Post Tagged with: "Physics and astronomy colloquium series"

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Pat McCarthy of (Carnegie Observatories/Giant Magellan Telescope Organization) on “Giant Telescopes and Astronomical Discovery” on Friday, Sept. 23, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: Optical-IR telescopes on the ground and in space have been the drivers for astronomical discovery for four centuries. […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Monica Burdick of  Ohio University, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering on “Functional Selectin Ligands in Cancer Cell Transit and Transition” on Friday, September 9, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: Metastasis, or the spread of cancer from the site of origin to secondary […]

The Condensed Matter & Surface Sciences Colloquium Series presents Lucas Vazquez Besteiro of Ohio University on “Hot Carrier Generation in Plasmonic Nanoparticles,” on Thursday, September 1, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: Certain materials, such as noble metals, support collective charge carrier oscillations when excited with electromagnetic fields. The quanta […]

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 Condensed Matter & Surface Sciences Colloquium Series presents Zheng Gai of Oak Ridge National Laboratory on “Growth and Properties of Magnetic Nanostructures and Thin Films,” on Thursday, April 7, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract:  The main topic of this presentation is about the investigation of the consequences […]

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 […]