Events During the Week of March 28th through April 4th, 2021
Monday, March 29th, 2021
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar
- The Centrifugal Mirror Fusion Experiment (CMFX): Parameter Space Design, Diagnostics and Construction Process
- Time: 12:00 pm
- Place: Zoom Meeting
- Speaker: Prof. Carlos Romero-Talamas, Univ of Maryland-Baltimore County
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- Plasma Theory Seminar
- NO SEMINAR
- Time: 4:00 pm
Tuesday, March 30th, 2021
- Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Seminar
- Theory of Fast Flavor Conversion of Supernova Neutrinos
- Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- Place: hosted by Baha Balantekin
- Speaker: Soumya Bhattacharyya, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
- Abstract: A supernova natively emits neutrinos and antineutrinos of all flavors with different luminosities and energy spectra. These neutrinos can undergo neutrino-neutrino forward-scattering inside the dense anisotropic interior of the star and can lead to ``Fast Neutrino Flavor Conversion''. We present the first ever theory of ``Fast Neutrino Flavor Conversion'' beyond the linear regime to show how the different neutrino flavors are brought closer to each other or in other words ``Flavor Depolarizes'' due to irreversible decoherence-like processes occurring at a Tera-Hz rate, determined by the large neutrino density. Our theory explains how depolarization happens, when does it happen, what determines the epoch and finally describes a method to calculate the extent of depolarized fluxes. This new result allows detailed implementation of flavor-dependent neutrino transport in supernova simulations and paves the way for supernova neutrino phenomenology.
- Host: Baha Balantekin
Wednesday, March 31st, 2021
- Department Meeting
- Time: 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
- Place: Virtual see "abstract" for connection info
- Speaker: Sridhara Dasu, Department Chair
- AIMEE N LEFKOW is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
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- Host: Sridhara Dasu
Thursday, April 1st, 2021
- Cosmology Journal Club
- Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
- Abstract: Each week, we start with a couple scheduled 15-20 minute talks about one's research, or an arXiv paper. The last part will typically be open to the group for anyone to discuss an arXiv paper.
All are welcome and all fields of cosmology are appropriate.
Contact Ross Cawthon, cawthon@wisc, for more information.
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- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum
- New results from the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array
- Time: 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
- Place:
- Speaker: Danny Jacobs, Arizona State University
- Abstract: Observations of the 21cm hydrogen line in the early universe (redshifts 25 to 5) are expected to shed light on the origins of stars, inflation, and dark matter. First generation interferometers have placed ever-lower limits on the fluctuation power spectrum and the EDGES experiment has reported a potential global absorption trough at redshift 18. The Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA) is a second generation instrument which aims for a high significance power spectrum measurement between redshifts 5.5 and 12 and experimental observations to redshift 18. In 2016 HERA was operated with 20% of its collecting area. This data has been used to develop a pipeline which has produced what is currently the lowest power spectrum upper limit. I will report on these results and describe our upgrade campaign for the full array aimed at lowering systematic floors and expanding the redshift range to 25.
The speaker will be available for one-on-one meetings on Monday April 5 - Weds April 7. If you would like to meet with the speaker, please contact Peter Timbie pttimbie@wisc.edu to set up an appointment. - Host: Peter Timbie
- Astronomy Colloquium
- How do galaxies in the nearby Universe grow?
- Time: 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
- Place: Zoom meeting(see Abstract ) Coffee and tea 3:30pm, Talk 3:45pm
- Speaker: Sanchayeeta Borthakur,, Arizona State
- Abstract: Galaxy growth is a slow but continuous process. The observed properties of galaxies suggest that accretion must continue to support star formation. However, direct observational evidence of gas flows into galaxies have been extremely hard to come by. One of the most promising regions in our search has been the disk-halo interface, where we are uncovering signs of gas condensation.
In this talk, I will discuss the results from our ongoing DIISC (Deciphering the Interplay between the ISM, Stars, and the CGM) survey, which probes the disk-halo interface. I'll discuss our findings in terms of the signpost of gas accretion and galactic feedback. I'll also show evidence that structures such as high-velocity clouds and extra-planar gas seen in the Milky Way and a few other galaxies are indeed prevalent in most galaxies. These gaseous structures represent a pathway for gas accretion into galaxies and can be one of the primary ways how galaxies accrete gas in the nearby Universe.
