multi-day
Friday Nights at the Dearborn Observatory
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM, sponsored by Dearborn Observatory
The Dearborn Observatory is open for public viewing every Friday night from 9 to 11 pm during the spring and...
Past Events
multi-day
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...
Sep
29
2023
Colloquium:Claude-Andre Faucher-Giguère: "The Circumgalactic Medium: What is it, and how does it affect the Evolution of Galaxies?"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
While galaxies stand out as the brightest lights observed by telescopes, most of the atoms in the Universe are in...
Sep
26
2023
CFP Colloquium: Koji Yoshimura: New observation of the optical transition from Thorium-229 nuclear clock isomer using X-ray pumping
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Fundamental Physics Colloquia
Abstract: Among thousands of nuclei, the isotope Thorium-229 (229Th) is the only nucleus having an extremely low-lying excitation level of only...
Sep
26
2023
Astrophysics Seminar: Chris Hamilton: "It Takes Two: On the Secular and Stochastic Dynamics of the Weird Wide Binaries In the Milky Way"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Astrophysics Seminars
Thanks to GAIA, ultra-wide stellar binaries have recently reasserted themselves as key probes of the Galactic environment, of dark matter...
Sep
25
2023
HEP Seminar: Yogev Shpilman: “Parametric Resonance in Neutrino Oscillations Induced by Ultra-Light Dark Matter and Implications for KamLAND and JUNO"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
Ultra-light dark matter (ULDM) composed of bosons lighter than 1eV is expected to behave as a macroscopic classical field oscillating...
Sep
22
2023
Colloquium: Michelle Driscoll: "Emergent Structure in Soft Materials"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
Soft matter physics is at its heart a discipline that studies systems which are nonlinear, disordered, and out-of-equilibrium, making many...
Aug
30
2023
CFP Colloquium: Jeffrey Klimes: ARTEMIS: Toward Measurements of Magnetic Moments in Heavy, Highly Charged Ions
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Fundamental Physics Colloquia
Abstract: The AsymmetRic Trap for measurement of Electron Magnetic moments in IonS (ARTEMIS) utilizes the so-called laser-microwave double-resonance spectroscopy technique...
Aug
24
2023
Special Complex Systems Seminar: Jean-Regis Angilella: Asymptotic Study of Hamiltonian Systems Submitted to Colored Noise
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Special Events and Invited Talks
This talk will present recent results concerning the dynamics of weakly dissipative Hamiltonian systems submitted to stochastic perturbations. The probability...
Aug
17
2023
CFP Colloquium: Chris Overstreet: Precision measurement with atom interferometry
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Fundamental Physics Colloquia
Abstract: Precise measurements of atomic, molecular, and optical systems are opening a new experimental window into fundamental physics. The high...
Aug
14
2023
Colloquium: Anne-Marie Madigan: TBA
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
Abstract: TBA Speaker: Anne-Marie Madigan, Associate Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder Host: TBA
Jul
7
2023
Special HEP Seminar: Michael Virgato: "Dark Matter Capture in Compact Objects"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Special Events and Invited Talks
The capture of Dark Matter in compact objects has garnered considerable interest over recent years. This renewed interest is driven...
Jun
16
2023
Special Complex Systems Seminar: Benjamin Kuznets-Speck: "Rare Events in Noisy Systems and the Forces that Shape Them”
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Special Events and Invited Talks
Rare reactive events are ubiquitous in noisy complex systems throughout the physical sciences and to large extent determine their function...
Jun
8
2023
Complex Systems Seminar: Xiangyi Meng: " Percolation Theories for Quantum Networks"
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars
In this talk, I will explain how the problem of entanglement distribution on quantum networks (QN) is traditionally understood by...
Jun
5
2023
HEP Seminar: David Osterman: "Measuring Quasiparticle Diffusion in Superconducting Aluminum Films with a TES and Laser-Scanning Microscopy"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
TES-based dark matter detectors and certain qubit experiments rely on understanding the dynamics of quasiparticles (QP), broken Cooper pairs in...
Jun
2
2023
Colloquium: Margaret Gardel: "Active and Adaptive Living Matter"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
My lab is interested in the active and adaptive materials that underlie control of the shape and movement of biological...
