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Physics Calendar

The Physics calendar contains High Energy Theory events hosted by the Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University. A condensed version of the calendar is sent to the general Physics mailing list on Friday afternoons. Reminder emails are sent the morning of the event. If you are a local faculty member, postdoc or graduate student and would like to be added to the general Physics mailing list, please contact Lisa Fleischer, lisa@ias.edu

Apr
14
2026

Princeton University Dark Cosmos Seminar

Simulating self-interacting dark matter with AREPO-2
Oliver Zier
4:00pm|Jadwin Hall, Joe Henry Room

Abstract: Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) is a well-motivated extension of ΛCDM that can alter the inner structure of haloes via collisional heat transport. It has been explored as a possible solution to small-scale tensions such as the cusp-...

Apr
14
2026

PCTS Lecture

When Atoms Compute: Quantum Computing, Simulation, and Sensing with Atoms, Ions, and Light
Peter Zoller
5:00pm|McDonnell Hall, Room A-02

Abstract: Quantum mechanics governs nature at its smallest scales—but today we can engineer that quantum world by creating and controlling entanglement, the unique fingerprint of quantum physics. Using laser-controlled atoms and ions, researchers...

Apr
15
2026

Princeton University PCTS Workshop

Quantum Information/Simulation and Open Systems
8:00am|407 Jadwin Hall, 4th Floor, PCTS Seminar Room

Organizers: 
Dima Abanin, Waseem Bakr, Lawerence Cheuk, Sam Garratt, Sarang Gopalakerishnan, Nick O'Dea

Registration is free, but required, and you must be a current faculty member, researcher, or graduate student at an accredited institution to...

Apr
15
2026

Princeton University Donald R. Hamilton Lecture

The Statistical Physics of Flocks and Swarms
Irene Giardina
6:00pm|McDonnell Hall, A-02

Abstract: Flocks and swarms are iconic examples of living matter, in which motile, interacting individuals give rise to emergent global patterns. Despite the complexity of their biological components, these groups obey robust statistical laws and...

Apr
16
2026

Princeton University PCTS Workshop

Quantum Information/Simulation and Open Systems
8:00am|407 Jadwin Hall, 4th Floor, PCTS Seminar Room

Organizers: 
Dima Abanin, Waseem Bakr, Lawerence Cheuk, Sam Garratt, Sarang Gopalakerishnan, Nick O'Dea

Registration is free, but required, and you must be a current faculty member, researcher, or graduate student at an accredited institution to...

Apr
17
2026

Princeton University PCTS Workshop

Quantum Information/Simulation and Open Systems
8:00am|407 Jadwin Hall, 4th Floor, PCTS Seminar Room

Organizers: 
Dima Abanin, Waseem Bakr, Lawerence Cheuk, Sam Garratt, Sarang Gopalakerishnan, Nick O'Dea

Registration is free, but required, and you must be a current faculty member, researcher, or graduate student at an accredited institution to...

Apr
21
2026

Biology Seminar

The Mathematics of Human Population Growth and CO2 Emissions
Victor M. Yakovenko
10:30am|Bloomberg Hall Biology Conference Room (1st Floor, Room 113)

As a postdoc at Rutgers University, I attended a physics colloquium presented by Sergei Kapitza in the fall of 1992.  His talk argued that human population growth is hyperbolic with a singularity in the year 2026.  Actually, this claim was first...