HEP-Astro Seminar | New Result on K+→π+vv^- from the NA62 Experiment
Michal Zamkovsky (Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Charles University)
The decay K+→π+vv^-, with a very precisely predicted branching ratio of less than 10exp(-10), is one of the best candidates to reveal...
Special HEP-Astro Seminar | When Stars Go Nonlinear: Large Amplitude Tides and Stellar Oscillations
Nevin Weinberg (MIT)
Tides significantly impact the structure, evolution, and fate of many types of close binary systems, including short-period exoplanets,...
HET Brown Bag | Statistical inference of dark matter substructure with weak and strong gravitational lensing
Siddharth Mishra-Sharma (NYU)
Dark matter structures are expected to exist over a large range of scales, and their properties and distribution can strongly correlate with...
HET Seminar | Spacetime fluctuations in AdS/CFT (and experiment)
Kathryn Zurek (Caltech)
Please note special time and location: Wednesday 29th January, 2:30 - 3:30 3481 Randall Lab
Department Colloquium | New Ideas in Dark Matter Detection
Kathryn Zurek (Caltech)
The nature of the dark matter remains one of the most compelling outstanding questions in physics. Theoretical and experimental focus has...
Complex Systems Seminar | "Using a wetland community-ecosystem model to explore ecosystem interactions and dynamics from a perspective of complex adaptive systems"
William S. Currie, Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
The Seminar is presented as part of UM "Earth Day at 50" and the LSA "Great Lakes Theme Semester"....
Astronomy Colloquium Series Presents
Dr. Adrian Price-Whelan, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute
“Mapping Dark Matter in the Milky Way with Stellar Streams”...
HEP-Astro Seminar | Ultra-Low Energy Calibration of the LUX and LZ Dark Matter Detectors
Dongqing Huang (U-M Physics)
The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment is a 250 kg active mass dual-phase time-projection chamber (TPC) operating at the 4850 ft level...
Complex Systems Seminar | "Human and Ecological System Characteristics Influence Gains from Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management"
Kailin Kroetz, Arizona State University, School of Sustainability
The Seminar is presented as part of UM "Earth Day at 50"...
Department Colloquium | Approaches to Fully-3D Dedicated Molecular Breast Imaging
Martin Tornai (Duke University)
The Multi-Modality Imaging Lab at Duke has developed and characterized several dedicated (human) breast imaging devices which offer no...
Astronomy Colloquium Series Presents
Dr. Daryl Haggard, Assistant Professor, McGill University
“Multi-wavelength Probes of Black Hole Variability”...
Michigan Institute for Research in Astrophysics Presents: "Conversations on Inclusion and Equity"
Dr. Daryl Haggard, Assistant Professor of Physics, McGill University, McGill Space Institute
“Recommendations for a More Inclusive Canadian Astronomy Community”...
HET Seminar | Large Signals in the Cosmological Collider
LianTao Wang (UChicago)
Cosmological inflation gives a unique opportunity of probing physics at high energies. In particular, non-Gaussianities contain information...
Saturday Morning Physics | The Universe Caught Speeding: Dark Energy, Two Decades After
Dragan Huterer – Professor (U-M Physics)
In the late 1990s cosmologists discovered that the expansion of the universe is speeding up, not slowing down as expected. This discovery,...
HEP-Astro Seminar | Low-energy Nuclear Recoils for Fun and Profit
Juan Collar (University of Chicago)
I will discuss the rapidly-changing panorama of experiments seeking to measure the faint signals produced by keV and sub-keV nuclear recoils...
2020 Ford Distinguished Lecture in Physics | Tracking the Motion Inside Molecules with X-Ray Lasers
Philip H. Bucksbaum, Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor of Photon Science, Applied Physics, and Physics (Stanford University)
The last decade marked the development of a new kind of powerful research laser that can deliver a trillion 1-Angstrom x-rays in a...