Jun
1
2023
Complex Systems Seminar: Tom Powers: "Flow and Transport in Active Gels"
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars
The defining property of an active fluid is that energy is added to the system at the small length scales...
May
30
2023
Astro Seminar: Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz:" Tidal Disruption of Stars by Supermassive Black Holes: What have we Learned and what can we Learn?"
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Astrophysics Seminars
The recent advent of numerous wide field transient surveys has led to a large increase in the discovery of tidal...
May
26
2023
Colloquium: Rapid Fire Research
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
Discover the cutting-edge research of our brilliant graduate students at Rapid Fire Research 2023! Rapid Fire Research is an event...
May
25
2023
Complex Systems Seminar: Alexey Snezhko: "Complex Collective Dynamics in Flocks of Actively Spinning Colloids"
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars
Active matter, both synthetic and biological, demonstrates complex spatiotemporal self-organization and the emergence of collective behavior. Active fluids comprised of...
May
25
2023
Radio Astro Seminar: Jim Condon: The Star-formation History of the Universe
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Radio Astronomy Seminars
Abstract: The 1.4 GHz radio continuum emission from star-forming galaxies (SFGs) is primarily synchrotron radiation from electrons accelerated in the...
May
23
2023
Special Complex Systems Seminar: Deniz Eroğlu:"Inferring Network Dynamics from Data: Emergent Hyperlinks and Critical Phenomena"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Special Events and Invited Talks
A central problem in science concerns forecasting sudden changes in complex systems, which are difficult to anticipate and disrupt the...
May
22
2023
HEP Seminar: Ruth Britto: "Cuts of Feynman Integrals"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
While Feynman integrals and scattering amplitudes are often very difficult to compute directly, their underlying properties often point to new...
May
19
2023
Colloquium: William Oliver: "Giant Artificial Atoms and Waveguide QED"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
In this talk, we present a demonstration of “giant artificial atoms” realized with superconducting qubits in a waveguide QED architecture....
May
19
2023
Amplitudes and Insights Seminars: Gerald V. Dunne: "Mining Perturbation Theory: Resurgence meets Amplitudes"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Special Events and Invited Talks
What is the best way to extract information from a finite amount of perturbative information? This is a common problem...
May
18
2023
Complex Systems Seminar: Sarah Veatch: "Responsive Assembly of Domains at the Plasma Membrane"
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars
Plasma membrane heterogeneity has been tied to a litany of cellular functions and is often explained by analogy to membrane...
May
17
2023
PAECRS: Yunwei Lu and Eduardo Alejandro
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy PAECRS
"Optimal control of large quantum systems: assessing memory and runtime performance of GRAPE" Yunwei Lu, PhD Student, Koch Group Quantum optimal control...
May
16
2023
Astro Seminar: Misty C. Bentz: "Comparing Direct Black Hole Mass Measurements in Active Galactic Nuclei"
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Astrophysics Seminars
Supermassive black holes appear to be ubiquitous in galaxy nuclei, and several large-scale galaxy properties have been to found to...
May
16
2023
CFP Colloquium: Swati Singh: Mechanical sensors for exploring the dark sector
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Fundamental Physics Colloquia
Abstract: When properly engineered, simple quantum systems such as harmonic oscillators or spins can be excellent detectors of feeble forces...
May
11
2023
CMP Seminar: Christoph Strunk: "Supercurrent Diodes and Squeezed Vortices: Insights from Inductance Measurements"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars
The recent discovery of intrinsic supercurrent diode effect [1], and its prompt observation in a richvariety of systems, has shown...
May
11
2023
Complex Systems Seminar: Stefano Martiniani: "Cortical Circuit Theory of Interareal Communication"
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars
The brain accomplishes perceptual, motor, and cognitive function through interconnected neurons wired in precise functional circuits, and the resulting patterns of...
May
9
2023
Astro Seminar: Tamara Bogdanovic: "From Kiloparsec Scales to Merger: Properties of Dual AGNs that Become Gravitational Wave Sources"
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Astrophysics Seminars
Observational searches for dual active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at kiloparsec separations are crucial for understanding the role of galaxy mergers...
