Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
Physics and Astronomy Colloquia take place most Fridays throughout the term from 3:00-4:00 pm in Wilder 104 unless otherwise noted, followed by refreshments in Wilder 103 at 4:00 pm. Please check back frequently for updates to the schedule. Upcoming colloquia are also listed in the events section of the News and Events page.
Current Term
Winter 2019
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
| 1/4/19 | Lauranne Lanz | Dartmouth College | Black Hole Feedback in Action? Investigating the Role of Supermassive Black Holes in Galaxy Evolution (Video) |
| 1/18/19 | Peter Johnson | Zapata Computing | Algorithmically Extending the Capabilities of Near-Term Quantum Computers (Video) |
| 1/25/19 | Wen Li | Boston University | Origin of Diffuse Aurora at Earth and Jupiter (Video not available) |
| 2/1/19 | Grant Tremblay | Harvard & Smithsonian | Galaxy-Scale Fountains with Black Hole Pumps (Video) |
| 2/8/19 | Chen-Yu Liu | Indiana University | Unresolved Problems in Neutron Decay (Video) |
Fall 2018
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
| 9/14/18 |
Kevin Wright |
Dartmouth College | Shining a Light on the Mysterious World of Quantum Materials (Video) |
| 9/21/18 |
Anne Gelb |
Dartmouth College |
High Order Imaging Techniques for Synethetic Aperture Radar (Video) |
| 9/28/18 |
Jim Drake |
University of Maryland |
Magnetic Reconnection and Particle Acceleration in Space and Astrophysical Systems (Video) |
| 10/5/18 |
Carlos Meriles |
CUNY City College of New York |
Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Via Nitrogen-Vacancy in Diamond: Physics and Applications (Video) |
| 10/12/18 |
Benjamin Chandran |
University of New Hampshire |
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| 10/26/18 |
Jim Binkoski |
Dartmouth College | |
| 11/2/18 | David Grinspoon | Dartmouth College | Venus Missions: Past, Present, Planned and Pretend (Video) |
Spring 2018 Colloquia
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
| 3/30/18 |
Michael Andrews |
WadeandWendy.ai | A Physics Education and Beyond (Video) |
| 4/6/18 |
Raffi Budakian |
University of Waterloo |
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| 4/13/18 |
Chih-Chun Chien |
University of California, Merced |
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| 4/20/18 |
Sally Dawson |
Brookhaven National Laboratory |
Precision Measurements for the LHC (Video) |
| 4/27/18 |
Jure Zupan |
University of Cincinnati |
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| 5/4/18 |
Nuno Loureiro |
MIT | |
| 5/11/18 |
Valerio Faraoni |
Bishop's University |
Modifying Gravity to Explain the Cosmic Acceleration (Video) |
| 5/18/18 |
Anne White |
MIT |
Understanding Cold-Pulse Dynamics in Tokamak Plasmas Using Local Turbulent Transport Models (Video)
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| 5/25/18 |
Masahiro Morii |
Harvard University |
Experimental Searches for Dark Matter (Video) |
Winter 2018 Colloquia
Fall Term
Fall 2017 Colloquia
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Date |
Speaker |
Affiliation |
Topic |
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9/15/17 |
Ken Van Tilberg |
IAS |
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9/22/17 |
Roberto Onofrio |
Dartmouth, University of Padua |
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9/29/17 |
Douglas Finkbeiner |
Harvard |
The Search for WIMP Dark Matter: New Approaches to Stubborn Problems (Video) |
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10/6/17 |
Matthew Schwartz |
Harvard |
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10/13/17 |
Robyn Millan |
Dartmouth |
Dynamics of Radiation Belt Electrons and the BARREL Experiment (Video) |
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10/20/17 |
Subir Sachdev |
Harvard |
Quantum Matter Without Quasiparticles: Strange Metals and Black Holes (Video) |
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10/27/17 |
Moira Gresham |
Whitman College |
Beyond the WIMP Dark Matter Paradigm: Asymmetric Dark Matter Nuclei (Video) |
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11/3/17 |
Joseph Formaggio |
MIT |
Weighing Neutrinos (Video) |
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11/10/17 |
Nuno Loureiro |
MIT/PSFC |
New Insights Into Plasma Turbulence (Cancelled) |
| 11/17/17 | Jun Ye |
Univ. of Colorado, JILA, NIST |