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September

| Event Location: AMPEL Rm 311 | Speaker: Josh Mutus, Rigetti Computing

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Superconducting qubits are a leading modality for quantum computing, offering a favorable balance between coherence, gate times, scalability, and fidelity.

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Add to Calendar 2024-09-26T10:00:00 2024-09-26T11:00:00 Impact of Josephson junction materials on the performance of superconducting qubits Superconducting qubits are a leading modality for quantum computing, offering a favorable balance between coherence, gate times, scalability, and fidelity. Event Location: AMPEL Rm 311

September

| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Hirosi Ooguri, Caltech

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We welcome you to our new Pioneers in Theoretical Physics Colloqium Series, starting this Fall, 2024. 

On September 24th, we present Hirosi Ooguri, Fred Kavli Professor of Theoretical Physics & Mathematics, founding Director of the Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology, and University Professor at the University of Tokyo. 

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Add to Calendar 2024-09-24T16:00:00 2024-09-24T17:00:00 Pioneers in Theoretical Physics Colloquium Series We welcome you to our new Pioneers in Theoretical Physics Colloqium Series, starting this Fall, 2024.  On September 24th, we present Hirosi Ooguri, Fred Kavli Professor of Theoretical Physics & Mathematics, founding Director of the Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology, and University Professor at the University of Tokyo.  Abstract: [coming soon] Bio: Event Location: HENN 318

September

| Event Location: AMPEL 311 | Speaker: Adarsh Patri, postdoc at UBC

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Add to Calendar 2024-09-19T10:00:00 2024-09-19T11:00:00 Quantum Anomalous Hall Effects in Rhombohedral Graphene Moiré Structures Abstract: Event Location: AMPEL 311

September

| Event Location: Hybrid: in-person at TRIUMF ISAC-II Conference Room (4004 Wesbrook Mall) and Zoom: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/62516482273?pwd=5UBub9EbYj9lLJZevXYfa31Heo76OP.1 Meeting ID: 625 1648 2273 Password: 129025 | Speaker: Guy Leckenby, PhD student

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Add to Calendar 2024-09-16T12:30:00 2024-09-16T14:30:00 Exotic Decay Measurements at the Experimental Storage Ring for Neutron Capture Processes [Abstract] Event Location: Hybrid: in-person at TRIUMF ISAC-II Conference Room (4004 Wesbrook Mall) and Zoom: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/62516482273?pwd=5UBub9EbYj9lLJZevXYfa31Heo76OP.1 Meeting ID: 625 1648 2273 Password: 129025

September

| Event Location: Mathematics Annex (MATX) 1100, 1986 Mathematics Road, UBC-V campus | Speaker: Michelle Kunimoto, University of British Columbia

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Add to Calendar 2024-09-12T16:00:00 2024-09-12T17:00:00 Exploring Exoplanet Demographics with Kepler, TESS, and Beyond Abstract: Event Location: Mathematics Annex (MATX) 1100, 1986 Mathematics Road, UBC-V campus

September

| Event Location: AMPEL 311 | Speaker: Ziliang Ye, University of British Columbia

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Add to Calendar 2024-09-12T10:00:00 2024-09-12T11:00:00 Sliding Ferroelectricity in Rhombohedral MoS2: A New Approach to Nonvolatilely Switch the Interaction between Light and Matter Abstract: Event Location: AMPEL 311

September

| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Dr. Aromal Pathayappura (he/him), Post Doctoral Associate, Western University

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Add to Calendar 2024-09-09T16:00:00 2024-09-09T17:00:00 Probing Quasar Outflows Through Absorption Line Spectroscopy Abstract: Event Location: HENN 318

September

| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: PHAS Department Staff, Students, and Faculty

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Welcome everyone to the launch of the PHAS EDI Monday Tea!

This is a weekly event for students, staff and faculty to meet new-to-you colleagues, catch up with your community and to learn about what's happening in the PHAS Department. 

