Department of Physics
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Join us for lecture series and seminars spearheaded by leading scientific minds, and attend events to strengthen your connection to the college.

Leo Tsukada
First observations of neutron star and black hole mergers
Leo Tsukada, Penn State University
Fundamental Theory Seminar
Fri, 9/17 9:30 am - Fri, 9/17 10:30 am
https://psu.zoom.us/j/95857064218?pwd=aG5QR1dkVmtNdk9CanMvaDRPNGpZUT09
Science Seminars Physics
Dominac
Critical drag as a mechanism for resistivity, with application to strange metals
Dominic Else, MIT/Harvard
CAMP Seminar
Mon, 9/20 3:30 pm - Mon, 9/20 4:30 pm
https://psu.zoom.us/j/94777536024?pwd=Y09idXJSMmorRUJPV3VhalJMTFFVZz09 Password: 342891
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Daichi
Multi-wavelength Emissions from Supernovae with Circumstellar Interaction
Daichi Tsuna, University of Tokyo
HEPAP/CMA
Tue, 9/21 1:30 pm - Tue, 9/21 2:30 pm
https://psu.zoom.us/j/93641512423
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Chad Hanna
"What have we learned from gravitational wave observations?"
Chad Hanna, Penn State University
Physics Colloquium
Thu, 9/23 3:45 pm - Thu, 9/23 4:45 pm
https://psu.zoom.us/j/93946951319?pwd=dFVHR21XbDExR0JQanNBUldENEFvQT09
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John Mather
Witnessing Quantum gravity via Entanglement of Masses
Anupam Mazumdar, University of Groningen
Fundamental Theory Seminar
Fri, 9/24 9:30 am - Fri, 9/24 10:30 am
https://psu.zoom.us/j/95857064218?pwd=aG5QR1dkVmtNdk9CanMvaDRPNGpZUT09
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Yizhi You
Emergent fractons in Elusive Bose Metal --- When IR theory blend with UV physics
Yizhi You, Princeton University
CAMP Seminar
Mon, 9/27 3:30 pm - Mon, 9/27 4:30 pm
https://psu.zoom.us/j/94777536024?pwd=Y09idXJSMmorRUJPV3VhalJMTFFVZz09 Password: 342891
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John Mather
Recent work on high-energy neutrinos
Bei Zhou, John Hopkins University
HEPAP/CMA
Tue, 9/28 1:30 pm - Tue, 9/28 2:30 pm
https://psu.zoom.us/j/93641512423
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Andreas Ringwald
Gravitational Waves as a Big Bang Thermometer
Andreas Ringwald, DESY, Germany
Physics Colloquium
Thu, 9/30 3:45 pm - Thu, 9/30 4:45 pm
https://psu.zoom.us/j/93946951319?pwd=dFVHR21XbDExR0JQanNBUldENEFvQT09
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John Mather
Testing General Relativity with Cosmological Large Scale Structure Observations
Ruth Durrer, University of Geneva
Fundamental Theory Seminar
Fri, 10/01 9:30 am - Fri, 10/01 10:30 am
https://psu.zoom.us/j/95857064218?pwd=aG5QR1dkVmtNdk9CanMvaDRPNGpZUT09
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John Mather
Near-conformal systems as composite Higgs model candidates
Anna Hasenfratz, University of Colorado, Boulder
Physics Colloquium
Thu, 10/07 3:45 pm - Thu, 10/07 4:45 pm
https://psu.zoom.us/j/93946951319?pwd=dFVHR21XbDExR0JQanNBUldENEFvQT09
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Hispanic Heritage Month poster symposium.
Undergraduate Research Poster Exhibition
Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Hispanic Heritage Month 2021, Diversity in STEM program
Thu, 10/07 5:00 pm - Thu, 10/07 7:00 pm
Life Sciences Bridge, State College, PA 16801 (level 3)
Student Events Astronomy and AstrophysicsBiochemistry and Molecular BiologyBiologyChemistryMathematicsPhysicsStatisticsOffice of Diversity and Inclusion
John Mather
Primordial Black Holes as a Dark Matter Candidate
Anne Greene, University of Nottingham
Fundamental Theory Seminar
Fri, 10/08 9:30 am - Fri, 10/08 10:30 am
https://psu.zoom.us/j/95857064218?pwd=aG5QR1dkVmtNdk9CanMvaDRPNGpZUT09
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Xia Hong
Emergent Phenomena in Ferroelectric/van der Waals Heterostructures
Xia Hong, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
CAMP Seminar
Mon, 10/11 3:30 pm - Mon, 10/11 4:30 pm
https://psu.zoom.us/j/94777536024?pwd=Y09idXJSMmorRUJPV3VhalJMTFFVZz09 Password: 342891
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John Mather
Cosmological Particle Production and Pairwise Hotspots on the CMB
Soubhik Kumar, Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics
HEPAP/CMA
Tue, 10/12 1:30 pm - Tue, 10/12 2:30 pm
https://psu.zoom.us/j/93641512423
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John Mather
"Material properties and device applications of ferroelectric In2Se3 and high-mobility InSe"
Justin Rodriguez
Final Defense
Thu, 10/14 12:00 pm - Thu, 10/14 1:00 pm
https://psu.zoom.us/j/94489857757?pwd=cDZsU0d4NzNhQ1Npc0ZWaHVMWVg1QT09 Password: 431567
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John Mather
Quantum many-body physics with atoms and photons
Ana Asenjo, Columbia University in the City of New York
Physics Colloquium
Thu, 10/14 3:45 pm - Thu, 10/14 4:45 pm
https://psu.zoom.us/j/93946951319?pwd=dFVHR21XbDExR0JQanNBUldENEFvQT09
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John Mather
Probing the Dense-Matter Equation of State with Neutron Star Mergers
Carolyn Raithel, Institute for Advanced Study
Fundamental Theory Seminar
Fri, 10/15 9:30 am - Fri, 10/15 10:30 am
https://psu.zoom.us/j/95857064218?pwd=aG5QR1dkVmtNdk9CanMvaDRPNGpZUT09
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Zlatko
Quantum many-body scars and weak ergodicity breaking: from Rydberg atoms to the tilted Fermi-Hubbard model
Zlatko Papic, University of Leeds
CAMP Seminar
Mon, 10/18 3:30 pm - Mon, 10/18 4:30 pm
https://psu.zoom.us/j/94777536024?pwd=Y09idXJSMmorRUJPV3VhalJMTFFVZz09 Password: 342891
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