Events

Introduction of New Graduate Students and announcement of the Philbrick Outstanding RA and TA award winners

Title: Interplays of Structural Chirality and Spin Phenomena in Chiral Matters Abstract: Coupling of spin and charge currents to structural chirality in non-magnetic materials, known as chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS), is promising for application in spintronic devices at room temperature. Although the CISS effect has been identified in various chiral materials, its Onsager reciprocal process,…

Title: Quantum Matter Meets Quantum Computing Abstract: Quantum computing has the potential to help us overcome the barriers that are presented by the end of Moore’s law. In the natural sciences, these barriers appear as limitations in computer memory and/or processing speed which prevent scientists from describing the problem fully and forcing them to work…

Title: The Origin of the Heaviest Elements Abstract: Understanding the origin of the elements remains one of the major challenges of modern astrophysics. I will introduce some of the open questions in the field and present several major advances from recent years. These advances include measuring the most complete heavy element chemical inventory beyond the…

Title: The Long Wait for T Coronae Borealis - How Nuclear Physics Informs Our Understanding of Astrophysical Phenomena Abstract: Classical novae are the result of hydrogen-rich matter exploding on the surface of a white dwarf. That matter is accreted from a nearby companion star in a binary system, building a dense layer that eventually explodes…