Meet your hosts in the EDI Community Building Working Group:

  • Jess McIver
  • Adele Ruosi
  • Megan Bingham
  • Evan Goetz
  • Mona Berciu
  • Howard Li
  • Mandana Amiri
  • Pedro Villalba Gonzalez

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Add to Calendar 2024-09-09T14:30:00 2024-09-09T15:30:00 PHAS EDI Committee Monday Tea Event Launch Welcome everyone to the launch of the PHAS EDI Monday Tea! This is a weekly event for students, staff and faculty to meet new-to-you colleagues, catch up with your community and to learn about what's happening in the PHAS Department.  Meet your hosts in the EDI Community Building Working Group: Jess McIver Adele Ruosi Megan Bingham Evan Goetz Mona Berciu Howard Li Mandana Amiri Pedro Villalba Gonzalez See you there! Event Location: HENN 318

September

| Event Location: AMPEL 311 | Speaker: Ashley Cook, Max Planck Dresden

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Add to Calendar 2024-09-05T10:00:00 2024-09-05T11:00:00 Quantum skyrmion Hall effect Abstract:  Event Location: AMPEL 311

August

| Event Location: in Room 188 of the Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute (QMI) building.(2355 East Mall) | Speaker: Nassim Derriche, PhD student

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Add to Calendar 2024-08-26T13:00:00 2024-08-26T15:00:00 Effects of Electric Polarization in Hybridized Materials [Abstract]: Event Location: in Room 188 of the Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute (QMI) building.(2355 East Mall)

August

| Event Location: Zoom - https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68355025780?pwd=QCKYuMaLKywTlUaZiwJu6H4obKhniI.1 Passcode: 8223191 | Speaker: Aditi Pradeep (PhD student)

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The existence of dark matter has been inferred through many astrophysical evidences. However, much about its nature is unknown to this day. The several decades-long search for dark matter has given rise to many experiments and even more dark matter candidates. SuperCDMS is a direct detection experiment which uses cryogenic detectors to probe interactions of dark matter particles with Standard Model particles. 

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Add to Calendar 2024-08-02T08:00:00 2024-08-02T10:00:00 Novel reconstruction techniques for detecting low mass dark matter in the SuperCDMS experiment and characterization of SuperCDMS SNOLAB detectors Abstract: The existence of dark matter has been inferred through many astrophysical evidences. However, much about its nature is unknown to this day. The several decades-long search for dark matter has given rise to many experiments and even more dark matter candidates. SuperCDMS is a direct detection experiment which uses cryogenic detectors to probe interactions of dark matter particles with Standard Model particles.  Event Location: Zoom - https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68355025780?pwd=QCKYuMaLKywTlUaZiwJu6H4obKhniI.1 Passcode: 8223191

August

| Event Location: Henn 309 | Speaker: Leesa Fleury, PhD student

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Add to Calendar 2024-08-01T13:00:00 2024-08-01T16:00:00 White Dwarfs as Probes of Novel Physical Phenomena Abstract: Event Location: Henn 309

July

| Event Location: BRIM 311 | Speaker: David Abergel – Chief Editor of Nature Physics

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Add to Calendar 2024-07-31T10:00:00 2024-07-31T11:00:00 Inside Nature Physics Event Location: BRIM 311

July

| Event Location: Zoom | Speaker: Prof. Wolf Widdra

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With the recent progress in high-order harmonic generation (HHG) using femtosecond lasers, laboratory photoelectron spectroscopy with an ultrafast, widely tunable vacuum-ultraviolet light source has become available. Whereas HHG-based photoemission experiments at kilohertz repetition rates have been severely limited by the space-charge effects in the past, the new development of compact HHG light sources with megahertz repetition rates allows for efficient photoemission and double photoemission experiments as is demonstrated here [1-7].

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Add to Calendar 2024-07-17T09:00:00 2024-07-17T10:00:00 Special Seminar: Wolf Widdra - Institute of Physics, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg: Laser-based double photoemission spectroscopy at surfaces Abstract:With the recent progress in high-order harmonic generation (HHG) using femtosecond lasers, laboratory photoelectron spectroscopy with an ultrafast, widely tunable vacuum-ultraviolet light source has become available. Whereas HHG-based photoemission experiments at kilohertz repetition rates have been severely limited by the space-charge effects in the past, the new development of compact HHG light sources with megahertz repetition rates allows for efficient photoemission and double photoemission experiments as is demonstrated here [1-7]. Event Location: Zoom

July

| Event Location: Hennings 201 | Speaker: William Bialek, Princeton University

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~this talk is hosted by Sabrina Leslie and Steve Plotkin as an event connected to the Frontiers in Biophysics Conference on July 12 2024 at the downtown SFU campus - all are welcome to attend!~

