Elon Musk Public Lecture: "Will Evolution and Information Theory Provide the Fundamentals of Physics?"
Sylvester James Gates, Jr. (Brown)
Join us for an evening with theoretical physicist Sylvester James Gates, Jr., as he talks about how the mathematical and theoretical aspects of his physics research have traversed concept spaces from equations to…
Math/Phys Joint Seminar: "Progress Toward A Mathematically Rigorous Space-time SUSY Representation Theory"
Sylvester James Gates, Jr. (Brown University)
While a fundamental representation theory for compact Lie algebras was settled by the work of Cartan (i.e. weights and roots), no analogous conceptual structure exists for space-time supersymmetry algebras. Progress…
High Energy Theory Seminar: "Bit Threads in Space and Time"
Matt Headrick (Brandeis University)
Bit threads are a reformulation of the Ryu-Takayanagi holographic entanglement entropy formula that offer several conceptual advantages over the standard minimal-surface formulation. After briefly reviewing the basic…
Condensed Matter Seminar: "Soft matter physics in the gut"
Sujit S. Datta (Princeton University)
The gut governs digestion and nutrient absorption, is a promising target for drug delivery, and teems with micro-organisms that can have remarkably strong effects on host health. Despite its importance, however,…
High Energy Theory Seminar: "Naturally Stabilizing the Weak Scale without Partners"
Devin Walker (Dartmouth College)
We generalize and adapt Veltman's condition to create a framework which naturally addresses the little hierarchy problem. The resulting class of models is economical and ensures a minimum amount of fine-tuning for…
Condensed Matter Seminar: "Mechanical Cell Biology of Microbes"
Enrique Rojas (Stanford University)
Research in microbial physiology has traditionally focused on understanding biochemical pathways and, more recently, on elucidating the surprisingly complex structure of microbial cytoplasm. On the other hand, the…
**CANCELLED** Astro Seminar: "The Twisted Universe: The Cosmic Quest to Reveal Which End is Up"
Brian Keating (UCSD)
The cosmic microwave background (CMB) has spectacularly advanced our understanding of the origin, composition, and evolution of our universe. Yet there is still much to glean from this, the oldest light in the…
Department Colloquium: "Results from the Dark Energy Survey"
Gary Bernstein (University of Pennsylvania)
The Dark Energy Survey (DES) is a collaboration between UPenn and 15 other institutions in 7 countries to construct and operate a new 500 megapixel CCD camera on the venerable 4-meter Blanco telescope in Chile. Its…
SPRING 2018: PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY POSTPONED EXAMS
Procotor will be on site
ALL EXAMS ARE FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE.