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Dec

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Physics : 401

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December 3, 2019, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

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ADVISOR: Dr. Sebastian Deffner TITLE: Thermodynamic Supremacy of Quantum Information Engines ABSTRACT: The development of quantum computers, communication systems, and sensors is predicted...

View Event Details for PhD Proposal: Nathan Myers

Nov

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Physics : 401

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November 20, 2019, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

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TITLE: Symmetry breaking in active and quantum fluids ABSTRACT: Active biological fluids, such as bacterial and other microbial suspensions, can exhibit striking symmetry breaking...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Jorn Dunkel , Massachusetts Inst. of Tech

Nov

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Physics : 401

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November 13, 2019, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

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TITLE: Study of White Dwarfs and Black Holes through Relativistic Bending of Light ABSTRACT: In a reprise of the famous 1919 solar eclipse experiment that confirmed Einstein's general...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Kailash Sahu, Space Telescope Science Inst.

Nov

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Physics : 401

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November 6, 2019, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

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TITLE: Variability of low clouds and drizzle: a tale of two frameworks ABSTRACT: Modern microphysics schemes in climate models typically account for subgrid variability by assuming...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Mikael Witte, UCLA

Oct

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Physics : 401

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October 30, 2019, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

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TITLE: Planets in a bottle: Exploring planetary atmospheres in the lab ABSTRACT: From exoplanets, with their surprising lack of spectral features, to Titan and its characteristic haze...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Sarah Horst, Johns Hopkins University

Oct

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Physics : 401

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October 23, 2019, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

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TITLE: Nonequilibrium thermodynamic limits to fluctuations and response ABSTRACT: Thermodynamics is a remarkably successful theoretical framework, with wide ranging applications across...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Jordan Horowitz, Univ. of Michigan

Oct

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Physics : 401

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October 16, 2019, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

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TITLE: Computational Physics in the Exascale Era: Opportunities and Challenges ABSTRACT: The dawn of the exascale era and the machine learning boom provide tremendous opportunities for...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Murat Keceli, Argonne National Laboratory

Oct

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Physics : 401

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October 9, 2019, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

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TITLE: Synchrotron X-rays and lattice dynamics: Implications in chemistry, geology and physics ABSTRACT: It’s been almost 45 years since the idea of using a synchrotron source to excite...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Esen Alp, Argonne National Laboratory

Oct

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Physics : 401

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October 2, 2019, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

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TITLE: Quantum Monte Carlo from Benchmarking to Understanding Nanoscale Materials ABSTRACT: Density Functional Theory (DFT) is currently the most popular method for atomic scale modeling...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Kayahan Saritas, ORNL

Sep

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Physics : 401

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September 25, 2019, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

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TITLE: Electron Dynamics in Materials from First Principles ABSTRACT: Calculations of charge transport and ultrafast dynamics have relied on heuristic approaches for the past several...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Marco Bernardi, CALTECH

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