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Brian C. Sawyer - Compact Penning Traps for… duration 1 hour 10 minutes Brian C. Sawyer - Compact Penning Traps for… Brian C. Sawyer - Compact Penning Traps for Quantum Science with Cold Atomic Ions	Brian C. Sawyer - Compact Penning Traps for Quantum Science with Cold Atomic Ions Penning ion traps are useful experimental platforms for quantum simulation, mass spectrometry, precision metrology, and molecular ion spectroscopy. The GTRI Quantum Systems Division (QSD) has… physics colloquium school of physics georgia tech spring 2022 From Katie Gentilello 43 plays 0 name Brian C. Sawyer Date April 11th, 2022
Gang Cao - Opportunities created by spin-orbit… duration 1 hour 4 minutes Gang Cao - Opportunities created by spin-orbit… Gang Cao - Opportunities created by spin-orbit interactions	Gang Cao - Opportunities created by spin-orbit interactions Effects of spin-orbit interactions in condensed matter are an important and rapidly evolving topic. A sea change occurred with the discovery of spin-orbit interactions in graphene by Mele and Kane,… physics colloquium school of physics georgia tech spring 2022 From Katie Gentilello 15 plays 0 name Gang Cao Date April 4th, 2022
Ana Maria Rey - Optical lattice clocks: From… duration 1 hour 5 minutes Ana Maria Rey - Optical lattice clocks: From… Ana Maria Rey - Optical lattice clocks: From Timekeepers to Spies of the Quantum Realm	Ana Maria Rey - Optical lattice clocks: From Timekeepers to Spies of the Quantum Realm Harnessing the behavior of complex systems is at the heart of quantum technologies. Precisely engineered ultracold gases are emerging as a powerful tool for this task. In this talk I will explain how… school of physics physics colloquium georgia tech spring 2022 From Katie Gentilello 3 plays 0 name Ana Maria Rey Date March 28th, 2022
Mariel Borowitz - Protecting the Space… duration 1 hour 23 minutes Mariel Borowitz - Protecting the Space… Mariel Borowitz - Protecting the Space Environment: Sustainability and Security	Mariel Borowitz - Protecting the Space Environment: Sustainability and Security In recent years, the number of objects in space has grown rapidly, and this growth is projected to continue to accelerate over the next decade. There has also been increased military activity in… school of physics physics colloquium georgia tech spring 2022 From Katie Gentilello 6 plays 0 name Mariel Borowitz Date March 7th, 2022
Margaret Gardel - Physics of Morphogenetic Matter duration 1 hour 0 minutes Margaret Gardel - Physics of Morphogenetic Matter Margaret Gardel - Physics of Morphogenetic Matter	Margaret Gardel - Physics of Morphogenetic Matter My lab studies how the movement and shape of living cells is controlled by living materials constructed by protein assemblies within the cell interior. In this talk, I will describe my lab’s… school of physics physics colloquium georgia tech fall 2021 From Katie Gentilello 2 plays 0 name Margaret Gardel Date November 8th, 2021
Xiaoxing Xi - Crackdown on Academic Collaboration… duration 1 hour 9 minutes Xiaoxing Xi - Crackdown on Academic Collaboration… Xiaoxing Xi - Crackdown on Academic Collaboration with China Harms American Science	Xiaoxing Xi - Crackdown on Academic Collaboration with China Harms American Science Academic collaboration with China was once encouraged by the US government and universities. As tension between the two countries rises rapidly, those who did, especially scientists of Chinese… school of physics physics colloquium georgia tech fall 2021 From Katie Gentilello 16 plays 0 name Xiaoxing Xi Date November 1st, 2021
Mikhail Shifman - The Beginning of the Quantum Era duration 1 hour 20 minutes Mikhail Shifman - The Beginning of the Quantum Era Mikhail Shifman - The Beginning of the Quantum Era	Mikhail Shifman - The Beginning of the Quantum Era Shifman reviews the growth of quantum physics from its inception in the beginning of the 20th century to its maturity 50 years later. His narrative includes dramatic stories of the quantum pioneers… physics colloquium school of physics georgia tech recorded by gtlibrary fall 2021 From Katie Gentilello 8 plays 0 name Mikhail Shifman Date October 25th, 2021
Murray Daw - Collapse of the Collapse: Physicists… duration 1 hour 11 minutes Murray Daw - Collapse of the Collapse: Physicists… Murray Daw - Collapse of the Collapse: Physicists Return to Reality	Murray Daw - Collapse of the Collapse: Physicists Return to Reality Recent developments[1] have shown that the collapse hypothesis is self-inconsistent and is no longer a viable theory. (The collapse hypothesis in quantum mechanics is that the state of a system is… physics colloquium school of physics georgia tech recorded by gtlibrary fall 2021 From Katie Gentilello 31 plays 0 name Murray Daw Date October 18th, 2021
