Colloquia Arizona State University
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Colloquia until 12/01/2022:
January 12, 2022
Demystifying black holes
by Prof. Georgi R. Dvali, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
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December 15, 2021
Shining new light on the physics of neutron star mergers
by Prof. Brian Metzger, Columbia University
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December 8, 2021
Spin polarization and spin transport in quark-gluon plasma
by Xu-Guang Huang, Fudan University
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December 1, 2021
JWST status as of 2021, and some of its first science programs: Faint object time domain, cluster lensing & caustic transits
by Rogier A. Windhorst, Arizona State University
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November 24, 2021
Open-Quantum-Systems: Thermometry at the extremes
by Prof. Alexander Rothkopf, University of Stavanger, Norway
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November 17, 2021
Adventures in flatland: Quantum criticality in the 2+1d Thirring model
by Prof. Simon Hands, University of Liverpool, UK
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November 10, 2021:
Index theorems, generalized Hall currents, and topology for gapless defect fermions
by Prof. Srimoyee Sen, Iowa State University
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November 3, 2021
Unnuclear physics: Conformal symmetry in nuclear reactions
by Prof. Dam T. Son, University of Chicago
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October 27, 2021
Multi-messenger astronomy and the physics of hot and dense matter
by Prof. Andrew W. Steiner, University of Tennessee
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October 20, 2021
Small-x contribution to the proton spin puzzle
by Prof. Yuri V. Kovchegov, Ohio State University
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October 13, 2021
Plasma screening and the critical end point in the QCD phase diagram
by Prof. Alejandro Ayala, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico
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October 6, 2021
Neutrinos and gravity: multi-messenger scenarios
by Prof. Cecilia Lunardini, Arizona State University
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September 29, 2021:
Chiral anomalous processes in magnetospheres of compact stars
by Prof. Eduard Gorbar, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
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September 22, 2021:
Geometry and anomalies in Dirac matter
by Prof. Maria A. H. Vozmediano, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Spain
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September 15, 2021:
On the phase structure of QCD
by Prof. Jan M. Pawlowski, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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September 8, 2021:
Semiclassical theory of QCD phase transitions
by Prof. Edward Shuryak, Stony Brook University
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September 1, 2021:
Nuclear lattice simulations
by Prof. Dean Lee, Michigan State University
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August 25, 2021:
Towards quantum simulations for nuclear and particle physics
by Prof. Martin J. Savage, University of Washington
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August 18, 2021:
Anomalous spin-rotation coupling at finite temperature
by Dr. Matteo Buzzegoli, Iowa State University
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August 11, 2021:
Tests of general relativity with black hole shadows
by Prof. Dimitrios Psaltis, University of Arizona
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August 4, 2021:
Extracting the diffusivity and charge susceptibilities of the QGP from experiment
by Prof. Scott Pratt, Michigan State University
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July 28, 2021:
QCD, gravity and inertia
by Prof. Oleg Teryaev, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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July 21, 2021:
New understanding of liquid thermodynamics, viscosity and its lower bounds
by Prof. Kostya Trachenko, Queen Mary University of London, UK
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July 7, 2021:
Wave turbulence and anomalous diffusion of jets in the QGP
by Prof. Yacine Mehtar-Tani, Brookhaven National Laboratory
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June 30, 2021:
Probing the dense matter equation of state with neutron star mergers
by Dr. Carolyn Raithel, Institute for Advanced Study & Princeton University
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June 23, 2021:
Heavy flavor kinematic correlations in cold (and hot) nuclear matter
by Prof. Ramona Vogt, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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June 16, 2021:
New developments of spin physics in relativistic heavy ion collisions
by Prof. Francesco Becattini, University of Florence, Italy
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June 9, 2021:
A NICER view of neutron stars
by Prof. Anna L. Watts, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
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June 2, 2021:
Chiral magnetic effect: from quarks to quantum computers
by Prof. Dmitri Kharzeev, Stony Brook University
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May 26, 2021:
Hydrodynamics for heavy-ion collisions – status and recent developments
by Prof. Ulrich Heinz, Ohio State University
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May 19, 2021:
A primer on Tsallis statistics for nuclear and particle physics
by Prof. Joseph Kapusta, University of Minnesota
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May 12, 2021:
Does the spin “flow” in relativistic heavy-ion collisions?