  • Wed 10 July:  Simon Fraser Physics Colloquium
  • Thu  11 July:  UBC Physics Colloquium

Physics of Life

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Add to Calendar 2024-07-11T16:00:00 2024-07-11T17:00:00 Physics of Life ~this talk is hosted by Sabrina Leslie and Steve Plotkin as an event connected to the Frontiers in Biophysics Conference on July 12 2024 at the downtown SFU campus - all are welcome to attend!~ Wed 10 July:  Simon Fraser Physics Colloquium Thu  11 July:  UBC Physics Colloquium Physics of Life Event Location: Hennings 201

July

| Event Location: Henn 318 | Speaker: Daniel Korchinski, PhD student

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Add to Calendar 2024-07-04T10:00:00 2024-07-04T12:00:00 Scaling theories and simulation of ductile yielding in amorphous solids Abstract : Event Location: Henn 318

July

| Event Location: BRIM 311 | Speaker: Ganesh obtained his PhD from the University of Toronto in 2011. He then completed a postdoctoral stint at IFW, Dresden. Subsequently, he was a faculty member at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences in Chennai, India. Since 2021, he has been an Assistant Professor at Brock University. Ganesh has worked on frustrated magnetism, topological phases, quantum state preparation and statistical physics. His recent work touches upon pump-induced correlations, altermagnetism, spin ice and quantum dimer models.

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Add to Calendar 2024-07-03T10:00:00 2024-07-03T11:00:00 Solids with random stacking: the curious case of lithium Event Location: BRIM 311

June

| Event Location: Hennings Room 309 | Speaker: Jordan Wilson-Gerow

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Add to Calendar 2024-06-26T11:00:00 2024-06-26T12:00:00 Decoherence by Warm Horizons Event Location: Hennings Room 309

June

| Event Location: Zoom : https://ubc.zoom.us/j/2140943545?pwd=RGdIb0swbmRxM0QrWEtWejY2VGpVUT09, Meeting ID: 214 094 3545 , Passcode: 876743 | Speaker: Aaron Kraft, PhD Student

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Add to Calendar 2024-06-25T10:00:00 2024-06-25T12:00:00 The Pendulum Lab: Understanding Common Experiences and Pitfalls in a Lab With an Intentional Model Failure Abstract: Event Location: Zoom : https://ubc.zoom.us/j/2140943545?pwd=RGdIb0swbmRxM0QrWEtWejY2VGpVUT09, Meeting ID: 214 094 3545 , Passcode: 876743

June

| Event Location: BRIM 311 | Speaker: Rachel Wortis, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Trent University

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Abstract:  How isolated quantum systems reach thermal equilibrium is a long-standing question of continuing interest.

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Add to Calendar 2024-06-07T11:00:00 2024-06-07T12:00:00 Many-body localization in the disordered Fermi-Hubbard model Abstract:  How isolated quantum systems reach thermal equilibrium is a long-standing question of continuing interest. Event Location: BRIM 311

June

| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Kentaro Yoshida, Saitama University, Tokyo, Japan

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UBC Theoretical High Energy Physics Seminar 

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Add to Calendar 2024-06-03T12:00:00 2024-06-03T13:00:00 Chaotic Instability in the BFSS matrix model UBC Theoretical High Energy Physics Seminar  Abstract: Event Location: HENN 318

May

| Event Location: McLeod 3038 | Speaker: Owen Sheekey - UCSB

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Add to Calendar 2024-05-31T10:00:00 2024-05-31T11:00:00 Inter-valley coherence, intrinsic and extrinsic spin-orbit coupling in rhombohedral graphene Event Location: McLeod 3038

May

| Event Location: MacLeod 3038 (https://maps.ubc.ca/?code=MCLD) | Speaker: Kerry Vahala, Professor of Applied Physics, Jenkins Chair in Information Science and Technology

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Dear colleagues,
We invite you to the next SSCS Vancouver Seminar on Thursday, May 30th, at 2 pm by Prof. Kerry Vahala from Caltech. Kerry is a world authority on frequency combs. Please remember to mark your calendar!