May
9
2023
CFP Colloquium: Tanya Zelevinsky: Ultracold Molecule Lattice Clocks
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Fundamental Physics Colloquia
Abstract: Ultracold atom technologies have transformed our ability to perform high-precision spectroscopy and apply it to time and frequency metrology....
May
8
2023
HEP Seminar: Sam Zeller: "LBNF/DUNE: the Science, the Experiment, the Facility"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
The worldwide particle physics community is currently in the process of launching the most ambitious and exciting accelerator-based neutrino program...
May
5
2023
Colloquium: Jack Harris: "Measuring the Knots and Braids of non-Hermitian Oscillators"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
It may seem unlikely that rich mathematical structures still remain to be uncovered in small arrays of classical, linear oscillators....
May
4
2023
CMP Seminar: Jack Harris: "Single-phonon Measurements of the Coherences in a Superfluid Optomechanical Device"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars
I will describe measurements of individual photons that are scattered from a cavity filled with superfluid helium. We use these...
May
4
2023
Complex Systems Seminar: Jose Alvarado: Connecting Active “Hardware” to Biological “Software”
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars
The actomyosin cytoskeleton is a naturally occurring active gel found in virtually all mammalian cells. Its ability to contract allows...
May
2
2023
Astro Seminar: Kaitlin Kratter: "The Origins of Planets and the Stars they Orbit"
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Astrophysics Seminars
A satisfying theory for star or planet formation should not consider these processes in isolation. Leveraging advances in computations and...
May
2
2023
CFP Colloquium: Xing Wu: Where is All the Antimatter? Electron EDM Search in Cold Molecules Edges Closer
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Fundamental Physics Colloquia
Abstract: The Standard Model of particle physics accurately describes all fundamental particles discovered so far. However, it is unable to address...
Apr
28
2023
Colloquium: Andrej Kosmrlj:"Pattern Formation in Biological Systems via Mechanical Instabilities and Phase Separation"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
Pattern formation is ubiquitous in biological systems. While pattern formations are often associated with Turing-like reaction-diffusion systems, biology also exploits...
Apr
27
2023
CMP Seminar: Pedram Khalili: "Unconventional Computing with Electric-Field-Controlled and Antiferromagnetic Spintronic Devices"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars
This talk will consist of two parts: First, we review the status of ferromagnetic (FM) memory devices, also referred to...
Apr
25
2023
Astro Seminar: Brian Metzger: "Heavy Element Nucleosynthesis from the Birth of Black Holes"
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Astrophysics Seminars
The origin of the heaviest elements in our universe - those produced via the rapid neutron capture process ("r-process") -...
Apr
24
2023
HEP Seminar: Dan Baxter: "Leveraging Quantum Sensors for Dark Matter Detection"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
Developments over the last decade have pushed the search for particle dark matter to new frontiers, from just below the...
Apr
21
2023
Colloquium: Xie Chen: "Fracton Order: from Quantum Hard Drive to Foliated Manifold"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
One major open problem in quantum information theory is how to build a quantum hard drive, i.e. a quantum system...
Apr
18
2023
Astro Seminar: Amy Reines: "Dwarf Galaxies and the Smallest Supermassive Black Holes"
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Astrophysics Seminars
Despite traditional thinking, an appreciable population of (relatively small) supermassive black holes may be lurking in dwarf galaxies. Before the...
Apr
14
2023
Special CMP Seminar: Ivan Schuller: "Developing Quantum Materials for an Energy-Efficient fault-tolerant Computer inspired by the Human Brain"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Special Events and Invited Talks
Neuromorphic Computing: Data acquisition (sensors) and manipulation (memory, computation, communications, data mining) in its many forms drives and fuels our...
Apr
11
2023
Astro Seminar: Greg Bryan: "A Multiscale Physics Approach to Understanding Galaxy Evolution"
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Astrophysics Seminars
The need for a comprehensive and predictive model for galaxy formation and evolution has never been greater — new and...
Apr
10
2023
HEP Seminar: Caio Licciardi: "Search for Majorana Neutrinos with Liquid Xenon"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
The observed asymmetry between matter and antimatter in the universe still awaits for an explanation. If lepton number conservation, a...
