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LOCATION:4421 Sterling Hall\, Coffee and cookies 3:30 PM\, Talk begins
  3:45 PM
SUMMARY:Structure formation and turbulent processes in the Universe: f
 rom cosmology to star formation\, Astronomy Colloquium\, Philip Mocz\,
  Princeton University\, Einstein postdoc Fellow
DESCRIPTION:Much of structure formation in the Universe involves self-
 gravity and turbulence. In my talk I will explore the formation and ev
 olution of structure in several contexts\, including cosmology (scalar
  field dark matter)\, the early universe (oscillons)\, and star format
 ion. Our theoretical understanding of such systems and processes is in
 complete. While diverse\, these physical systems turn out to have rich
 \, not fully explored mathematical connections as well. I develop high
 -performance numerical simulations to aid in building a theoretical pi
 cture of fundamental\, ubiquitous physical processes\, taking an inter
 disciplinary and unifying approach. The theory is then applied to unde
 rstand astrophysical consequences and make observational predictions (
 for JWST\, gravitational waves\, polarization measurements) that may b
 e used to constrain unknown physical system parameters.<br>
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URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=5036
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