• CGCA Seminar – Hector Silva

    Kenwood IRC 2175 Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Prof. Hector Silva, Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign The ringing of a different bell: quasinormal modes and their excitation beyond general relativity The inference of quasinormal mode frequencies from the ringdown part …

  • CGCA Public Talk – Searching for Life in the Universe

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

    Searching for Life in the Universe Presented by Dr. Dawn Erb We hope you will join us on Wednesday, October 15 in the new Chemistry Building, Room #108 for Dr. Dawn Erb's presentation, "Searching for Life in the Universe." This …

  • CGCA Seminar – Usha Raut

    Kenwood IRC 2175 Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Prof. Usha Raut, Milwaukee School of Engineering Can LIGO be Relevant for High Energy Physics? There have been spectacular advances by LIGO, and other gravitational wave detectors in recent years. But an obvious limitation is that gravitational wave detectors currently …

  • Physics Colloquium – Amanda Baylor

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

    Early Warning of Gravitational Waves from Neutron Star Mergers
    Amanda Baylor
    Graduate Student
    University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

    For the past decade, ground-based gravitational-wave observatories have been making detections of ripples in the fabric of spacetime from the mergers of black holes and neutron stars. Mergers involving at least one neutron star could also produce electromagnetic counterparts which may reveal new insights into the physics of these astrophysical phenomena. However, if electromagnetic observatories are not pointed at the location of the source prior to merger, we miss vital information about the physics of merger.

  • Coffeeshop Astrophysics – Nebulae: From Cradle to Grave, and Cradle Again

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

    Nebulae: From Cradle to Grave, and Cradle Again Speakers: Calvin Dear, Jason Vazquez, Caleb Ogle Have you ever looked at a stunning picture from NASA full of swirling colors, almost like it should be hanging in an art museum? Chances …

  • Physics Colloquium – Pratyusava Baral

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

    Detecting & Measuring Gravitational Waves in Current and Future Observatories

    Pratyusava Baral
    Graduate Student
    University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

    Low-latency (near real-time) detection of gravitational waves (GW) is crucial for multimessenger astronomy. I contribute to maintaining and operating the GstLAL-based search pipeline, a flagship detection pipeline used by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration, for the present observing run (May 2023 - ongoing).

  • CGCA Seminar – Dr. Amy Steele

    Kenwood IRC 2175 Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Dr. Amy Steele, Planetary Science Institute The CGCA Friday Seminar Series is hosted by the Center for Gravitation, Cosmology & Astrophysics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. These seminars cover a broad number of topics related to the Center's research areas. …

  • CANCELLED: Physics Colloquium – Justin Goodrich

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

    Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Physics Colloquium for Friday, 11/7/2025 is cancelled.

    Justin Goodrich, Brookhaven National Laboratory

  • CGCA Seminar – Terrence Pierre Jacques

    Kenwood IRC 2175 Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Self-Consistent Simulations of the Bar-mode Instability in Rotating Quasi-Stable Neutron Stars
    Dr. Terrence Pierre Jacques
    West Virginia University

    Rapidly rotating neutron stars (NSs) formed from core-collapse supernovae serve as excellent astrophysical laboratories for probing their equation of state (EoS) and internal structure. As these stars cool and contract, their spin angular momentum may increase, making them susceptible to the dynamical bar-mode instability

  • CANCELLED: Physics Colloquium – Jong-Woo Kim

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

    Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Physics Colloquium for Friday, 11/14/2025 has been cancelled.

    Jong-Woo Kim, Argonne National Lab