Apr
6
2023
Complex Systems Seminar: George Cantwell: "Ranking from Pairwise Comparisons"
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars
People love to rank things. From songs to sportspeople, top 10s are ubiquitous. So, it is perhaps unsurprising that some...
Apr
4
2023
Astro Seminar: David Kaplan: The ASKAP Variables and Slow Transients (VAST) Survey
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Astrophysics Seminars
The Variables and Slow Transients Survey (VAST) on the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) is designed to detect highly variable...
Apr
3
2023
HEP Seminar: Robert Schoefbeck: "Top Quarks, Effective Interactions, and new LHC Measurements"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
Effective field theories (EFTs) have recently advanced to become an essential language for formulating the LHC's legacy. Building on the...
Mar
31
2023
Colloquium: Jesse Thaler: "Particle Physics through the Lens of Machine Learning"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
Modern machine learning has had an outsized impact on many scientific fields, and particle physics is no exception. What is...
Mar
30
2023
CMP Seminar: Axel Hoffmann: "Spin Currents with Antiferromagnets"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars
Metallic antiferromagnets have generated a wide range of interest recently, since they can exhibit a complex interplay between charge transport...
Mar
17
2023
Colloquium: Andrew Geraci: Hunting for “Fifth Forces”, Dark Matter, and Gravitational Waves with Optically Levitated Sensors
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
Despite the tremendous success of the Standard Model of particle physics, many basic phenomena surrounding us remain without any satisfactory...
Mar
10
2023
Colloquium: Maria Kokkori: "Art Objects and the Scientific Method"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
The presentation discusses the methods, theories, and strategies of scientific approaches to studying art objects, and considers the meanings of...
Mar
7
2023
Astro Seminar: Evan Kirby: "Primordial r-Process Dispersions in Globular Clusters"
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Astrophysics Seminars
Stars in nearly all globular clusters show complex relations among the abundances light elements (up to Na). Many also show...
Mar
6
2023
HEP Seminar: Oliver Schlotterer: "Low-Energy Effective String Interactions and their Number-Theoretic Structures"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
This talk aims to give a gentle introduction to the effective-field-theory viewpoint on tree-level scattering amplitudes in superstring theories. Their...
Mar
3
2023
Colloquium: Pierre Clade: "Precise Determination of the Fine Structure Constant and Test of QED"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
Using an atom interferometer, it is possible to precisely measure the ratio between the Planck constant and the mass of...
Mar
2
2023
Radio Astronomy Seminar: Daniel Homan: "Relativistic Jets from Supermassive Black Holes”
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Radio Astronomy Seminars
Quasars, and their extreme variety "Blazars", are the brightest examples of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) which are powered by supermassive...
Feb
28
2023
Astro Seminar: Kevin Hainline: "The Farthest: Exploring the Early Universe with JWST/JADES"
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Astrophysics Seminars
Following the successful launch in December of 2021 of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the global astronomical community has...
Feb
27
2023
HEP Seminar: Kevin Pedro: "Searching where the Light isn't: Discovery Potential in LHC Anomalies"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
Searches for new physics in the LHC Run 2 datasets have produced a number of excesses above standard model expectations....
Feb
24
2023
Colloquium: Nandini Trivedi: "Fractionalized Excitations in Quantum Spin Liquids and their Detection"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
The 2022 Nobel prize celebrates the detection of entanglement between two photons. Quantum spin liquids (QSLs) are long-range entangled states...
Feb
22
2023
Special CMP Seminar: Yanzhu Chen:"Moving the Barrier to Practical Quantum Computing on two Fronts"
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars
Quantum computing has long promised to speed up certain tasks that are intractable on classical computers. However, quantum devices are...
Feb
20
2023
HEP Seminar: Vedran Brdar: "The Neutrino Magnetic Moment Portal: Phenomenology and UV Completions"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
Sterile neutrinos are well-motivated extension of the Standard Model. In this seminar I will focus on the interaction between sterile...
Feb
15
2023
Special CMP Seminar: Jong Yeon Lee: "Robust Decoding of Quantum Orders in NISQ Devices"
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars
Observations and applications of quantum mechanical phenomena at a macroscopic scale are among the most important goals shared between quantum...