Astronomy Colloquium Series Presents
Dr. Irina Zhuravleva, Assistant Professor, The University of Chicago
More details to come....
Ocean Modeling: Big Computers, Big Science
Brian Arbic – Professor (U-M Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences)
In this talk, Professor Arbic will describe how ocean circulation models work and how they predict physical motions in the ocean, including...
HEP-Astro Seminar | Better Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay through Biochemistry
Benjamin Jones (University of Texas at Arlington)
The goal of future neutrinoless double beta decay experiments is to establish whether neutrino is its own antiparticle, by searching for an...
Astronomy Colloquium Series Presents
Dr. Kate Daniel, Assistant Professor of Physics, Bryn Mawr College
“How Spiral Galaxy Disks Grow Themselves: Radial Migration & Kinematic Temperature”...
The Truth About Entropy
Sharon C. Glotzer – J.W. Cahn Distinguished University Professor (U-M Engineering and U-M Physics)
Crystalline forms of matter, from ice to diamond, are highly ordered with atoms lined up neatly in rows. Do these crystals have low or high...
HEP-Astro Seminar | SuperTIGER in Antarctica: The Hunt for Ultra-Heavy Cosmic Rays
Brian Rauch (Washington University in St. Louis)
The Super Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder (SuperTIGER) experiment measures the abundances of the merely relativistic and rare...
Professor Fred Adams, the Ta-You Wu Collegiate Professorship in Physics, Inaugural Lecture
The Degree of Fine-Tuning in our Universe
The fundamental constants of nature must fall within a...
Astronomy Colloquium Series Presents
Dr. Marcia Rieke, Regents' Professor of Astronomy and Astronomy, Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory, The University of Arizona
“The Next Step in Deep Extragalactic Surveys”...
Astronomy Colloquium Series Presents
Dr. Caitlin Casey, Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
More details to come....
The Light Fantastic
Alec Thomas – Associate Professor (U-M NERS and U-M Physics)
Since the invention of Chirped Pulse Amplification (Strickland and Mourou, Physics Nobel 2018), lasers have become increasingly powerful by...
Astronomy Colloquium Series Presents
Dr. Rongmon Bordoloi, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, NC State University
More details to come....
Exploring Titan with Dragonfly!
Ann Parsons – Astrophysicist (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
NASA has recently selected the Dragonfly Mission to study the surface chemistry of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan! Dragonfly will land on...
HEP-Astro Seminar | Dynamics of the Outer Solar System: from Neptune to Planet Nine
Tali Khain (University of Chicago)
The Kuiper belt, found beyond the orbit of Neptune, consists of a population of small, icy bodies that orbit the Sun. Due to perturbations...
Astronomy Colloquium Series Presents
Dr. Laura Lopez, Assistant Professor of Astronomy, The Ohio State University
More details to come....
Climate Change in the Arctic: The Situation on the Northern Front
Henry Pollack – Professor Emeritus (U-M Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences)
The warming in the Arctic is 2x-3x the global average, leading to significant mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet, diminishing summer...
Astronomy Colloquium Series Presents
Eileen Gonzalez, Ph.D. Candidate, City University of New York
More details to come....
Falling, Spinning, and Shining: Demystifying the World of Physics
Elizabeth Drueke, Callum Jones – Graduate Students (U-M Physics) Joseph Iafrate – Graduate Student (U-M Applied Physics)
In this special Saturday Morning Physics, three of U-M's own graduate students take the microphone to walk you through their respective...
Astronomy Colloquium Series Presents
AURA Scientist, Instruments Division, Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
More details to come....
Astronomy Colloquium Series Presents
Observing Colloquium
Please note: Should you require any accommodations to ensure equal access and opportunity related to this event please contact Stacy Tiburzi...
Smart Marine Vessels, Energy Harvesting and Energy Saving Devices
Julie Young – Professor (U-M Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering)
Some of the topics covered in this talk include, how can we design smart marine vessels, especially with energy harvesting and energy saving...