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Add to Calendar 2024-05-30T14:00:00 2024-05-30T15:00:00 Next-Generation Microcombs for Compact Optical Frequency Division Systems Dear colleagues,We invite you to the next SSCS Vancouver Seminar on Thursday, May 30th, at 2 pm by Prof. Kerry Vahala from Caltech. Kerry is a world authority on frequency combs. Please remember to mark your calendar! Event Location: MacLeod 3038 (https://maps.ubc.ca/?code=MCLD)

May

| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Dave Sutherland, University of Glasgow

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Add to Calendar 2024-05-30T11:00:00 2024-05-30T12:30:00 Efficient field theories for big data experiments   *This talk is presented live in HENN 318 and via Zoom: Event Location: HENN 318

May

| Event Location: Henn 318 | Speaker: Peter Simidzija, PhD student

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Abstract: We present a model of quantum cosmology based on anti-de Sitter/conformal field theory (AdS/CFT) holography. The spacetimes in our construction are time-symmetric, big-bang/big-crunch cosmologies with a negative cosmological constant $\Lambda$. In the simplest version of our model the cosmology lives inside a spatially finite bubble within an otherwise empty AdS spacetime. By studying the thermodynamic and geometric properties of this spacetime, we provide evidence that the ``bubble of cosmology'' spacetime has a well-defined dual CFT description.

 

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Add to Calendar 2024-05-24T10:00:00 2024-05-24T12:00:00 Negative Lambda Quantum Cosmology Abstract: We present a model of quantum cosmology based on anti-de Sitter/conformal field theory (AdS/CFT) holography. The spacetimes in our construction are time-symmetric, big-bang/big-crunch cosmologies with a negative cosmological constant $\Lambda$. In the simplest version of our model the cosmology lives inside a spatially finite bubble within an otherwise empty AdS spacetime. By studying the thermodynamic and geometric properties of this spacetime, we provide evidence that the ``bubble of cosmology'' spacetime has a well-defined dual CFT description.   Event Location: Henn 318

May

| Event Location: Henn 309 | Speaker: Adam Dong, PhD student

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Add to Calendar 2024-05-23T14:00:00 2024-05-23T16:00:00 A study of sporadic pulsars and radio transients with the CHIME telescope Lay abstract: Event Location: Henn 309

May

| Event Location: BRIM 311 | Speaker: Étienne Lantagne-Hurtubise – Caltech

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Abstract: Crystalline graphene multilayers present a rich playground to explore correlated electronic phenomena in a tunable and ultra-clean setting. For instance, Bernal bilayer graphene and rhombohedral trilayer graphene host multiple symmetry-broken metallic phases at low temperature, as well as unconventional superconductors with different pairing symmetries.

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Add to Calendar 2024-05-14T13:00:00 2024-05-14T14:00:00 Graphene multilayers: from unconventional superconductors to quantum devices Abstract: Crystalline graphene multilayers present a rich playground to explore correlated electronic phenomena in a tunable and ultra-clean setting. For instance, Bernal bilayer graphene and rhombohedral trilayer graphene host multiple symmetry-broken metallic phases at low temperature, as well as unconventional superconductors with different pairing symmetries. Event Location: BRIM 311

May

| Event Location: TRIUMF Theory Room, 4004 Wesbrook Mall and zoom; https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68938408525?pwd=MVBBK05ZQWdCK2tJKzNGUXZaazJhdz09 Passcode: 959424 | Speaker: Antoine Belly, PhD student

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"Exotic weak decays offer a unique way to probe physics beyond the Standard Model in a low-energy regime using the atomic nucleus as a window to complement the high-energy searches done at particle accelerator facilities. However, in order to extract the relevant physics parameters from experimental observations, inputs from nuclear theory are required.

 

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Add to Calendar 2024-05-13T12:30:00 2024-05-13T14:30:00 Probing Beyond Standard Model Physics Through Ab Initio Calculations of Exotic Weak Processes in Atomic Nuclei "Exotic weak decays offer a unique way to probe physics beyond the Standard Model in a low-energy regime using the atomic nucleus as a window to complement the high-energy searches done at particle accelerator facilities. However, in order to extract the relevant physics parameters from experimental observations, inputs from nuclear theory are required.   Event Location: TRIUMF Theory Room, 4004 Wesbrook Mall and zoom; https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68938408525?pwd=MVBBK05ZQWdCK2tJKzNGUXZaazJhdz09 Passcode: 959424

May

| Event Location: Henn 309 and Zoom, https://ubc.zoom.us/j/69190854282?pwd=amdGR3ovSnhDc0lSaXR6bzNuTkZYQT09 | Speaker: Michael Zurel (PhD student)

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[abstract] Quasiprobability representations serve as a bridge between classical and quantum descriptions of physical systems. In these representations, nonnegativity allows for a probabilistic interpretation, aligning the description with classical physics. 