by Prof. Radoslaw Ryblewski, Institute of Nuclear Physics of Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
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May 5, 2021:
Bottomonium suppression in the QGP – From EFTs to non-unitary quantum evolution
by Prof. Michael Strickland, Kent State University
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April 28, 2021:
Electrodynamics of hot nuclear matter and other chiral media
by Prof. Kirill Tuchin, Iowa State University
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April 21, 2021:
Deconstructing relativistic fluid dynamics
by Prof. Jorge Noronha, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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April 14, 2021
by Prof. Maulik Parikh, Arizona State University
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April 7, 2021
Big Bang Nucleosynthesis: Post Planck
by Prof. Keith Olive, University of Minnesota
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March 31, 2021:
Multi-messenger heavy-ion physics
by Prof. Chun Shen, Wayne State University
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March 24, 2021:
Relativistic nuclear collisions: factory for exotic quantum matter
by Prof. Jinfeng Liao, Indiana University
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March 17, 2021:
Flow and jet quenching in small systems
by Prof. Urs Achim Wiedemann, CERN
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March 10, 2021:
Spin, vortices, anomaly and hydrodynamics
by Prof. Ho-Ung Yee, University of Illinois at Chicago
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March 03, 2021:
Magnetars
by Prof. Andrei M. Beloborodov, Columbia University
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February 24, 2021:
Evolution of primordial neutrino helicities in astrophysical magnetic fields and implications for their detection
by Prof. Gordon Baym, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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February 17, 2021:
Semi-Abelian gauge theories, non-invertible symmetries, and string tensions beyond N-ality
by Prof. Mithat Unsal, North Carolina State University
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February 10, 2021:
Nonrelativistic multiscale systems with effective quantum field theories
by Prof. Nora Brambilla, Technical University of Munich, Germany
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February 3, 2021:
Einstein-Cartan gravity: inflation, dark matter and electroweak symmetry breaking
by Prof. Mikhail Shaposhnikov, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
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January 27, 2021:
The impact of electromagnetic and vortical fields in relativistic nuclear collisions
by Dr. Lucia Oliva, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
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January 20, 2021:
Exploring the QGP at finite baryon chemical potential in and out of equilibrium
by Prof. Elena Bratkovskaya, GSI, Germany
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January 13, 2021:
Atoms and ions as quantum simulators of quarks, gluons, and nuclei?
by Prof. Zohreh Davoudi, University of Maryland
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December 9, 2020:
Topology change, emergent symmetry and compact star matter
by Prof. Yong-Liang Ma, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS, China
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December 2, 2020:
What have we learned about binary neutron stars since the discovery of GW170817?
by Prof. Duncan Brown, Syracuse University
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November 25, 2020:
Helical magnetic fields in the early universe
by Prof. Axel Brandenburg, Nordita, Sweden
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November 18, 2020:
QCD at finite density and phenomenology
Prof. Prof. Claudia Ratti, University of Houston
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November 11, 2020:
Quark-gluon plasma and thermodynamics of QCD on the lattice
Prof. Prof. Alexei Bazavov, Michigan State University
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November 04, 2020:
The reasonable and unreasonable effectiveness of hydrodynamics in exotic quantum matter
Prof. Hong Liu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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October 28, 2020:
Decoding the path integral: resurgent asymptotics and extreme QFT
by Prof. Gerald V. Dunne, University of Connecticut
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October 21, 2020:
Strangeness in nuclei and neutron stars
by Dr. Laura Tolos, Institute of Space Sciences, Barcelona, Spain
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October 14, 2020:
Hydrodynamics with 50 particles. What does it mean and how to think about it?
by Prof. Donato Giorgio Torrieri, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
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October 07, 2020:
Pushing the limits of hydrodynamics
by Prof. Pavel Kovtun, University of Victoria, Canada
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September 30, 2020:
A data-driven approach to quantifying the shear viscosity of nature’s most ideal liquid
by Prof. Steffen A. Bass, Duke University
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September 23, 2020:
NICER, gravitational waves, and neutron stars
by Prof. M. Coleman Miller, University of Maryland
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September 16, 2020:
Color instabilities in quark-gluon plasma
by Prof. Stanisław Mrówczyński, Jan Kochanowski University & National Centre for Nuclear Research, Poland
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September 09, 2020:
What is Quark Matter?
by Prof. Aleksey Cherman, University of Minnesota
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September 02, 2020:
Non-equilibrium QCD in Heavy-Ion collisions
by Prof. Sören Schlichting, University of Bielefeld, Germany
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August 26, 2020:
Anomalous transport in the quark-gluon plasma
by Dr. Roy A. Lacey, Stony Brook
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August 19, 2020:
Separating fact from fantasy in the proton’s spin: the chiral anomaly and the proton spin puzzle
by Dr. Raju Venugopalan, Brookhaven National Laboratory
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July 15, 2020:
The smallest fluid on earth
by Dr. Björn Schenke, Brookhaven National Laboratory
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July 8, 2020:
Quark matter in the cores of neutron stars
by Prof. Aleksi Kurkela, CERN & University of Stavanger, Norway
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July 1, 2020:
Global polarization signals from hot, dense and whirly QCD matter
by Prof. Maria Elena Tejeda-Yeomans, Universidad de Colima, México
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June 24, 2020:
“Hot QCD matter in magnetic fields: phase transition and permeability”
by Prof. Gergely Endrődi, University of Bielefeld, Germany
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June 17, 2020:
“Dense matter in neutron stars and its role in multi-messenger astrophysics”
by Prof. Sanjay Reddy, Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington
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June 3, 2020:
“The challenge of discovering QCD critical point”
by Prof. Mikhail Stephanov, University of Illinois Chicago
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May 6, 2020:
“Exotic matter produced in neutron star mergers”
by Prof. Veronica Dexheimer, Kent State University
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April 1, 2020:
“Hydrodynamization and attractors in rapidly expanding fluids”
by Dr. Mauricio Martinez Guerrero, North Carolina State University
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March 25, 2020:
“Nature’s most extreme fluid — the quark gluon plasma”
by Prof. Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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