Feb
14
2023
Astro Seminar: Gongjie Li: "Dynamical Origin and Habitability of Planets -- On the Spin-Axis Variations in Planetary Systems"
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Astrophysics Seminars
Thousands of exoplanets have been discovered, and showed properties that are drastically different from that in the solar system. This...
Feb
14
2023
CFP Colloquium: Cristian Panda: Precision tests of gravity with a trapped atom interferometer interrogated for one minute
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Fundamental Physics Colloquia
Abstract: Precise control of quantum states allows atom interferometers to explore fundamental physics and perform inertial sensing. For atomic fountain...
Feb
13
2023
HEP Seminar: Cole Kampa: "Utilizing Shape Information in Statistical Analysis for Mu2e"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
Mu2e, the muon-to-electron conversion experiment, will search for Charged Lepton Flavor Violation (CLFV), which is forbidden in the Standard Model...
Feb
10
2023
Colloquium: Andrew Jayich: "Laser Cooling and Trapping Radioactive Atoms and Molecules"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
The bottom row of the periodic table is known for its radioactive elements, which compared to stable isotopes are little-explored....
Feb
8
2023
Special CMP Seminar: Archana Kamal:“Multipartite Correlation Engineering in Open Quantum Systems”
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars
Quantum correlations such as entanglement are not only a prerequisite for performing any meaningful task in quantum information processing but...
Feb
7
2023
Astro Seminar: Meredith MacGregor: "How to Form a Habitable Planet"
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Astrophysics Seminars
Planets form from disks of dust and gas surrounding young stars. As they grow, these new planets inherit their chemical...
Feb
7
2023
CFP Colloquium: Chen-Yu Liu: The neutron lifetime puzzle
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Fundamental Physics Colloquia
Abstract: Neutrons are stable inside atomic nuclei. Outside the confines of the nucleus, they decay into a proton, electron, and...
Feb
3
2023
Colloquium: Joseph Lykken: "Wormholes in the Laboratory"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
A wormhole, as first described by Einstein and Rosen in 1935, is a shortcut between two points in space. In...
Feb
2
2023
Complex Systems Seminar: Marian Anghel: "Distributed Stability Analysis and Control of Dynamic Networks"
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars
Recently, sum-of-squares (SOS) based methods have been used for the stability analysis and control synthesis of polynomial dynamical systems. This...
Feb
1
2023
Special CMP Seminar: Anushya Chandran: "Quasi-periodic Driving: a Tool in the Quantum Mechanic's Toolbox"
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars
In the past decade, quantum simulators have increased in their power and scope, offering exquisite dynamical control of tens or...
Jan
31
2023
Astro Seminar: Marcelle Soares-Santos: "Dark Energy: recent results and the path for discovery in the era of multi-messenger studies"
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Astrophysics Seminars
This talk presents an overview of my research on dark energy with focus on recent developments towards incorporating gravitational wave...
Jan
30
2023
HEP Seminar: Innes Bigaran: "Getting chirality right: scalar leptoquarks as a simultaneous solution to the electron and muon g-2 anomalies"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
Anomalies in the flavor sector have attracted significant attention in recent years. Of particular interest for this talk are those...
Jan
27
2023
Colloquium: John Teufel: “Listening to Quantum Sound”
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
Quantum mechanics is traditionally considered when measuring at the extreme microscopic scale, i.e. single photons, electrons or atoms. However, even...
Jan
25
2023
Special CMP Seminar: Thomas Iadecola: Quantum Dynamics in the Quantum Science and Technology Era
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars
Nonequilibrium dynamics is a frontier topic in quantum many-body physics that has seen remarkable advances over the past decade. Essential...
Jan
24
2023
Astro Seminar: Jessica Lu: "Black Holes in the Milky Way and the Tech to Find Them"
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Astrophysics Seminars
The population of stellar mass black holes in the Milky Way is almost entirely unexplored. Only a dozen black holes...
Jan
24
2023
CFP Colloquium: Jake Taylor: Exploring fundamental physics with quantum information science
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Fundamental Physics Colloquia
Abstract: Quantum technologies provide new base capabilities which open up new frontiers in sensing, networking, and computation. I will discuss the...