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Add to Calendar 2024-05-10T09:00:00 2024-05-10T11:00:00 Classical descriptions of quantum computations: Foundations of quantum computation via hidden variable models, quasiprobability representations, and classical simulation algorithms [abstract] Quasiprobability representations serve as a bridge between classical and quantum descriptions of physical systems. In these representations, nonnegativity allows for a probabilistic interpretation, aligning the description with classical physics.  Event Location: Henn 309 and Zoom, https://ubc.zoom.us/j/69190854282?pwd=amdGR3ovSnhDc0lSaXR6bzNuTkZYQT09

May

| Event Location: QMI 188 (2355 East Mall) | Speaker: Dongyang Yang, PhD student

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Rhombohedral(R)-stacked TMD means the neighbouring layers are oriented in the same direction, which can be obtained through either chemical synthesis or artificial stack with a small twist. The investigation into how the stacking order determines the properties of TMD homobilayers is crucial for understanding the exotic physics observed in two-dimensional semiconductors.

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Add to Calendar 2024-05-01T12:00:00 2024-05-01T14:00:00 Emergent optical and electronic properties in atomically thin rhombohedral-stacked transition metal dichalcogenides Abstract: Rhombohedral(R)-stacked TMD means the neighbouring layers are oriented in the same direction, which can be obtained through either chemical synthesis or artificial stack with a small twist. The investigation into how the stacking order determines the properties of TMD homobilayers is crucial for understanding the exotic physics observed in two-dimensional semiconductors. Event Location: QMI 188 (2355 East Mall)

April

| Event Location: 14th floor meeting room, BC Cancer Research Institute | Speaker: Cassandra Miller, PhD student

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Add to Calendar 2024-04-29T10:00:00 2024-04-29T12:00:00 An analysis of imaging and biological effects impacting theranostic dosimetry using radiopharmaceutical pairs Abstract:   Event Location: 14th floor meeting room, BC Cancer Research Institute

April

| Event Location: BRIM 311 | Speaker: Michael Zaletel – University of California Berkley

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Add to Calendar 2024-04-18T10:00:00 2024-04-18T11:00:00 Anomalous Hall Crystals in Graphene: interaction-driven Chern bands at zero magnetic field Event Location: BRIM 311

April

| Event Location: https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/93893398617?pwd=dmlKMCtvaGE3VnkwTDZEdW5xK3VMdz09 Meeting ID: 938 9339 8617 Passcode: 638333 | Speaker: Daniel Yates (PhD student)

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Add to Calendar 2024-04-12T12:00:00 2024-04-12T14:00:00 Advances in decay spectroscopy of 160Gd and developments for transfer experiments using radioactive isotope beams [Abstract] Event Location: https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/93893398617?pwd=dmlKMCtvaGE3VnkwTDZEdW5xK3VMdz09 Meeting ID: 938 9339 8617 Passcode: 638333

April

| Event Location: HENN 202 | Speaker: Allison Man, PHAS Astrophysics

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Add to Calendar 2024-04-11T16:00:00 2024-04-11T17:00:00 From Antarctica to PHAS: Lessons on inclusive leadership and collaboration in STEM Abstract: Event Location: HENN 202

April

| Event Location: BRIM 311 | Speaker: Domenico Giuliano – Department of Physics, Università della Calabria, Italy

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Abstract: By quenching the interaction strength, we induce and study a topological dynamical phase transition between superconducting phases of a planar fermionic model. Using the Lindblad Master Equation approach to account for the interactions of Bogoliubov quasiparticles among themselves and with the fluctuations of the superconducting order parameter, we derive the corresponding relaxation dynamics of the order parameter. To fully characterize the phase transition, we also compute the fidelity and the spin-Hall conductance of the system.

