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Nov

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

November 15, 2023, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

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TITLE: The Search for Nanohertz Gravitational Waves with the NANOGrav Pulsar Timing Array ABSTRACT: Pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) are kiloparsec-scale gravitational wave (GW) detectors composed...

View Event Details for Seminar: Dr. Megan DeCesar | George Mason University

Nov

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

November 13, 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

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TITLE: Gravitational waves and multi-messenger astrophysics from LIGO to Cosmic Explorer ABSTRACT: LIGO’s detections of gravitational waves from mergers of binary black holes and neutron stars...

View Event Details for Special Colloquium: Dr. Benjamin Owen | Texas Tech Univ.

Nov

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

November 10, 2023, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

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ADVISOR: Dr. Zhibo Zhang TITLE: Characteristics of dust aerosol properties using CALIOP and thermal infrared satellite observations ABSTRACT: Mineral dust aerosol transport in the atmosphere...

View Event Details for PhD Defense: Jianyu Zheng

Nov

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

November 9, 2023, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Description

ADVISOR: Dr. Pengwang Zhai TITLE: Remote Sensing of Aerosols and Ocean Color with Multi-Angle Polarimeters and Spectro-Radiometers ABSTRACT: The synoptic scale global coverage by satellite...

View Event Details for PhD Defense: Neranga Kaluappuwa Hannadige

Nov

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

November 8, 2023, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

TITLE: "Phytoplankton, Photons, and Climate: Using Machine Learning and Autonomous Platform to Understand Ocean Biology’s Role in the Earth System” ABSTRACT: Phytoplankton, the free floating,...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Susanne Craig | NASA

Nov

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

November 1, 2023, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

TITLE: The life cycle of tropical clouds ABSTRACT: Clouds are a major driver of Earth’s energy and moisture budgets, affecting both weather and climate. In the tropics, convection dominates the...

View Event Details for Seminar: Dr. Henrique Barbosa | UMBC Physics

Oct

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

October 25, 2023, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

TITLE: Information-thermodynamics in the quantum regime ABSTRACT: The physicist Rolf Landauer, one of the fathers of modern computing, coined the phrase “Information is physical”. Today,...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Gabriel Landi | University of Rochester

Oct

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

October 18, 2023, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

TITLE: NISQ quantum annealers for optimization on example of railways ABSTRACT: The goal of this presentation is to demonstrate current state of art and future perspective of application...

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Krzysztof Domino | IITIS

Oct

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

October 11, 2023, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

TITLE: How to tame a silicon quantum computer ABSTRACT: The quest for a useful quantum computer is well underway, with several different experimental approaches being explored in parallel....

View Event Details for Seminar: Dr. Jason Kestner | UMBC Physics Department

Oct

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

October 4, 2023, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

TITLE: Pyrocumulonimbus and its Role in the Climate System: What is known and unknown? ABSTRACT: Pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) are fire-induced and smoke-infused thunderstorms that serve as the...

View Event Details for Seminar: Dr. David Peterson | Naval Research Laboratory

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Seminar: Dr. Megan DeCesar | George Mason University

In-Person PHYS 401

Special Colloquium: Dr. Benjamin Owen | Texas Tech Univ.

In-Person PHYS 401

PhD Defense: Jianyu Zheng

PhD Defense: Neranga Kaluappuwa Hannadige

Colloquium: Dr. Susanne Craig | NASA

In-Person PHYS 401

Seminar: Dr. Henrique Barbosa | UMBC Physics

In-Person PHYS 401

Colloquium: Dr. Gabriel Landi | University of Rochester

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Colloquium: Dr. Krzysztof Domino | IITIS

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Seminar: Dr. Jason Kestner | UMBC Physics Department

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Seminar: Dr. David Peterson | Naval Research Laboratory

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In-Person PHYS 401

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In-Person PHYS 401

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