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Physics Colloquium

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Physics Colloquium

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Physics Colloquium

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Physics Colloquium

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Colloquium: Manipulating the Electrical and Optical Properties of Van der Waals Quantum Materials by Static and Dynamic Strain | Luis A Jauregui, May 11, 2022

Topological order and materials have been at the center of attention in condensed matter physicsand engineering. Topological materials, a new quantum state of matter, are a family of quantummaterials…

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Chemically functionalizing low-dimensional quantum materials with a focus on quantum dots as a system of charge frustration | Tamar Mentzel, UC-Riverside, April 27 2022

Low-dimensional materials provide an opportunity for discovery of new physics because ofenhanced quantum effects and increased correlations. As their properties are heavily influencedby their…

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MMA: Probing Compact Objects with Cosmic Particles - Ke Fang 2021, Shakti P. Duggal award winner

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Weak lensing with the Hyper Suprime-Cam Survey – and beyond! | Rachel Mandelbaum, CMU, April 13 2022

Weak gravitational lensing is one of the most sensitive probes of the growth of structure inthe Universe, and is therefore a key part of the cosmological community's program forunderstanding…

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Physics Admissions metrics and the promotion of graduate student success | Dr. Ben Zwickl, RIT, 3/3/2022

Physics graduate education is changing due to a variety of factors, including the interdisciplinary nature of research, a desire for greater diversity and inclusion within physics, and increasing…

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A multimessenger view of the ultra-high-energy | UniverseRafael Alves Batista, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2/23/2022

The origins of the most energetic particles in the Universe has been a long-standing puzzle. In the quest to identify their sources, it is essential to understand how these particles are…

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Hunting for Galactic PaVatrong | Shuo Zhang, Bard College, 2/21/2022

Cosmic rays with energies up to a few PeV (10^15 PeV) are believed to be of Galactic origin. However, after a century since the discovery, the origin of Galactic cosmic-rays still remains a mystery.…

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meV to PeV: the Search for Nu Physics | Sepencer N. Axani. MIT 2/16/2022

Speaker:Spencer N. Axani, MITAbstract:Determining if the neutrino is its own antiparticle is one of the most pressing questions inmodern day elementary particle physics. It has far reaching…

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The Intersection between Cosmic Rays and Particle Physics with IceCube | Dennis Soldin, University of Delaware, 2/14/2022

Cosmic rays are charged particles that enter the Earth’s atmosphere where they in-teract with air molecules at energies of more than 10 times the center-of-mass energy at the Large Hadron…

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Chasing the Ghost Particle: Neutrino Astronomy at the South Pole | Brian Clark, MSU 2/9/2022

Neutrinos, tiny ghostlike particles billions of times lighter than atoms, areunique messengers to the cosmos. They are created under exceptionalcircumstances— from the nuclear fusion of the…

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Shock Acceleration of Cosmic Rays in the inhomogeneous interstellar medium | Siyao Xu, Princeton, 2/7/2022

With the development of multi-messenger astronomy and the detection of astrophysical neutrinos, we are in a golden age of new cosmic ray (CR) measurements and studies. Supernova remnants are believed…

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The synthesis and engineering of two-dimensional Janus quantum layers | Stefaattin Tongay, University of Arizona, 12/08/2021

Named after the two faced Roman God Janus, 2D Janus layers contain two different atomic typeson its top and bottom faces. Previous theoretical studies have shown that broken mirror symmetrytogether…

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