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Add to Calendar 2024-04-10T14:00:00 2024-04-10T15:00:00 Dissipation driven dynamical topological phase transitions in two-dimensional superconductors Abstract: By quenching the interaction strength, we induce and study a topological dynamical phase transition between superconducting phases of a planar fermionic model. Using the Lindblad Master Equation approach to account for the interactions of Bogoliubov quasiparticles among themselves and with the fluctuations of the superconducting order parameter, we derive the corresponding relaxation dynamics of the order parameter. To fully characterize the phase transition, we also compute the fidelity and the spin-Hall conductance of the system. Event Location: BRIM 311

April

| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Daniel Anglés-Alcázar, University of Connecticut

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Add to Calendar 2024-04-08T16:00:00 2024-04-08T17:00:00 Pushing the frontiers of galaxy formation modeling with multi-scale simulations and machine learning Abstract: Event Location: HENN 318

April

| Event Location: UBC plaza area between the UBC Bookstore (6200 University Blvd) and the UBC Alumni Centre (6163 University Blvd) | Speaker: PHAS ASTRO Faculty & Students

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Come and join us for this partial eclipse viewing event! PHAS ASTRO faculty and students will be on-site to share information and to lend you eclipse glasses to view the eclipse.

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Add to Calendar 2024-04-08T10:00:00 2024-04-08T12:30:00 Partial Solar Eclipse Viewing Event Come and join us for this partial eclipse viewing event! PHAS ASTRO faculty and students will be on-site to share information and to lend you eclipse glasses to view the eclipse. Event Location: UBC plaza area between the UBC Bookstore (6200 University Blvd) and the UBC Alumni Centre (6163 University Blvd)

April

| Event Location: HENN 201 | Speaker: Paul Hickson, UBC Department of Physics and Astronomy

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Add to Calendar 2024-04-05T15:00:00 2024-04-05T16:00:00 The International Liquid-Mirror Telescope Abstract:  Event Location: HENN 201

April

| Event Location: HENN 202 | Speaker: Heather Gray (UC Berkeley)

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The search for the Higgs boson was central to the conception and design of the LHC detectors. However, measurements of the Higgs coupling to the second and third-generation quarks were regarded as extremely challenging and, in some cases, impossible.  Scientific ingenuity and original thought have allowed ATLAS and CMS to probe the coupling of the Higgs boson to quarks. I will discuss techniques (including machine learning) used to achieve this and provide a brief perspective on future directions.

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Add to Calendar 2024-04-04T16:00:00 2024-04-04T17:00:00 The Art of the Impossible: Probing Challenging Higgs Channels at the LHC Abstract: The search for the Higgs boson was central to the conception and design of the LHC detectors. However, measurements of the Higgs coupling to the second and third-generation quarks were regarded as extremely challenging and, in some cases, impossible.  Scientific ingenuity and original thought have allowed ATLAS and CMS to probe the coupling of the Higgs boson to quarks. I will discuss techniques (including machine learning) used to achieve this and provide a brief perspective on future directions. Bio: Event Location: HENN 202

April

| Event Location: BRIM 311 | Speaker: Fiona Burnell – University of Minnesota

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Add to Calendar 2024-04-04T10:00:00 2024-04-04T11:00:00 Electrons in twisted layers: design, surprise, and a new set of eyes Event Location: BRIM 311

March

| Event Location: HENN 202 | Speaker: Pieter R. Cullis, PhD, FRSC, FRS, OBC, OC, Director, Nanomedicines Research Group, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia.

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Add to Calendar 2024-03-28T16:00:00 2024-03-28T17:00:00 From Solid State Physics To Nanoparticles That Enable COVID-19 Vaccines And Gene Therapies: A Personal Journey Abstract:  Event Location: HENN 202

March

| Event Location: Henn 318 | Speaker: Dr. Jordan S. Wilson-Gerow, Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Theoretical Astrophysics, remote

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Add to Calendar 2024-03-27T15:00:00 2024-03-27T16:00:00 Effective Field Theory for Extreme Mass Ratios Abstract:  Event Location: Henn 318

March

| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Marta Reina-Campos, CITA Canada Fellow at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) and McMaster University

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Add to Calendar 2024-03-25T16:00:00 2024-03-25T17:00:00 The SCALES project: Stirring the ISM with clustered feedback, and what it does to star clusters Abstract: Event Location: HENN 318

March

| Event Location: UBC Earth Science Building: ESB 1012 (also on zoom) | Speaker: Dr. Shohini Ghose, Professor of Physics & Computer Science at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo

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International Women's Day event:

The event is co-sponsored by UBC’s Faculty of Science, Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Department of Mathematics, Quantum Matter Institute, Department of Physics & Astronomy and UBC Bookstore.

