Title: Direct Measurements of Capture Reactions Abstract: Capture cross sections (both for charged particles and neutrons) are required not only for nuclear astrophysics modeling, but also for a variety of applications ranging from nuclear energy, stockpile stewardship to national security. A variety of techniques have been utilized to perform such measurements to ensure low uncertainty…
Title: Studying Chromosome Conformation and Dynamics Using Chemically Induced Chromosomal Interaction (CICI) Abstract: Chemically Induced Chromosomal Interaction (CICI) method developed in our lab enables induction of stable chromosome interactions. This method allows us to accurately measure the encounter time, or the “first passage time (FPT)” of two targeted loci on the chromosome. Here, we extracted…
Abstract: This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics honors groundbreaking research that laid the foundation for artificial intelligence. Join us as we delve into how two visionary scientists combined the principles of physics and computing to revolutionize AI, driving technologies that are reshaping our world today. Bio: Dr. Xipeng Shen is a Professor of Computer Science…
Illuminating Hadronic Structures Through Exclusive Meson Electroproduction
Title: Distributed Quantum Computing with Shared Quantum Gate Processing Unit Abstract: Due to many physical constraints, it is extremely challenging to build a monolithic fully connected quantum computer with a very large number (N) of qubits, in which a direct control gate operation can be performed between two arbitrary qubits. Extending from N to N+1…
Title and abstract details are forthcoming. Host: Alexander Kemper
Effects of Mass Loss and Overshooting on the Pre-Supernova Neutrino Signal from Red Supergiants
Title: The Impact of Nuclear Physics on Society Abstract: Born in war, nuclear science was first revealed to the world in horror. The Cold War, power plant disasters, and current political tensions continue to play into people’s fears of everything nuclear. But what is the scientist’s role? The author uses public scholarship to help address…
Title: Controlling crystal growth using polyelectrolytes Abstract: In one form or another, polyelectrolyte additives are employed to control the formation of ionic crystals in a variety of contexts. As one example, engineers employ them as antiscalants to prevent the buildup of minerals on the interior of pipes. In a drastically different setting -- the microenvironment…
Title: Galaxies as Probes of the Particle Physics Nature of Dark Matter Abstract: The hypothesis of Cold Dark Matter (CDM) has been spectacularly confirmed on the largest scales of the Universe and must now be stress-tested on sub-galactic scales. Many well-motivated and generic alternatives to CDM can leave spectacular signatures on precisely these scales, affecting the evolution of galaxies as well as their population statistics. Excitingly, over the course of the…
