Title: Exploring the terra incognita and its emergent phenomena at the edge of nuclear stability
Host: Sebastian Koenig

McCormick Symposium

Title:  How does proton-proton collision look like for a high energy nuclear physicist? Abstract:  The basic aim of colliding heavy ions at ultra relativistic energies is to produce the new state of matter, quark-gluon plasma. We expect the appearance of this special material to consist of quarks, antiquarks and gluons, because protons and neutrons are…

Title: The History of Cosmic Ecosystems: Hidden Drivers of Galaxy Evolution Abstract: In the last two decades, our understanding of how galaxies form and evolved have matured dramatically. The latest numerical simulations successfully reproduce both the stellar content of galaxies and their large scale statistical properties. However, these models still fail to match the observed…

Title: Learning force laws in many-body systems Abstract: Scientific laws that describe natural systems may be more complex than our intuition can handle, and thus how we discover laws must change. Machine learning (ML) models can analyze large quantities of data, but their structure should match the underlying physical constraints to provide useful insight. Here…

Title: The Production and Dispersal of Heavy Elements in the Early Universe Abstract:       In the first billion years after the Big Bang, early generations of stars produced light which ionized intergalactic gas, and the first heavy elements of the periodic table via nuclear fusion and neutron capture. Infrared observations of quasars in…

Title: Why is it So Difficult to Measure Small Forces and Torques Precisely? Abstract: Standard advice to the young experimentalist is to convert the scientific experiment into either a frequency or a null measurement. The speaker of this colloquium has done neither and will share the trouble that he has gotten into in hopes of…

Title: A Brief Tour of Ab Initio Nuclear Many-Body Theory Abstract: The capabilities of ab initio many-body calculations for nuclear structure and reactions have expanded dramatically within recent years. We have seen first converged calculations for nuclei as heavy as Pb208, a first attempt at a mass table up to the iron region, and efforts…

Title: Control of Polarization in 2D Hybrid Perovskites Abstract: The precise control of polarization in solid-state materials holds immense significance across various scientific disciplines, particularly optics and electronics. This control enables tailored manipulation of light-matter interactions, device functionalities, and electronic properties, leading to a host of practical applications. In this presentation, I will showcase our…

Title and Abstract details are forthcoming.   Host: Jim Kneller