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The general solution of many-particle quantum systems is exponentially complex, requiring a quantum computer to solve. But for many of the most important properties of realistic experimental systems,…
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Steven R. White Date
December 6th, 2021
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Natural environments are heterogeneous and can fluctuate with time. As such, biomechanical systems from proteins to whole organisms have developed strategies to deal with considerable spatial and…
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Jasmine Nirody Date
September 27th, 2021
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The discovery of numerous small exoplanets has brought the search for life beyond the Solar System into sharp focus on many potentially habitable worlds where life may exist. However, many factors…
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Aomawa L. Shields Date
September 21st, 2020
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After a brief overview of quantum gravity as a whole, Dr. Ashtekar will explain the basics of Loop Quantum Gravity and its applications to some long standing questions: the nature of the very early…
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Abhay Ashtekar Date
November 13th, 2017
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Soft materials with orientational order can undergo dramatic shape transformations driven by change of temperature or other stimuli. Nematic elastomers, a form of liquid crystal polymer, have been…
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Robin Selinger Date
November 7th, 2017
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The heaviest chemical elements in the periodic table are synthesized through the rapid neutron-capture (r-) process but the astrophysical site where r-process nucleosynthesis occurs is still unknown.…
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Anna Frebel Date
October 23rd, 2017
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Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics: a growing frontier of "pure and applied" theoretical physics Founded over a century ago, statistical mechanics for systems in thermal equilibrium has…
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Royce K. P. Zia Date
September 25th, 2017
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Neutrons provide an essential and complementary probe of matter with unique sensitivity to light atoms and magnetic phenomena. As part of a Department of Energy initiative to define the future needs…
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Alan Tennant Date
August 28th, 2017
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Individual superconducting qubits have seen impressive improvements in nearly all aspects over the past decade and now sit at the threshold of being able to perform quantum error correction. Scaling…
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David Schuster Date
March 27th, 2017
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