Previous Events
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| Low-Dimensional Magnetism and Ionic Conductivity in Layered Transition Metal Oxides |
Abstract: The physics of low-dimensional magnetic systems has gained significant global attention over the last decade. Especially, two-dimensional (2D) layered magnetic systems are of present research interest due to their unusual magnetic properties, arising from… Show more Speaker: Dr. Bikash Saha |
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| Cosmic dust: from Interstellar Medium to Earth | Speaker: Prof. Ingrid Mann (The Arctic University of Norway) |
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| Spin and Lattice coupling in kagome metal FeGe |
Abstract: Two-dimensional (2D) kagome lattice metals are interesting because they display flat electronic bands, Dirac points, Van Hove singularity, and can have interplay amongst charge density wave (CDW), magnetic order, and superconductivity. In kagome lattice… Show more Speaker: Prof. Pengcheng Dai, Department of Physics, Rice University |
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| Quantum Diamond Sparkles |
Diamond is not just a perfect gemstone. The tiny imperfections inside diamond can be turned into ultrasensitive nanoscale quantum sensors which can offer brand-new lenses to see through intricate phenomena spanning from atomic and molecular objects to events on a… Show more Speaker: Prof. Chong Zu, Washington University, St Louis |
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| Undergraduate Summer Astronomy Research Showcase |
Speakers (Talks):Donovan Flagg (Cosmic Microwave Background Instrumentation)Julianna Bayless (Asteroid Occultation)Mathieux Harper (Starburst Galaxies)Ellie Gates (Neutrinos in a Supernova)
Speaker: Undergraduate Students |
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| How Do Synapses Regulate Spontaneous Release to Maintain Connections? |
Abstract: Synapses represent a fundamental unit of information transfer during cognition. They accomplish this by a process called presynaptic vesicle exocytosis, which can occur either spontaneously or by stimulation (called evoked release). It has been well… Show more Speaker: Prof. Michael Gramlich, Department of Physics, Auburn University |
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| The issue of bulk scattering of gravitational waves and matter (II) | Speaker: Prof. Adam Helfer |
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| The issue of bulk scattering of gravitational waves and matter (I) | Speaker: Prof. Adam Helfer |
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| Lunar Time in General Relativity | Speaker: Prof. Sergei Kopeikin |
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| Forces at biological interfaces: insights from neutron reflectometry |
Forces at biological interfaces: insights from neutron reflectometryAbstract: Neutron reflectometry (NR) is a powerful method to interrogate the structure of multilayered thin films at interfaces and has found application in many areas in both hard and soft… Show more Speaker: Dr. David Hoogerheide |
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| Understanding static and dynamic local structure: Metal Halide Perovskites |
Michael F Toney, University of Colorado Boulder Local atomic structure often differs from the global average structure as measured with diffraction and yet the local structure has a profound impact on properties. This structure-function relationship applies in… Show more Speaker: Michael Toney |
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| Observation of flat bands in breathing kagome semiconductors |
Quantum materials with kagome lattice – comprised of corner-sharing triangles forming a hexagon in the crystal structure - have been studied as the potential playgrounds for exploring the interplay among parameters such as geometry, topology, electronic correlations… Show more Speaker: Prof. Madhab Neupane, Department of Physics, University of Central Florida |
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| (Comprehensive Exam) Morphology of Dwarf Galaxies Since z=4 | Speaker: Gourab Nandi |
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| MU Department of Physics and Astronomy Open House | ||
| Title: Plasmonics, Electronics, and Materials Science on the Nanoscale |
Abstract: The manipulation of matter on the nanoscale can enable useful technologies with interesting underlying physics. Nano-patterned graphene facilitates standing-wave plasmonic behavior that can be used for surface-sensitive chemical detection. Owing to its… Show more Speaker: Dr Damon Farmer |
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| Student "Round Table" Discussion: Life as a research scientist at IBM | Speaker: Dr Damon Farmer |
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| (Comprehensive Exam) PAH Emission: Its Dependence on Starlight | Speaker: Bo Yang |
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| Effect of Nanoparticles in Rare-Earth Doped Glasses |
Glasses doped with rare-earth (RE) ions as possible opto-electronic materials have gained considerable interest. Heavy metal oxide glasses have been shown to improve the efficiency of RE ion’s fluorescence properties. The optical absorption and fluorescence… Show more Speaker: Prof. Saisudha Mallur, West Illinois University |
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| AGN selection and demographics: a new age with JWST/MIRI | Speaker: Prof. Jianwei Lyu (University of Arizona) |
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| Thinking about Agriculture as a Physicist |
Abstract:Farmers and their modern machinery collect prodigious amounts of data while engaging in the critical task of producing food to feed the world. Thinking about agriculture and agricultural data like a physicist is an unusual but very fruitful way of… Show more Speaker: Christopher Fasano |
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| Designing correlated&topological states in semiconductor moiré |
Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) based moiré materials have been shown to host various correlated electronic phenomena including Mott insulating states and fractional filling charge orders, quantum spin Hall effects, and (fractional) quantum anomalous Hall… Show more Speaker: Prof. Yang Zhang, University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
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| O.M. Stewart Colloquium | Speaker: Dr. Pavlo Sukhachov |
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| O.M. Stewart Colloquium | Speaker: Dr. Dapeng "Max" Bi |
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| O.M. Stewart Colloquium | Speaker: Dr. David Vartanyan |
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| Selected Topics from the 2024 Winter AAS Meeting | Speaker: Alec Martin & Tom Sun |
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| O.M. Stewart Colloquium | Speaker: Dr. Charles Su |
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| O.M. Stewart Colloquium | ||
| Neutron stars, pulsars, and magnetars | Speaker: Prof. Joshua Ridley |
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| Van der Waals Topological Magnets and Superconductors |
Abstract: The breaking of time-reversal symmetry in topological insulators leads to novel quantum states of matter. One prominent example at the two-dimensional limit is the Chern insulator, which hosts dissipationless chiral edge states at sample boundaries. These… Show more Speaker: Dmitry Ovchinnikov |
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| (Comprehensive Exam) Mapping Physics Properties of Spiral Galaxies Over Cosmic Time | Speaker: Vicki Kuhn |