Jan
23
2023
HEP Seminar: Nicholas Smith: "Boosted Higgs and Effective Field Theory"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
Recent developments in jet substructure allow novel measurements of Higgs boson production at high transverse momentum. I will discuss these...
Jan
20
2023
Colloquium: Todd Gingrich: "Nonequilibrium steady states: principles, simulations, and rates"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
Chemical systems can deviate from equilibrium for a variety of reasons: because they are kinetically trapped, because they are subject...
Jan
17
2023
Astro Seminar: Katerina Chatziioannou: "Studying the neutron star equation of state with gravitational waves"
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Astrophysics Seminars
Detections of neutron stars in binaries through gravitational waves offer a novel way to probe the properties of extremely dense...
Jan
17
2023
CFP Colloquium: Jaideep Singh: The Search for Permanent Electric Dipole Moments Using Pear-Shaped Nuclei in the FRIB Era
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Fundamental Physics Colloquia
Abstract: Experimental tests of fundamental symmetries using nuclei and other particles subject to the strong nuclear force have led to...
Jan
13
2023
Special Talk: Michael Hatridge: Parametric controls and modular quantum computing in superconducting quantum circuits
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Special Events and Invited Talks
Parametric driving has long been used in weakly nonlinear superconducting circuits to create nearly quantum-limited ‘parametric’ amplifiers, which are in...
Jan
9
2023
HEP Seminar: Susan Dittmer: "The Higgs precision era begins: H->WW at CMS"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
10 years ago, the discovery of the Higgs boson by the ATLAS and CMS experiments opened a new chapter of...
Jan
6
2023
Colloquium: Hsiao-Wen Chen: "The Turbulent Life of the Circumgalactic Medium & the CUBS"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
The circumgalactic medium (CGM) contains the fuel for future star formation and the record of past feedback, making it uniquely...
Jan
5
2023
Complex Systems Seminar: William Redman: "Microperiscopes and renormalization group theory for probing biological and artificial neural networks"
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars
This talk will be split into two parts. In the first half, I will discuss my work on developing a...
Dec
12
2022
HEP Seminar: Matheus Hostert: Dark Neutrons Underground
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
I will discuss signatures of dark baryons that mix with the neutron at underground neutrino experiments. Intense neutron sources can...
Dec
5
2022
HEP Seminar: Matthew Strait: "The astrophysics program of the NOvA neutrino experiment"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
NOvA is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment with the primary goals of discovering CP violation in the neutrino sector, determining the neutrino...
Dec
2
2022
Colloquium: Dave Meyer: "Experiencing Hubble: A Career in Astronomy"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
Abstract: The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos through a variety of ground-breaking discoveries ranging...
Nov
29
2022
Astro Seminar: Ue-Li Pen:"Coherent cosmological radiation: FRBs and gravitational waves"
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Astrophysics Seminars
FRBs and gravitational waves are the only distant sources sufficiently coherent to exhibit wave optics phenomena in their propagation. Nominally...
Nov
29
2022
CFP Colloquium: Mark Kasevich: Observation of a gravitational Aharonov-Bohm effect and its implications for quantum superpositions of Newtonian gravitational fields
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Fundamental Physics Colloquia
Abstract: The gravitational interaction of a tungsten source mass with atomic wavepackets has been observed in an atom deBroglie wave interferometer,...
Nov
21
2022
HEP Seminar: Asli Abdullahi: "Exotic e+e- production at MicroBooNE"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
We present a phenomenological study of MicroBooNE’s ability to investigate e+e- final states produced in dark photon mediated neutrino-upscattering —...
Nov
17
2022
CMP Seminar: Yao Lu: "High-fidelity beamsplitter between 3D cavities with a parity-protected mixer"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars
Fast, high-fidelity multi-mode operations between microwave resonators are an important tool for bosonic quantum computation and simulation with superconducting circuits....
Nov
17
2022
Complex Systems Seminar: Dustin Kleckner: "Self Organization with Light and Sound"
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars
The idea of using light to manipulate individual particles is well known: optical traps are a widely used tool in...
