Hamilton Colloquium Series, Subir Sachdev, Harvard University, "Planckian Metals and Black Holes" Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm Many modern materials feature a “Planckian metal”: a phase of electronic quantum matter without quasiparticle excitations, and relaxation in a time of order Planck's constant divided by the absolute temperature. The semiclassical theory of black holes predicts thermodynamic properties which are difficult to… Speaker Subir Sachdev Affiliation Harvard University Presentation "Planckian Metals and Black Holes" Hamilton Colloquium Series, Eliot Quataert, Princeton University, “Neutron Star Mergers, Gravitational Waves and the Origin of the Elements” Thu, Nov 4, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm The discovery of compact object mergers by LIGO has opened up a new window into the Universe’s most exotic objects, neutron stars and black holes. Maximizing the scientific return of this new window requires connecting gravitational wave detections to the wealth of electromagnetic data on similar sources. I… Speaker Eliot Quataert Affiliation Princeton University Presentation “Neutron Star Mergers, Gravitational Waves and the Origin of the Elements” Hamilton Colloquium Series, Howard Stone, Princeton University, "Classical fluid mechanics confronts modern research questions: Virus transport, a novel similarity solution, and an N-body problem" Thu, Oct 7, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm I will provide a brief overview of recent projects in my group where we identify new analytical and physical features of flows common to modern research questions. First, I will share some of our work (experimental and numerical) on fluid dynamics themes related to virus transmission by speech, which has… Speaker Howard Stone Affiliation Princeton University Presentation "Classical fluid mechanics confronts modern research questions: Virus transport, a novel similarity solution, and an N-body problem" By Year 2024 (5)2023 (15)2022 (11)2021 (3)(selected)2020 (8)2019 (17)2018 (20)2017 (16)2016 (20)2015 (16)2014 (17)2013 (19)2012 (20)2011 (16)2010 (9) By Category Astroparticle SeminarAtomic Physics SeminarBiophysics SeminarCondensed Matter SeminarDark Cosmo SeminarDistinguished Lecture SeriesDonald R. Hamilton ColloquiumDonald R. Hamilton LectureEquity Diversity and Inclusion InitiativeFPOGravity Group SeminarGravity Initiative SeminarHigh Energy Experiment SeminarHigh Energy Theory SeminarMathematical Physics SeminarParticle Physics SeminarPCTS SeminarPhenomenology SeminarPrinceton Quantum ColloquiumQuantum InitiativeSpecial EventSpecial SeminarStatistical Mechanics Seminar