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Add to Calendar 2024-03-22T14:00:00 2024-03-22T16:00:00 Her Space, Her Time: How Trailblazing Women Scientists Decoded the Hidden Universe International Women's Day event: The event is co-sponsored by UBC’s Faculty of Science, Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Department of Mathematics, Quantum Matter Institute, Department of Physics & Astronomy and UBC Bookstore. Event Location: UBC Earth Science Building: ESB 1012 (also on zoom)

March

| Event Location: HENN 202 | Speaker: Zev Bryant, Stanford University

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Add to Calendar 2024-03-21T16:00:00 2024-03-21T17:00:00 Making and measuring macromolecular machines Abstract : Event Location: HENN 202

March

| Event Location: BRIM 311 | Speaker: Janez Bonca – University of Ljubljana

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Abstract: In the first part of my talk, I will discuss  a Holstein-like model with two electrons nonlinearly coupled to quantum phonons. Using an efficient method based on full quantum approach [1-4] we  simulate the dynamical response of a system subject to a short spatially uniform optical pulse that couples to dipole-active vibrational modes. Nonlinear electron-phonon coupling can either soften or strengthen the phonon frequency in the presence of electron density [5].

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Add to Calendar 2024-03-21T10:00:00 2024-03-21T11:00:00 Equilibrium and far-from-equilibrium properties of bipolaron coupled to dispersive phonons Abstract: In the first part of my talk, I will discuss  a Holstein-like model with two electrons nonlinearly coupled to quantum phonons. Using an efficient method based on full quantum approach [1-4] we  simulate the dynamical response of a system subject to a short spatially uniform optical pulse that couples to dipole-active vibrational modes. Nonlinear electron-phonon coupling can either soften or strengthen the phonon frequency in the presence of electron density [5]. Event Location: BRIM 311

March

| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Josh Emery, Northern Arizona University

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Add to Calendar 2024-03-18T16:00:00 2024-03-18T17:00:00 Emerging Views of the Kuiper Belt from JWST Abstract: Event Location: HENN 318

March

| Event Location: HENN 202 | Speaker: Tim Tait, University of California, Irvine

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I will discuss the need to extend the Standard Model of particle physics in order to describe the dark matter, a mysterious substance whose existence can be inferred from cosmological measurements, but whose fundamental nature remains unknown.  I’ll discuss how a broad strategy of searching for dark matter using techniques from particle physics and astronomy maximize our chances of successfully discovering its identity, and what this could mean for future research in particle physics.

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Add to Calendar 2024-03-14T16:00:00 2024-03-14T17:00:00 Casting a Wide Net for Dark Matter Abstract:I will discuss the need to extend the Standard Model of particle physics in order to describe the dark matter, a mysterious substance whose existence can be inferred from cosmological measurements, but whose fundamental nature remains unknown.  I’ll discuss how a broad strategy of searching for dark matter using techniques from particle physics and astronomy maximize our chances of successfully discovering its identity, and what this could mean for future research in particle physics. Bio: Event Location: HENN 202

March

| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Kirit Karkare

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Add to Calendar 2024-03-14T11:00:00 2024-03-14T12:00:00 Pushing the Limits of Cosmology with Next-Generation Millimeter-Wave Telescopes Abstract: Event Location: HENN 318

March

| Event Location: BRIM 311 | Speaker: Kamran Kamiri – National Centre for Nuclear Research, Poland

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Abstract: In my presentation, I will give an overview of three primary areas that have been my focal research interests at NOMATEN CoE: i) crystal and amorphous plasticity, ii) transport properties of high-entropy alloys (HEAs), and iii) micro-structural informatics. In i), my research has employed statistical physics to unravel the microscopic basis of plasticity based on the collective dynamics of shear transformation zones in amorphous solids as well as dislocations mechanics in crystalline metals.

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Add to Calendar 2024-03-14T09:45:00 2024-03-14T10:45:00 Multiscale Modeling of Mechanical Deformation in Chemically Complex Alloys Abstract: In my presentation, I will give an overview of three primary areas that have been my focal research interests at NOMATEN CoE: i) crystal and amorphous plasticity, ii) transport properties of high-entropy alloys (HEAs), and iii) micro-structural informatics. In i), my research has employed statistical physics to unravel the microscopic basis of plasticity based on the collective dynamics of shear transformation zones in amorphous solids as well as dislocations mechanics in crystalline metals. Event Location: BRIM 311