| February 2024 |
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| 29 Ken Van Tilburg, Wake Forces (12:30 PM - 1:30 PM) | 30 Digvijay (Jay) Wadekar, New black hole mergers from a search pipeline for gravitational waves with higher-order harmonics (2:00 PM - 3:15 PM) + Abstract: | 31 Rashmish Mishra, Holographic Phase Transitions in the early Universe (2:00 PM - 3:15 PM) + Abstract: | 1 Andrea Alù, Extreme Control of Light and Sound with Metamaterials (4:00 PM - 5:30 PM) + Abstract: | 2 Popov (12:00 PM - 1:30 PM) Chiara Toldo, Thermodynamics of near-extreme Kerr (2:00 PM - 3:15 PM) + Abstract: |
| 5 Glennys Farrar, Breakthough on the origin of UHECRs (12:30 PM - 1:30 PM) | 6 , Grad Pheno Journal Club (3:30 PM - 4:45 PM) | 7 Daniel Lecoanet, Understanding Fluid Processes in Astrophysics & Geophysics via Numerical Simulation (9:00 AM - 10:25 AM) + Abstract: , HEP/Pheno Journal Club (12:30 PM - 1:30 PM) Daniel Lecoanet (12:30 PM - 1:30 PM) Antonio Davide Polosa, The X(3872) oddities and exotic hadrons. (2:00 PM - 3:15 PM) + Abstract: Marcus DuPont, The Life and Death of Stars (8:00 PM - 9:30 PM) + Abstract: | 8 Will Farr, Cosmology and Fundamental Physics from Stellar Mass Binary Black Holes (4:00 PM - 5:30 PM) + Abstract: | 9 Popov (12:00 PM - 1:30 PM) Zare (3:30 PM - 5:30 PM) |
| 12 | 13 Sam Hadden, The Causes and Consequences of Chaos and Instability in Planetary Systems (2:00 PM - 3:15 PM) + Abstract: | 14 Marieke Van Beest, Fermion-Monopole Scattering and Generalized Symmetries (2:00 PM - 3:15 PM) + Abstract: | 15 Andrei Bernevig, Exotic Phases in Moire Systems (4:00 PM - 5:30 PM) + Abstract: | 16 Luca Comisso, Unraveling Space Weather: Explosive Events and the Genesis of Energetic Particles (10:00 AM - 11:15 AM) + Abstract: Popov (12:00 PM - 1:30 PM) Zare (3:30 PM - 5:30 PM) |
| 19 | 20 Nicole Shibley, From the Arctic to Europa: Fluid Dynamics for Earth and Planetary Climates (2:00 PM - 3:15 PM) -- Abstract: Fluid physics govern many phenomena in the Universe. For example, the fluid processes governing Earth’s polar regions are central to understanding Earth’s climate system and can also give insight into the climate systems of other planetary bodies. In this talk, I will describe how a particular Arctic Ocean mixing and heat transport process, diffusive convection, helps contextualize the warming Arctic through a synthesis of observational and theoretical approaches. In particular, we will discuss how different ocean mixing mechanisms impact distinct regions of the Arctic and how intermittent turbulence in a changing Arctic can disrupt the diffusive-convective process. Such intermittent turbulence is characteristic of Arctic boundary regions, with implications for local infrastructure, shipping routes, and the food web. I will also describe the development of a novel methodology for inferring ocean mixing metrics from oceanographic acoustic measurements, which helps elucidate how intermittent turbulence may interact with diffusive-convective structures. Finally, we will consider how models of Earth’s polar processes, adapted to understand ice-covered moons in the Solar System, can help us glean insight into planetary bodies where in-situ measurements are not available. Emphasis will be placed on how fluid dynamics can address current and future climate and environmental challenges both on Earth and elsewhere in the Solar System. , Grad Pheno Journal Club (3:30 PM - 4:45 PM) | 21 , HEP/Pheno Journal Club (12:30 PM - 1:30 PM) Ofer Aharony, Two dimensional QCD as a string theory (2:00 PM - 3:15 PM) + Abstract: | 22 Brad Marston, Waves of Topological Origin in the Fluid Earth System and Beyond (4:00 PM - 5:30 PM) + Abstract: | 23 Popov (12:00 PM - 1:30 PM) Zare (3:30 PM - 5:30 PM) |
| 26 Anirban Roy, Multi-line Intensity Mapping: A Bridge Between Astrophysics and Cosmology (12:30 PM - 1:30 PM) + Abstract: Matthew Buican, Some Applications of Free Supersymmetric Fields (2:30 PM - 3:45 PM) + Abstract: | 27 Foteini Oikonomou, News from the search for the sources of ultra-high energy cosmic rays: Insights from the maximum rigidity distribution and a possible new source class (2:00 PM - 3:15 PM) + Abstract: | 28 Mariangela Lisanti, How to Destroy a Galaxy with Dark Matter (2:00 PM - 3:00 PM) + Abstract: | 29 Jun Kono, Quantum Vacuum Dressed Materials (4:00 PM - 5:30 PM) + Abstract: | 1 Popov (12:00 PM - 1:30 PM) Zare (3:30 PM - 5:30 PM) |