John E. Thomas - Optically-Trapped Interacting… duration 1 hour 3 minutes John E. Thomas - Optically-Trapped Interacting… John E. Thomas - Optically-Trapped Interacting Fermi Gases	John E. Thomas - Optically-Trapped Interacting Fermi Gases Optically-trapped, ultra-cold gases of spin ½-up and spin ½-down 6Li atoms enable “designer” interactions, offering a versatile environment for simulating exotic quantum… physics colloquium school of physics georgia tech recorded by gtlibrary fall 2021 From Katie Gentilello 18 plays 0 name John E. Thomas Date September 13th, 2021
Daniel Arovas - Quantum Magnetism from the Iron… duration 1 hour 32 minutes Daniel Arovas - Quantum Magnetism from the Iron… Daniel Arovas - Quantum Magnetism from the Iron Age to Today	Daniel Arovas - Quantum Magnetism from the Iron Age to Today The quantum theory of magnetism has provided many durable paradigms for quantum phases of matter, including intrinsically quantum disordered states, symmetry-protected topological phases, and quantum… physics colloquium school of physics georgia tech spring 2021 From Katie Gentilello 10 plays 0 name Daniel Arovas Date April 12th, 2021
Andrea J. Liu - How materials can learn to… duration 1 hour 9 minutes Andrea J. Liu - How materials can learn to… Andrea J. Liu - How materials can learn to function	Andrea J. Liu - How materials can learn to function How does learning occur? In the context of neural networks, learning occurs via optimization, where a loss function is minimized to achieve the desired result. But physical networks such as… school of physics physics colloquium georgia tech spring 2021 From Katie Gentilello 14 plays 0 name Andrea J. Liu Date March 29th, 2021
Ruth Murray-Clay - Origins of Structure in Inner… duration 1 hour 3 minutes Ruth Murray-Clay - Origins of Structure in Inner… Ruth Murray-Clay - Origins of Structure in Inner Planetary System	Ruth Murray-Clay - Origins of Structure in Inner Planetary System Why do many stars host close-in chains of super-Earths? Why are eccentric gas giants found in some inner planetary systems? What determines which of these outcomes will occur around a particular… physics colloquium school of physics georgia tech spring 2021 From Katie Gentilello 7 plays 0 name Ruth Murray-Clay Date March 1st, 2021
Michael P. Brenner - Machine Learning for Partial… duration 1 hour 8 minutes Michael P. Brenner - Machine Learning for Partial… Michael P. Brenner - Machine Learning for Partial Differential Equations	Michael P. Brenner - Machine Learning for Partial Differential Equations When Newton's laws are applied in every point in space we arrive at a set of nonlinear partial differential equations describing the world. We often marvel at the complexity of the solutions,… georgia tech fall 2020 school of physics physics colloquium From Katie Gentilello 61 plays 0 name Michael P. Brenner Date November 16th, 2020
Julia Yeomans - Self-propelled topological defects duration 59 minutes 55 seconds Julia Yeomans - Self-propelled topological defects Julia Yeomans - Self-propelled topological defects	Julia Yeomans - Self-propelled topological defects Active materials such as bacteria, molecular motors and eukaryotic cells continuously transform chemical energy taken from their surroundings to mechanical work. Dense active matter shows mesoscale… physics colloquium school of physics georgia tech fall 2020 From Katie Gentilello 18 plays 0 name Julia Yeomans Date October 26th, 2020
Peter J. Hirschfeld - Superconductivity:… duration 1 hour 10 minutes Peter J. Hirschfeld - Superconductivity:… Peter J. Hirschfeld - Superconductivity: There's Plenty of Cream at the Bottom	Peter J. Hirschfeld - Superconductivity: There's Plenty of Cream at the Bottom In 1961, Brian Pippard gave a speech at IBM called "The Cat and the Cream", in which he declared that the superconductivity field was finished, at least for "young innocents who wish… physics colloquium school of physics georgia tech fall 2020 From Katie Gentilello 15 plays 0 name Peter J. Hirschfeld Date October 19th, 2020
Andrew Zangwill - A Mind Over Matter: the Life… duration 1 hour 13 minutes Andrew Zangwill - A Mind Over Matter: the Life… Andrew Zangwill - A Mind Over Matter: the Life and Science of Philip Anderson	Andrew Zangwill - A Mind Over Matter: the Life and Science of Philip Anderson Dr. Zangwill presents a biographical survey of the life and science of Nobel Laureate Philip W. Anderson, arguably the most productive and influential theoretical physicist of the second half of the… school of physics physics colloquium georgia tech fall 2020 From Katie Gentilello 61 plays 0 name Andrew Zangwill Date October 12th, 2020