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.

Vijay Balasubramanian
Complexity, quantum mechanics, and the structure of spacetime
Vijay Balasubramanian, University of Pennsylvania
Physics Colloquium
Thu, 1/20 3:45 pm - Thu, 1/20 4:45 pm
https://psu.zoom.us/j/93946951319?pwd=dFVHR21XbDExR0JQanNBUldENEFvQT09
Science Seminars Physics
Ashley Villar
Multi-messenger Astronomy in the Era of Vera Rubin
Ashley Villar, PSU
Fundamental Theory Seminar
Fri, 1/21 10:30 am - Fri, 1/21 11:45 am
https://psu.zoom.us/j/94169688126?pwd=R2tzK2xNQ1VCWFFOblp4Rmo1VVpRUT09&from=addon
Physics
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2022 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lecture 2
Jia Li
Frontiers of Science, 2022 Frontiers of Science
Sat, 1/22 11:00 am - Sat, 1/22 12:30 pm
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Kelly Luo
Spintronics with 2D and Topological Materials: Outstanding Opportunities in van der Waals Heterostructures
Yunqiu (Kelly) Luo, Cornell University
CAMP Seminar
Mon, 1/24 3:45 pm - Mon, 1/24 4:45 pm
101 Osmond or Zoom: https://psu.zoom.us/j/94777536024?pwd=Y09idXJSMmorRUJPV3VhalJMTFFVZz09
Science Seminars Physics
Ben Margalit
Circumstellar Interaction in Extreme Supernovae
Ben Margalit, University of California, Berkeley
HEPAP/CMA
Tue, 1/25 1:30 pm - Tue, 1/25 2:30 pm
https://psu.zoom.us/j/93641512423
Science Seminars Physics
Bryce Gadway.revised
Disorder-induced topology and other surprises from synthetic quantum matter
Bryce Gadway, University of Illinois
Physics Colloquium
Thu, 1/27 3:45 pm - Thu, 1/27 4:45 pm
101 Osmond
Science Seminars Physics
John Mather
Playing Pool with |ψ⟩
Adam Brown, Google/Stanford
Fundamental Theory Seminar
Fri, 1/28 10:30 am - Fri, 1/28 11:45 am
https://psu.zoom.us/j/94169688126?pwd=R2tzK2xNQ1VCWFFOblp4Rmo1VVpRUT09&from=addon
Physics
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2022 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lecture 3
Ashley Villar
Frontiers of Science, 2022 Frontiers of Science
Sat, 1/29 11:00 am - Sat, 1/29 12:30 pm
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John Mather
Quantum many-body physics with high-impedance circuits: from a dissipative quantum phase transition to a many-body localization
Roman Kuzmin, University of Maryland and Joint Quantum Institute
CAMP Seminar
Mon, 1/31 3:45 pm - Mon, 1/31 4:45 pm
101 Osmond and Zoom: https://psu.zoom.us/j/94777536024?pwd=Y09idXJSMmorRUJPV3VhalJMTFFVZz09
Science Seminars Physics
John Mather
nEXO and the future of neutrinoless double beta decay
Brian Lenardo, Stanford University
HEPAP/CMA
Tue, 2/01 1:30 pm - Tue, 2/01 2:30 pm
https://psu.zoom.us/j/93641512423
Science Seminars Physics
Sebastian Diehl
Quantum Systems under Drive: From Micro- to Macrophysics
Sebastian Diehl, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne
Physics Colloquium
Thu, 2/03 3:45 pm - Thu, 2/03 4:45 pm
https://psu.zoom.us/j/93946951319?pwd=dFVHR21XbDExR0JQanNBUldENEFvQT09
Science Seminars Physics
John Mather
Universality of magnetic field in neutron star merger remnants
Carlos Palenzuela, UIB
Fundamental Theory Seminar
Fri, 2/04 10:30 am - Fri, 2/04 11:45 am
https://psu.zoom.us/j/94169688126?pwd=R2tzK2xNQ1VCWFFOblp4Rmo1VVpRUT09&from=addon
Physics
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2022 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lecture 4
Simplify Team, Students in the Penn State College of Medicine
Frontiers of Science, 2022 Frontiers of Science
Sat, 2/05 11:00 am - Sat, 2/05 12:30 pm
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John Mather
New frontiers in quantum simulation and computation with neutral atom arrays
Giulia Semeghini, Harvard University
CAMP Seminar
Mon, 2/07 3:45 pm - Mon, 2/07 4:45 pm
101 Osmond
Science Seminars Physics
John Mather
Multi-messengers from core-collapse supernovae: neutrinos and gravitational waves
Mainak Mukhopadhyay, Arizona State University
HEPAP/CMA
Tue, 2/08 1:30 pm - Tue, 2/08 2:30 pm
https://psu.zoom.us/j/93641512423
Science Seminars Physics
Joshua Robinson
Semiconductors and Metals at the Atomic Limit
Joshua Robinson, Penn State, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Physics Colloquium
Thu, 2/10 3:45 pm - Thu, 2/10 4:45 pm
https://psu.zoom.us/j/93946951319?pwd=dFVHR21XbDExR0JQanNBUldENEFvQT09
Science Seminars Physics
John Mather
Numerical Relativity and Cosmology
Anna Ijjas, NYU
Fundamental Theory Seminar
Fri, 2/11 10:30 am - Fri, 2/11 11:45 am
339 Davey Lab
Science Seminars Physics
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2022 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lecture 5
Jinchao Xu
Frontiers of Science, 2022 Frontiers of Science
Sat, 2/12 11:00 am - Sat, 2/12 12:30 pm
Public Events Eberly CollegeAstronomy and AstrophysicsBiochemistry and Molecular BiologyBiologyChemistryMathematicsPhysicsStatistics