31st
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
April 2024
- Monday, April 1st
- Academic Calendar
- Spring Semester Classes resume
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 9:00 am - 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall and
- Opening the PeV Neutrino Window with Trinity, A. Nepomuk Otte, Georgia Tech
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm; 1227 Engineering Hall
- “Disruption physics gaps encountered in the SPARC design pertinent to the design of the ARC power plant”, Ryan Sweeney, MIT PSFC/CFS
- Tuesday, April 2nd
- Academic Calendar; 7:00 am - 8:00 pm
- Election Day - Wisconsin Presidential Primary, including same-day registration
- Academic Calendar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
- Last Steps to Completing the Doctoral Degree
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Rm.5294, Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum Coffee Hour
- Thursday, April 4th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 9:00 am - 10:00 am; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Tuning into Cosmic Neutrinos at the Highest Energies, Stephanie Wissel, Penn State
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Quantum materials through the nano-lens: surprises beyond the diffraction limit, Alexander McLeod, UMN
- Thesis Defense; 11:00 am; 5280 Chamberlin
- The Cosmic Symphony: Magnetic Fields and Turbulence Across Clouds, Galaxies, to Galaxy Clusters, Yue Hu, Physics Graduate Student
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; CH 5280
- Multi-wavelength emission from Jets of nearby radio galaxies, Riku Kuze, Tohoku University
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- CANCELLED
- Friday, April 5th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 1:00 pm - 4:15 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- 2024 UW Physics Student Research Colloquium, UW Physics Students, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Physics Department Colloquium; 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- Falling Walls Lab Wisconsin, various, various
- Saturday, April 6th
- Outreach; 11:00 am - 2:00 pm; Chamberlin Hall, 2nd floor lobby
- Physics Fair, Various, Dept of Physics
- Wonders of Physics
- 11:30 am - 12:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Monday, April 8th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm; 1227 Engineering Dr
- “Controlling plasma-material interactions with real-time powdered material injection”, Florian Effenberg, PPPL
- Thursday, April 11th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 9:00 am - 10:00 am; 5280 Chamberlin Hall and
- Mysteries of the High-Energy Sky, Dan Hooper, Fermilab
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Water under X-ray Vision - A Molecular Look at Life’s Mysterious Elixir, Uwe Bergmann, UW-Madison
- Friday, April 12th
- Climate & Diversity; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Climate and Diversity Committee End of Year Town Hall and Mixer, , Climate and Diversity Committee
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Mitigating climate and air pollution from the electricity and transportation sectors in the United States , Inês Azevedo, Stanford University
- Monday, April 15th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm; 1227 Engineering Hall
- “Continuum gyrokinetic study of high-field mirror fusion plasmas”, Manaure Francisquez, PPPL
- Tuesday, April 16th
- Council Meeting
- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin Hall
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Rm.5294, Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum Coffee Hour
- Wednesday, April 17th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
- Careers for Physicists; 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Career Talk - Inpleo Data Science, Orly Olbum, Chief of Data Science, Inpleo, Inc.
- Thursday, April 18th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 11:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- New twists on topology in moiré quantum matter, Matthew Yankowitz, U Washington
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; CH 5310 /
- Hunting for Galactic PeVatrons in the X-ray Regime, Shuo Zhang, MSU
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; Discovery Building, DeLuca Forum
- Visible-Light Photonic Integration for Atomic and Quantum Sciences and Applications, Daniel J Blumenthal, University of California Santa Barbara
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- NIRWALS: the Near InfraRed Washburn Astronomical Laboratories Spectrograph on SALT, Marsha Wolf, UW-Madison
- Friday, April 19th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Dual-Species Quantum Processors and Quantum Networks, Hannes Bernien, University of Chicago
- Academic Calendar; 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Graduate School Spring 2024: Request for all Master's and Doctoral Degree Warrants
- Monday, April 22nd
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm; 1227 Engineering Hall
- "Advancing Fusion Research through Virtual Design", Frank Jenko, IPP
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
- Tuesday, April 23rd
- Preliminary Exam; 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Nonlocal transport effects in electron bilayers, Dmitry Zverevich, Physics Graduate Student
- Council Meeting
- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin
- Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Seminar; 6:00 pm - 6:00 pm; Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 912 3071 4547
- Microscopic calculations of neutrino scattering and absorption in warm dense nuclear matter, Prof. Jeremy Holt , Texas A&M University
- Wednesday, April 24th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
- Preliminary Exam; 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin or
- Scaling Technologies for Si/SiGe Quantum Dot Qubits, Michael Wolfe, Physics Graduate Student
- Thursday, April 25th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 6:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Rydberg physics: From Ultralong-Range Molecules to Quantum Simulation and Quantum Optimization, Peter Schmelcher, U Hamburg
- Preliminary Exam; 11:00 am - 1:00 pm; Sterling Hall B343
- Progress towards cooling and imaging on an alkali atom forbidden transition, Jacob Scott, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- NOvA Cross-section Measurement of Muon Antineutrino Charge Current Inclusive Interactions, Prabhjot Singh, Queen Mary University of London
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Goodbye to “Chi-by-Eye” : Results from a Bayesian Analysis of Photometric Binaries in Open Clusters, Aaron M Geller, Northwestern University
- Friday, April 26th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; Chamberlin 2241
- Structure and Dynamics from Random Observations, Abbas Ourmazd, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Monday, April 29th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm; 1227 Engineering Hall
