Abstract: When electrons are forced to interact
strongly with each other, some of the most exotic electronic phases
and novel quasiparticles may emerge. A key approach to force
electrons to strongly interact with one another is to confine them
to...
One of the unsolved problems in extragalactic astronomy is
understanding the physics of how the most distant massive galaxies
grow their stellar mass over cosmic time. Large-scale
hydrodynamical simulations have been largely successful in
matching...
In this talk I will review the current state of and future
prospects for exoplanet demographics. I will walk through the
latest understanding of the frequency of Earth-like planets from
Kepler, and their implications for NASA’s next flagship
mission...
The NASA Parker Solar Probe (PSP) mission was launched in 2018
and has made 20 orbits of the Sun with perihelion altitudes down to
10.3 solar radii. After a Venus Gravity Assist in November of this
year, perihelion will reach 8.8 solar radii above...
Supermassive black holes are a critical ingredient in our
Universe. They are the most luminous persistent sources in the sky,
in both photons and gravitational waves, and they play an essential
role in the formation and growth of galaxies. My...
The Bahcall Lunch follows the astrophysics colloquium lecture.
Registration is required by 4pm the previous Thursday so a meal can
be provided. Email Amanda at cenker@ias.edu
with questions.
The recent breakthrough in the detection of gravitational waves
(GWs) from merging black hole (BH) and neutron star (NS) binaries
by advanced LIGO/Virgo has generated renewed interest in
understanding the formation mechanisms of merging compact...
Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) provide valuable cosmological
constraints independent from the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)
and Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO). While the most recent and
largest single sample of SNe Ia from the Dark Energy...