Nov
17
2022
Radio Astro Seminar: Jacqueline N Hewitt: Neutral Hydrogen Measurements of the Epoch of Reionization and the Cosmic Dawn
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Radio Astronomy Seminars
Over the past several decades, the scientific pursuit of “precision cosmology” has led to the currently accepted paradigm of a...
Nov
15
2022
Astro Seminar: Salvatore Vitale: "Astrophysics with gravitational-wave sources: today and tomorrow"
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Astrophysics Seminars
In the first 7 years of operation, ground-based gravitational-wave detectors LIGO and Virgo have detected nearly 100 compact binaries, most...
Nov
15
2022
CANCELLED: CFP Colloquium: Swati Singh: Mechanical sensors for exploring the dark sector
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Fundamental Physics Colloquia
Abstract: When properly engineered, simple quantum systems such as harmonic oscillators or spins can be excellent detectors of feeble forces...
Nov
14
2022
HEP Seminar: Roland Farrell: "Preparations for Quantum Simulations of 1+1D QCD"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
A framework for performing real-time simulations of QCD on a one-dimensional lattice using quantum computers is presented. By including weak...
Nov
11
2022
Colloquium: Markus Aspelmeyer: "How does a quantum object gravitate?"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
No experiment today provides evidence that gravity requires a quantum description. The growing ability to achieve quantum optical control over...
Nov
10
2022
CMP Seminar: Tony Jin: "Quantum fluctuations of diffusive systems"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars
Abstract: Diffusion is the most commonly encountered type of transport in nature, in classical and quantum systems alike. The diffusive...
Nov
8
2022
Astro Seminar: Federica Bianco: "Building a Legacy: the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Astrophysics Seminars
Astrophysics is the perfect nursery for Data Science: we cannot touch the stars, we cannot explode them in a lab....
Nov
8
2022
CFP Colloquium: John Bollinger: Quantum-enhanced sensing of displacements and electric fields with trapped-ion crystals
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Fundamental Physics Colloquia
Abstract: I will describe quantum-enhanced sensing of motional excitations and electric fields using a crystal of ~150 trapped ions formed in...
Nov
7
2022
HEP Seminar: Qiaofeng Liu: Minimal Entanglement and Emergent Symmetries in Low-energy QCD
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
We study low-energy scattering of spin-1/2 baryons from the perspective of quantum information science, focusing on the correlation between entanglement...
Nov
5
2022
Family Weekend Saturday at the Dearborn Observatory
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM, sponsored by Dearborn Observatory
The Dearborn Observatory is marking Family Weekend with a special walk-in only evening. The evening is free and open to...
Nov
4
2022
Colloquium: Carlos E.M. Wagner: "Open Questions in Particle Physics"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
The Standard Model of Particle Physics is a very successful theory that explains a large diversity of physical phenomena, that...
Nov
3
2022
CMP Seminar: James Rondinelli: Persistent Spin Textures and Where to Find Them
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars
Abstract: . Nonmagnetic materials with unidirectional spin-momentum locking, or persistent spin textures (PST), have been shown to exhibit spin transport...
Nov
3
2022
Complex Systems Seminar: Nathan Keim: "Memories in a soft glassy solid"
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars
Abstract: When a disordered jammed solid is sheared for many cycles at constant strain amplitude, it can relax until the...
Nov
1
2022
Astro Seminar: Mitch Begelman: "Black Holes and Their Accretion Disks: A Magnetic Perspective"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Astrophysics Seminars
Abstract: Standard accretion disk theory does a pretty good job of explaining the overall energetics of gas draining into black holes,...
Oct
28
2022
Colloquium: Mary James: What Does Access Really Mean? Findings from the AIP TEAM_UP Report
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
Abstract: In this talk I discuss the findings of the American Institute of Physics’ TEAM_UP Task Force that examined causes and...
Oct
27
2022
CMP Seminar: Adina Luican-Mayer: "2D Quantum materials and devices at the atomic scale"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars
Abstract: Material systems, devices, and circuits, based on the manipulation of individual charges, spins, and photons in solid-state platforms are key...
