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Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Wednesday, September 18, 2019 12:15 pm - 12:15 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Tour

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical PhysicsPhys10 Undergraduate Seminar Series

On September 18th, we will be visiting the Perimeter Institute, the epicentre for theoretical physics, with focus ranging from quantum foundation, to quantum gravity, to quantum fields and strings, particle physics, to condensed matter and quantum information science, and to cosmology.

Mercury transit of May 9, 2016 (Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Monday, November 11, 2019 7:40 am - 7:40 am EST (GMT -05:00)

POSTPONED - Transit of Mercury Viewing Party

Event postponed due to poor weather conditions; updates (if applicable) will be posted

Agata Branczyk
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 12:30 pm - 12:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Generating quantum light using nonlinear optics

Phys10 Undergraduate Seminar Series

Agata BranczykAgata Branczyk (Perimeter) 

Light moves at nature’s speed limit, and doesn’t degrade for hundreds of kilometres, making it our best medium for sending information over long distances. But to send quantum information, we require quantum light.

Wednesday, January 8, 2020 12:30 pm - 12:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Two-dimensional Materials and Heterostructures

Phys10 Undergraduate Seminar Series

Professor Wei Tsen (UW Chemistry/IQC) 

The discovery of graphene and other two-dimensional (2D) materials has led to a new vanguard in condensed matter physics. Not only does dimensionality allow for robust control of the electronic properties of layered materials, novel heterostructures with no traditional analog can further be created by interfacing different 2D species. In this talk, I will give an overview of the 2D materials field, discuss a few recent breakthroughs, and present some of our own results on 2D magnetic systems.

Wednesday, January 22, 2020 12:30 pm - 12:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

From laser cooling to quantum chemistry

Phys10 Undergraduate Seminar Series

Alan Jamison, Department of Physics & Astronomy and IQC

I will begin by describing how we use a collection of high power lasers to cool a hot atomic beam from 1000K to 1nK. At such ultracold temperatures all thermal motion has ceased, making quantum mechanical effects dominate. One example of this behavior is the Bose-Einstein condensation transition, which sees thousands or even millions of atoms occupy the same quantum state, bringing quantum behavior to relatively large scales where it may be directly observed.

Tuesday, September 22, 2020 12:30 pm - 12:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Where do the patterns in the standard model come from?

Phys10 Undergraduate Seminar Series - on Teams

Latham Boyle
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

Over the past half-century, physicists have established the "standard model" of particle physics, which does a spectacular job of passing (nearly) all of the tests to which it has been subjected.  But some of the most basic patterns in this model remain unexplained.  Dr. Latham Boyle will introduce a few of these patterns, and some ideas for how to understand them, along with relating to a remarkable mathematical object called "exceptional Jordan Algebra".

Tuesday, October 6, 2020 12:30 pm - 12:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Integrability in Quantum Mechanics

Phys10 Undergraduate Seminar Series - on Teams

Pedro Vieira
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

Most theories are too complicated and we can not solve them. Usually we use perturbation theory instead (or cry). We can do better sometimes for so-called integrable theories. I will describe what these are and how they show up in real materials and even in string and quantum field theories.

This talk is geared toward an upper year audience; as always, everyone is welcome to attend.