Past Events

Date
Tuesday, February 20, 2024. 3:30pm
Speaker:
Herman Verlinde

Abstract: Research in string theory has uncovered deep connections between strongly coupled quantum systems with chaotic dynamics and the…

Date
Friday, February 16, 2024. 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Speaker:
Simon Knapen

I will explain how we can search for light Dark Matter by detecting small amounts of phonons in specific crystals.

Date
Friday, February 16, 2024. 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Speaker:
Matthew Dodelson

Correlators in field theories at finite temperatures have singularities on the light cone. Are there any other singularities?

Date
Tuesday, February 13, 2024. 3:30pm
Speaker:
Victoria Kaspi

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are a mysterious new class of extragalactic fast radio transients whose nature is presently unknown.  Here I provide a detailed review of FRB phenomenology and…

Date
Friday, February 9, 2024. 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Speaker:
Aurora Ireland

Much remains to be understood about the origin and evolution of our universe's largest supermassive black holes (SMBHs).