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- Host: Professor Amy Barger UW Astronomy
- Thesis Defense
- Exploring the Use of Signal Envelopes for Neutrino Detection with In-Ice Radio Arrays
- Time: 4:00 pm
- Place:
- Speaker: Benjamin Hokanson-Fasig, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Abstract: Neutrinos are unique cosmic messengers that can be used to probe the universe for sources of ultra-high energy cosmic rays. In order to detect the highest energy neutrinos, which are expected to interact very rarely, a large detector volume is necessary. The Askaryan Radio Array (ARA) and similar neutrino detectors use the Antarctic ice as their detector volume, searching for radio signals from neutrino-induced particle showers in the ice. This detection technique results in radio neutrino detectors that are highly sensitive to neutrinos with energies above 10 PeV. This thesis explores the possibility of using envelopes of the voltage signals from antennas in ARA to perform neutrino searches. A detector making use of signal envelopes could have a significantly lower power consumption, making it an attractive option in power-limited regions like Antarctica. By reproducing the reconstruction method used in previous ARA analyses, a reconstruction using signal envelopes is shown to be able to reconstruct the location of a neutrino event in the ice with an error of 1--2 degrees. However, since the ARA stations are not optimized for this method, the use of signal envelopes for a complete analysis of ARA data is ultimately found to be unrealistic. In the absence of a direct comparison between the previous ARA analysis and a signal-envelope analysis, further applications of the signal envelope are proposed, including detector geometries that are more optimized for envelope analysis as well as options for using signal envelopes to lower the trigger threshold of radio neutrino detectors.
- Host: Kael Hanson, Faculty Advisor
Friday, April 2nd, 2021
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess (reduced for spring 2021)
- Abstract: *Note: actual end time may vary.*
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology)
- Beyond Lorentz's Lamp-post: Amplitude Techniques for Cosmology
- Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am
- Place: For zoom link, sign up at:
- Speaker: Scott Melville, University of Cambridge
- Abstract: In recent years, a number of powerful techniques have been developed for scattering amplitudes, exploiting fundamental principles like unitarity and causality to place constraints on our effective field theories. However, most of this progress has been confined to Lorentz-invariant systems, and so cannot be applied to cosmology (in which the expanding spacetime background spontaneously breaks Lorentz symmetry). In this talk, I will describe how we can import these amplitude techniques to systems without Lorentz symmetry, and in particular how they impact the Effective Field of Theory of inflation, identifying a region of parameter space in which unitarity/causality guarantees new physics beyond single-field, weakly coupled inflation.
- Host: Lars Aalsma
- Astronomy Special Friday Lunch Talk
- Making Use of Imaged Spotted Stellar Surfaces
- Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
- Place: Zoom Meeting See Abstract for Link
- Speaker: Rachael Roettenbacher, Yale University
- Abstract: For stars with convective outer layers, stellar magnetism manifests as dark starspots--localized regions of stifled convection. Starspots affect measurements of fundamental stellar parameters, including temperature and radius, which lead to inaccurate estimates of age and mass. Additionally, starspots have been shown to mimic and obscure detections of planets. By imaging stellar surfaces, we begin to disentangle the signatures of stellar magnetism. The imaging efforts discussed here feature aperture synthesis imaging using interferometric data with sub-milliarcsecond resolution. Using this technique and others, I obtain images of active systems and detect magnetic structures. Here, I will discuss my work to study individual stars and survey spotted stars in order to understand how stellar magnetism changes across the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram and impacts the evidence and characterization of companions.
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- Host: Professor Ellen Zweibel
- Department Coffee Hour
- Department Coffee Hour - CANCELLED
- Time: 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
- Place: CANCELLED this week
- Abstract: CANCELLED - No classes Friday, April 2, 2021 - mini break.
- Host: Climate and Diversity Committee
Saturday, April 3rd, 2021
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess (reduced for spring 2021)
- Abstract: *Note: actual end time may vary.*
Sunday, April 4th, 2021
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess (reduced for spring 2021)
- Abstract: *Note: actual end time may vary.*