Events During October, 2022
- Monday, October 3rd
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 1610 Engineering Hall
- Prospects for experiments to measure the lifetime of spin polarized fuel, Bill Heidbrink, UC-Irvine
- Tuesday, October 4th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Quantum current dissipation in superconducting strings, Yoshihiko Abe, UW Madison
- Wednesday, October 5th
- Physics ∩ ML Seminar; 11:00 am - 12:15 pm; Online Seminar: Please sign up for our mailing list at www.physicsmeetsml.org for zoom link
- Maths with transformers, François Charton, Meta
- Thursday, October 6th
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Or via zoom
- The dark side of massive galaxies and new light with JWST, Christina Williams, NOAO
- Friday, October 7th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Future Colliders: The Higgs and Beyond, Patrick Meade, SUNY-Stony Brook
- Monday, October 10th
- Plasma Theory Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 1610 Engineering Hall
- Celebrating Women and Gender Diversity in Plasma Physics Seminar Series: Saskia Mordjick, Saskia Mordjick, College of William & Mary
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 1610 Engineering Hall
- The plasma density as the main lever to controlling fusion reactors, Saskia Mordic, William & Mary
- Tuesday, October 11th
- Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Seminar; 2:00 pm; Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 912 3071 4547
- New Insights Into Lepton-Axion Interactions , Jeff Dror , UCSC
- Council Meeting
- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; 5290 Chamberlin Hall
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Over-Extremal Brane Shells from String Theory, Vincent Van Hemelryck, Leuven U.
- Wednesday, October 12th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
- Thursday, October 13th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 11:00 am - 6:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Measurement-induced Phase Transitions in the Dynamics of Quantum Entanglement, Brian Skinner , Ohio State University
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Or via zoom
- The Smallest and Faintest Galaxies: Clues to the Nature of Dark Matter and Galaxy Formation, Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil, Dartmouth University
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; MS&E Building room 265
- Quantum Nanophotonics Hardware: From Nanofabrication to Quantum Circuit Mapping, Marina Radulaski, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of California - Davis
- Friday, October 14th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Climate Change: Science, Technology and Policy, George Crabtree
- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm; State Street
- Tuesday, October 18th
- Thesis Defense; 8:00 am; EH 4610 in Engineering Hall
- Characterizations of ultrathin interfacial atomic-layer-deposited oxides and nitrides for semiconductor grafting applications, Jiarui Gong, Physics Graduate Student
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Statistical significances and projections for proton decay experiments, Prudhvi Bhattiprolu, University of Michigan
- Wednesday, October 19th
- GREAT IDEAS DEI Reading Group; 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; Chamberlin 5280 or online at
- GREAT IDEAS DEI coffee hour
- Thursday, October 20th
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Sterling Hall 4421
- Towards precision measurements of dark matter, Sukanya Chakrabarti, University of Alabama, Huntsville
- Friday, October 21st
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall or online:
- Barschall Lecture: Shocking New Insights into Novae, Brian Metzger, Columbia University & CCA Flatiron Institute
- Monday, October 24th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 1610 Engineering Hall
- Exploring the new electron-positron plasma frontier: the annihilation signature of cold magnetically-confined pairs and accessing the relativistic and magnetized regime, Jens von der Linden, IPP Garching
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm; Zoom (registration required)
- Actions to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion in science, Candace Harris + Rowan Thomson, Carleton University
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm; 2401 Chemistry (enter in new North Tower, 2nd floor)
- Molecular Quantum Photonics, Alex S. Clark, Quantum Engineering Technology Labs, University of Bristol
- Tuesday, October 25th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; Chamberlin 5280
- Axion wind detection with the homogeneous precession domain of superfluid helium-3, Christina Gao, Illinois U., Urbana
- Thursday, October 27th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 6:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- 2D Electronics, Layer by Layer , Shawna Hollen, UNH
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Sterling Hall 4421
- White Dwarf Binaries across the H-R diagram, Dr. Borja Anguiano, University of Notre Dame
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- White Dwarf Binaries across the H-R diagram, Dr. Borja Anguiano, University of Notre Dame
- Friday, October 28th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm; CH 4274
- Powerful Indirect Constraints on the Origins of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays , Glennys Farrar, NYU
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- The seemingly-anomalous magnetic moment of the muon - a novel reconciliation with the Standard Model and connection with Dark Matter, Glennys Farrar, NYU
- Monday, October 31st
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 1610 Engineering Hall
- Isotope Mass Dependence of Turbulence and Transport in H-Mode Plasmas on DIII-D, George McKee, UW Madison