Oct
25
2022
Astro Seminar: Daniel Fabrycky: "Exoplanetary Probes: Resonant Chains, Exomoons, and Tidal Dynamics"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Astrophysics Seminars
Abstract: I will introduce the mid-sized and growing list of planetary systems with 2-body and 3-body resonances among the planets....
Oct
24
2022
HEP Seminar: John Hardin:"Sterile Neutrino Short Baseline Fits in 2022
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
Abstract: Recent results from the Short Baseline Sterile Neutrino Global Fits are presented. Several new datasets, from experiments such as...
Oct
21
2022
Colloquium: Gerald Gabrielse :"New Measurement of the Electron Magnetic Moment"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
Abstract: A one-electron quantum cyclotron, quantum mon-demolition (QND) detection, inhibited spontaneous emission, a split dilution refrigerator, and a self-shielded superconducting solenoid...
Oct
20
2022
CMP Seminar: Ruslan Prozorov: Limiting magnetic fields of superconductors with arbitrary potential and pair-breaking scattering
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars
Abstract: The upper critical magnetic field, H_c2, the nucleation field of surface superconductivity, H_c3, and the thermodynamic critical magnetic field,...
Oct
18
2022
Astro Seminar: Shri Kulkarni: "The Far Ultraviolet diffuse background"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Astrophysics Seminars
Abstract: Historically, the search for the inter-galactic medium (IGM) motivated the search for the Far Ultraviolet (FUV) background which in turn led...
Oct
17
2022
HEP Seminar: Dylan Temples: Results from the first science run of the LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter experiment
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
Abstract: The nature of dark matter (DM) remains one of the most compelling open questions in particle physics and cosmology....
Oct
14
2022
Colloquium: Jim Sauls: "The Left Hand of the Electron in a Chiral Vacuum"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
Abstract: Parity violation by the weak force was demonstrated in an experiment led by Chien-Shiung Wu in 1957 on the asymmetry...
Oct
13
2022
CMP Seminar: Ziwan Huang: "Dephasing and symmetry breaking in superconducting qubits due to non-Gaussian noise"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars
Abstract: Noise has been a long-standing issue for further improving the qubit coherence times. It remains an important task to further...
Oct
11
2022
Astro Seminar: Emanuele Berti: Next-generation detectors: challenges and opportunities
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Astrophysics Seminars
Abstract: The observation of compact binary mergers by the LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA collaboration marks the dawn of a new era in astronomy. Next-generation...
Oct
10
2022
HEP Seminar: Jeff Berryman: "Searches for New Physics in Neutron Stars"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
Abstract: The age of multimessenger astronomy promises to benefit numerous subdisciplines within physics. In particular, precision studies of neutron stars will...
Oct
7
2022
Reunion Weekend at the Dearborn Observatory
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM, sponsored by Dearborn Observatory
The Dearborn Observatory is marking Reunion Weekend with a special three hour walk-in only evening. The evening is free and...
Oct
7
2022
Colloquium: Nathaniel Stern: New Dimensions on Interaction of Light and Matter: Quantum Materials, Quantum Light, and Quantum Control
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
Abstract: The quantum conception of light consisting of particles of discrete energy, or photons, underlies its interaction with matter. For...
Oct
6
2022
CMP Seminar: Yi Li: Coherent information processing with hybrid magnonics embedded in superconducting circuits
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars
Abstract: Hybrid dynamic systems have recently attracted great attention due to their applications in quantum computing, communications, and sensing. In particular,...
Oct
4
2022
Astro Seminar: Jenny Greene: Elves, Dwarfs, and (mini) Monsters
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Astrophysics Seminars
Abstract: Our Local Group has been a rich testing ground for small-scale predictions of the Lambda Cold Dark Matter model,...
Oct
4
2022
CFP Colloquium: Xing Fan: Search for New Physics with One-Electron Quantum Cyclotron
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Fundamental Physics Colloquia
Abstract: A single trapped electron cooled to its cyclotron ground state-- the quantum cyclotron -- is the precision tool that we...
Oct
3
2022
HEP Seminar:Zoya Vallari:“Probing neutrino oscillations with accelerator-based long-baseline neutrino experiments"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars
Abstract: The long-baseline neutrino experiments continue to provide precision measurements of neutrino oscillation parameters by searching for the appearance of...