- “Metastability of stratified magnetohydrodynamic equilibria and their relaxation”, David Hosking, Princeton University
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall and Zoom:
- Physics Potential at a future Muon Collider, Cari Caserotti, MIT
- Tuesday, April 30th
- Preliminary Exam; 11:00 am - 1:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin;
- Modeling Solar Neutrino Flavor Evolution with Data Assimilation, Caroline Laber-Smith
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; Discovery Building, DeLuca Forum
- Nano-Photonic Emitters for the “Quantum Age”: where imperfections lead to opportunities, Evelyn Hu, Harvard University
May 2024
- Wednesday, May 1st
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall and Zoom:
- Expanding Horizons: Novel Strategies in low mass BSM Physics Exploration with CMS, Abhijith Gandrakota, FNAL
- Thursday, May 2nd
- Thesis Defense; 9:30 am - 11:30 am; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- A SEARCH FOR A STABLE SIX-QUARK BOUND STATE IN P-P COLLISIONS AT √ S = 13 TEV IN PARKED 2018 DATA AT CMS AND A STUDY OF THE AGING OF CATHODE STRIP CHAMBERS IN HIGH RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS., Wren Vetens, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Exploring Exoplanets in the Era of JWST and Beyond, Knicole Colon, NASA's Goddard
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 2103 CH -
- Frontiers in Neutrino Astronomy, John Beacom, Ohio State University
- Friday, May 3rd
- Academic Calendar
- Last Spring Semester class day
- Thesis Defense; 2:00 pm; Sterling 1313;
- A Study of Magnetized Plasma Turbulence in the Nonrelativistic and Relativistic Regimes, Cristian Vega, Physics Graduate Student
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 2241 CH -
- The future of particle physics, Prof. Hitoshi Murayama, UC-Berkeley
- Saturday, May 4th
- Academic Calendar
- Study day
- Sunday, May 5th
- Academic Calendar
- Final Exams
- Monday, May 6th
- Academic Calendar
- Final Exams
- Tuesday, May 7th
- Academic Calendar
- Final Exams
- Graduate Program Event; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5280 CH
- Personal Finance Workshop for Grad Students, Carol Hulland
- Preliminary Exam; 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm; B343, Sterling Hall
- Flow-based Nonperturbative Simulation of First-order Phase Transitions, Dean Chen, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Seminar; 2:00 pm; Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 912 3071 4547
- Phenomenology of Effective Field Theory with Sterile Neutrinos, Kaori Fuyuto , LANL
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Rm.5294, Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum Coffee Hour
- Wednesday, May 8th
- Academic Calendar
- Final Exams
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- The Minimal Weak Gravity Conjecture, Alessandro Mininno, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Thursday, May 9th
- Academic Calendar
- Final Exams
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 6:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Proper correlation measures: the case with Rényi mutual information, Laimei Nie, Purdue
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; CH 5280 /
- High-energy and ultrahigh-energy neutrinos: a new window for astrophysics and particle physics, Bei Zhou, Fermilab
- Friday, May 10th
- Academic Calendar
- Final Exams
- Preliminary Exam; 9:00 am - 11:00 am;
- Application of geometric deeping learning in charged-particle track reconstruction in the ATLAS ITk, Tuan Pham, Physics Graduate Student
- Graduation Event; 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- Graduation Celebration Event, various
- Academic Calendar; 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Graduate School Spring 2024: Master's degree deadline
- Academic Calendar; 5:30 pm - 12:00 am
- Commencement: Doctoral & Medical Professional
- Saturday, May 11th
- Academic Calendar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
- Commencement: Bachelor's, Master's, Law
- Sunday, May 12th
- Academic Calendar; 11:55 pm - 12:55 am
- Graduate School Spring 2024: Doctoral degree deadline
- Monday, May 13th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring Semester Grading deadline
- Academic Calendar
- Graduate School Summer 2024: Summer Degree Window Period begins
- Wednesday, May 15th
- Preliminary Exam; 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Sterling Hall, Room B343
- The Physical Characteristics of Faint, High-redshift Dusty Star-forming Galaxies, Stephen McKay, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Department Coffee Hour; 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm; University Ave steps or (in case of bad weather) 2120 CH
- Physics Cookie Potluck
- Thursday, May 16th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 9:00 am - 6:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Joynt Fest , Invited Speakers
- Thesis Defense; 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Large Blue isocurvature from a classical conformal limit, Sai Chaitanya Tadepalli, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Sunday, May 19th
- Academic Calendar
- Faculty contract year ends
- Monday, May 20th
- Academic Calendar
- 4-week summer session begins
- Tuesday, May 21st
- Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Seminar; 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm; Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 912 3071 4547
- Asteroseismology: diving deep into stars, Prof. Conny Aerts , KU Leuven, Radboud University, and MPIA
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Rm.5294, Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum Coffee Hour
- Wednesday, May 22nd
- Summer Recess; 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm; Bascom Hill outside Birge
- , Sharon Kahn
- Thursday, May 23rd
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; Supernova, WIPAC
- New Prospects for Probing Dark Matter with High-Energy Cosmic Observations , Qinrui Liu, Queen's University, Canada
- Friday, May 24th
- Thesis Defense; 11:00 am - 1:00 pm; B343 Sterling or
- Measurement of the Neutrino Mass Ordering with IceCube DeepCore, Maria Prado Rodriguez, Physics Graduate Student
- Monday, May 27th
- Academic Calendar
- Memorial Day observed
- Tuesday, May 28th
- Academic Calendar
- 3-week summer session begins
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; VIRTUAL - link to be sent.
- Wednesday, May 29th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; VIRTUAL - link to be sent.
- Summer Recess; 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm; Bascom Hill outside Birge
- , Sharon Kahn
- Thursday, May 30th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 6:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Resonant Bloch oscillations in transmons embedded in high-impedance circuits , Benjamin Remez, Yale University
