Events
The Physics and Astronomy Department hold regular seminars and events on a variety of topics. Please see below for further details.
| Event Name | Date, Time and Host | Summary |
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| Phonon Thermal Hall Effect in Quantum Materials |
Abstract: As a thermal analog of the electrical Hall effect, the thermal Hall effect has emerged as a powerful probe in detecting charge-neutral excitations in insulating materials. Phonons, unlike magnons, were long believed to be incapable of generating a thermal… Show more Speaker: Prof. Lu Chen, Department of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
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| Supercooled liquids and glasses: a many-body perspective |
Abstract: The "glass problem" is nontrivial in a unique sense: unlike many other problems in physics, there is no established theoretical framework in which to pose it cleanly. In daily life, amorphous solids and glasses are no less (and arguably more) prevalent than… Show more Speaker: Prof. Zohar Nussinov, Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis |