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  • Coffeeshop Astrophysics – Space Rocks and Stardust

    Anodyne Coffee Shop 224 W Bruce Street, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Space Rocks and Stardust Speakers: Pratyasha Gitika, Tamal RoyChowdhury, Laila Vleeschower Are shooting stars really stars falling from the sky? Spoiler alert: they’re not! Those quick flashes of light are actually tiny bits of space dust and rock burning up …

  • CGCA Seminar – Prof. Sharon Morsink

    Kenwood IRC 2175 Milwaukee, WI, United States

    The masses and radii of the neutron stars observed by NICER
    Prof. Sharon Morsink
    University of Alberta

    Neutron stars are the densest known gravitationally-stable objects in the Universe. Their strong gravitational fields, rapid rotation rates, and supra-nuclear central densities allow for a fascinating interplay between general relativistic effects and nuclear physics theory. Pulse-profile modeling is a technique that uses the gravitationally-lensed X-ray flux emitted from hot spots on the neutron star's surface to infer its mass and radius. General relativity is a crucial ingredient in this analysis.

  • Physics Colloquium – Julian May Mann

    Chemistry 108 2050 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Physics Colloquium - Julian May Mann, Stanford University Presentation title and abstract will be announced when they are available.

  • Physics Colloquium – Dr. Qiuyan Chen

    Chemistry 108 2050 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Physics Colloquium - Dr. Qiuyan Chen, Indiana University School of Medicine Presentation title and abstract will be announced when they are available.

  • Coffeeshop Astrophysics – What You Probably Don’t Know About AI

    Anodyne Coffee Shop 224 W Bruce Street, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    What You Probably Don't Know About AI Speakers: Ronan Humphrey, Adam Opperman, Pratyusava Baral Over the last century, computing in science has changed from human computers doing calculations by hand to supercomputers that can perform over 1018 (that’s 1,000,000,000,000,000,000!) operations …

  • Physics Colloquium – Moritz Münchmeyer

    Chemistry 108 2050 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Physics Colloquium - Moritz Münchmeyer, Assistant Professor, UW-Madison Department of Physics Presentation title and abstract will be announced when they are available.

  • Physics Colloquium – Chris Fragile

    Chemistry 108 2050 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Physics Colloquium - Chris Fragile, College of Charleston Presentation title and abstract will be announced when they are available.

  • Physics Colloquium – Lulu Agazie

    Chemistry 108 2050 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Physics Colloquium - Lulu Agazie, UWM Physics Presentation title and abstract will be announced when they are available.

  • Physics Colloquium – Philip Mocz

    Chemistry 108 2050 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Physics Colloquium - Philip Mocz, Flatiron Institute Presentation title and abstract will be announced when they are available.

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