Preliminary Exam – FNU Sanjana
Role of neutrinos in core-collapse supernovae and neutron star mergers
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Physics Colloquium – Mithat Ünsal
Title: Generalized Partition Functions and Quantum DistillationsAbstract: I describe a generalization of the notion of partition function in general quantum field theories. The thermal partition function is a state sum over the Hilbert space, which typically has non-analyticities, and canbe used to study phase transitions, and thermodynamics. I will construct graded states sums which may…
Physics Colloquium – Kenan Gundogdu
ELECTRON-HOLE LIQUID AND PLASMA STATES IN ATOMICALLY THIN SEMICONDUCTORS Many-body interactions in photoexcited semiconductors can bring about strongly-interacting electronic states, culminating in the fully-ionized matter of electron-hole plasma (EHP) and electron-hole liquid (EHL). These exotic phases exhibit unique electronic properties, such as metallic conductivity and metastable high photoexcitation density, which can be the basis for…
DVF Faculty Meeting
Riddick 301
Theory Seminar – Lukas Rammelmueller
Riddick 400Title: Thermodynamics of the spin-polarized unitary Fermi gas Abstract: The unitary Fermi gas, situated right in the middle of the crossover between Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer superfluidity and Bose-Einstein condensation, is one of the most intensely studied many-body system in recent years. However, its strongly-correlated nature renders a theoretical treatment challenging. While the spin-balanced scenario is accessible with…
ORaCEL Seminar – Eshwar Ravishankar
2104 Toxicology BuildingTitle: Modeling Photocurrent and Transmittance of Semi-transparent Photovoltaic Devices for Greenhouse Integration Abstract: Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) are an emerging solar power technology which uses a thin active layer of an organic semiconductor blend for its absorption. The active layer of OPVs are semi-transparent and by tuning the molecular structure, its absorption spectrum can be varied. With organic…
Women in Physics Lunch
Physics LunchTitle: Women in Physics lunch Place: 110 Riddick Dates: 12-1 pm Description: This is a drop-in event: BYO lunch and have an informal discussion with students, researchers, and faculty in the department.
TNT Seminar – Srimoyee Sen
Title: Anyonic particle-vortex statistics and the nature of dense quark matter Abstract: I discuss the recent theoretical observation of Z_3 -valued particle-vortex braiding phases in high-density quark matter. Certain mesonic and baryonic excitations, in the presence of a superfluid vortex, have orbital angular momentum quantized in units of 1/3. Such non-local topological features can distinguish phases whose…
Physics Colloquium – Chris Walter
Title: An Introduction to Dark Energy Science and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Abstract: In this talk, I will introduce the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) project, a giant survey telescope that will be located in Chile and is designed to make a three-dimensional survey of the entire visible sky. Using the LSST, over ten years the…
Faculty Meeting
Riddick 301