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Friday Nights at the Dearborn Observatory
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM, sponsored by Dearborn Observatory
The Dearborn Observatory is open for public viewing every Friday night from 8 to 10 pm during the fall and...
Events
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Dec
16
2024
Special CFP Seminar: Erik Kountz: "Thermal Diffusivity and Conductivity in Charge Density Wave Materials"
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Special Events and Invited Talks
Photo-thermal microscopes can be used to take high resolution thermal diffusivity by measuring phase delay in local-temperature through measurements of...
Jan
11
2025
Sievert Prize Lectures: Alex Edison: "Effective Field Theory: A Universal Language of Physics"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"Models and Predictions" In our quest to uncover the fundamental properties of nature, physicists rely on learning to distinguish between known...
Jan
16
2025
Complex Systems Seminar: Jennifer Fowlie: TBA
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars
Abstract: TBA Jennifer Fowlie, Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University Host: Venkat Chandrasekhar
Jan
18
2025
Sievert Prize Lectures: Alex Edison: "Effective Field Theory: A Universal Language of Physics"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"Gravity from Newton to Einstein" We begin with a thought experiment: could we guess Newton’s theory of gravity without observing the...
Jan
25
2025
Sievert Prize Lectures: Alex Edison: "Effective Field Theory: A Universal Language of Physics"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"Ripples from a Maelstrom" General relativity predicts that black holes are some of the simplest objects in the universe, while their...
Feb
1
2025
Sievert Prize Lectures: Alex Edison: "Effective Field Theory: A Universal Language of Physics"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"Looking at Ever Smaller Scales" For more than a hundred years, particle physicists have been smashing things together to figure out...
Feb
6
2025
Complex Systems Seminar: Joseph Sklenar: TBA
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars
Abstract: TBA Joseph Sklenar, Assistant Professor, Wayne State University Host: Venkat Chandrasekhar
Feb
8
2025
Sievert Prize Lectures: Alex Edison: "Effective Field Theory: A Universal Language of Physics"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"The Standard Model is Almost Perfect" The Standard Model of particle physics is one of the most precisely tested theories of...
Feb
15
2025
Sievert Prize Lectures: Alex Edison: "Effective Field Theory: A Universal Language of Physics"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"Baby Pictures of the Universe" The earliest moments of the universe were incredibly chaotic, a time when matter and energy were...
Feb
22
2025
Sievert Prize Lectures: Alex Edison: "Effective Field Theory: A Universal Language of Physics"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"Galaxies: Glitter in a Snow Globe" We find many answers about the early universe in a surprising place: the arrangement of...
Mar
1
2025
Sievert Prize Lectures: Alex Edison: "Effective Field Theory: A Universal Language of Physics"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"A Bright Future Ahead" We close this lecture series with a look towards the future: exciting experiments on the horizon and...