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The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Marcelle Soares-Santos of Fermilab on “he Dark Energy Survey and Gravitational Waves” on Friday, September 2, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract:  DES is an ongoing imaging sky survey, the largest such survey to date. Its main science goal is to shed […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Edward Baron of Oklahoma University on “Using the Observed Diversity of Type Ia Supernovae to Understand the Physics of  the Phenomenons” on Friday, April 8, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract:  Type Ia Supernovae (SN Ia) are well understood to be thermonuclear […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Andrei Bernevig of Princeton University on “Topological States of Matter” on Friday, April 15, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract:  Topological Phases of Matter have been one of the most interesting discoveries in condensed matter. These systems, which are bulk insulators but […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Feryal Ozel of University of Arizona on “Using Neutron Stars and Black Holes to Probe Fundamental Physics” on Friday, April 1, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: There has been tremendous progress in the past few years on the measurements of the […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Michael N. Kozicki of  the Arizona State University on “Resistive Memory and the Internet of Things” on Friday, March 11, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract:  Moore’s Law has fueled the expectation that semiconductor components will continue to shrink and thereby enable […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Arkady Pikovsky of  the Potsdam University, Germany on “Chaotic destruction of Anderson localization in nonlinear lattices” on Friday, March 18, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract:  Anderson localization is a universal phenomenon preventing transport in disordered linear media. I discuss how nonlinearity […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Edward Flagg of  the West Virginia University on “Quantum Dots and Quantum Optics” on Friday, March 25, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract:   Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are often called artificial atoms because charge carriers trapped within them have discrete energy levels […]