Joint High Energy Experiment/Theory seminar
Tracy Slatyer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Condensed Matter seminar: "Let it rip: In vivo biomechanics studies of Hydra regeneration from tissue spheres"
Eva-Maria Collins, Swarthmore College
Hydra, named after the multi-headed monster in Greek mythology, is a radially symmetric freshwater polyp, a few mm in length. Hydra is famous for its regenerative capabilities, allowing it to…
Experimental Particle Physics Seminar: "Searching for muon to electron conversion: The Mu2e experiment at Fermilab"
Richie Bonventre, LBNL
The Mu2e experiment will measure the charged-lepton flavor violating (CLFV) neutrino-less conversion of a negative muon into an electron in the field of a nucleus. Mu2e will improve the previous measurement by…
Astronomy seminar: "Numerical Exercises in Galaxy Formation with Modern Cosmological Hydrodynamical Simulations"
Shy Genel (Flatiron Institute)
In the first part of the talk, I will discuss how the new generation of cosmological hydrodynamical simulations can revolutionize our understanding of the origin of galaxy morphologies. In particular, I will present…
Department Colloquium: "Characterizing Exoplanets: From Hot Jupiters to Super-Earths"
Ray Jayawardhana, Cornell University
Searches for exoplanets have revealed a remarkable diversity of worlds, and comparative studies of their properties have begun in earnest. Planets that transit are particularly well suited for atmosphere…
High Energy Theory seminar: "General hot attractors"
Vishnu Jejjala, University of the Witwatersrand
Non-extremal black holes such as the astrophysical black holes we encounter in the sky remain mysterious objects. As solutions to general relativity, they possess certain invariants. We extend prior investigations of…
Condensed Matter seminar: "Patterning Superconductivity in a Topological Insulator"
Nina Marković, Goucher College
Topologically protected states in combination with superconductivity hold promise for quantum computing applications, but the progress on electrical transport measurements in such systems has been impeded by the…
Experimental Particle Physics Seminar: "Coherent neutrino scattering"
Kate Scholberg, Duke University
Astronomy seminar: "Primordial Black Holes as Dark Matter Candidates"
Cristiano Germani (ICC, Barcelona)
In this talk I will overview the physics of primordial black holes formation from single field inflationary models and discuss their statistical distribution.
High Energy Theory seminar: "Conformally Soft Photons and Gravitons"
Laura Donnay, Harvard University
In this talk, the four-dimensional S-matrix is reconsidered as a correlator on the celestial sphere at null infinity. Asymptotic particle states can be characterized by the point at which they enter or exit the…