Hill Hall

Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics Abstract: A precise understanding of the interaction between the atomic nucleus and its bound electrons enables the exploration of physical phenomena across a wide range of energy scales. Atoms and molecules containing nuclei with extreme proton-to-neutron ratios can be artificially created to amplify and study […]

Raymond Ladbury NASA Abstract: Watching a part fail while radiation testing is not an uncommon experience.  However, when the previous testing on your part suggests that protons are too feebly ionizing to kill your part and it dies anyway…that will make you sit up and take notice!  And when your billion-dollar satellite is already flying […]

Mark Siemens University of Denver, Department of Physics & Astronomy Abstract: Entangled photons are a valuable resource for quantum logic, imaging, and information theory. While measuring entangled state amplitudes is relatively straightforward with coincidence-based correlation filters, the entangled state phases have received relatively little attention – despite the important role that phases play in defining […]

Dylan Yost Colorado State University, Department of Physics Abstract: Because of atomic hydrogen’s simplicity, its energy levels can be precisely described by theory. This has made hydrogen an important atom in the development of quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics (QED). While one can use hydrogen spectroscopy to determine the Rydberg constant and the proton charge […]

David Moore Yale University, Department of Physics Abstract: The development of optomechanical systems has revolutionized the detection of tiny forces over the past few decades. As such technologies reach (and surpass) quantum measurement limits, they can enable new searches for weakly coupled phenomena, including dark matter, gravitational waves, "fifth’’ forces, and sterile neutrinos. As a […]

Benjamin Jones University of Texas-Arlington, Physics Department Abstract: The goal of future neutrinoless double beta decay experiments is to establish whether neutrino is its own antiparticle, by searching for an ultra-rare decay process with a half life that may be more than 10^28 years.  Such a discovery would have major implications for cosmology and particle […]

Lawrence Wiencke Colorado School of Mines, Physics Department Abstract: Ultra-high energy cosmic rays are the highest energy subatomic particles known to exist. Although much harder to detect, very high-energy neutrinos also carry information about the most extreme environments in the universe. And since they have zero charge, they point back to their creation point. The […]

Tim Sweitzer Colorado School of Mines, Environmental Health & Safety All lectures in Hill Hall 202 unless otherwise specified

Thomas Fix University of Strasbourg, ICube Labroratoy (CNRS) Abstract: This seminar will give an overview of three different topics currently investigated in the Materials for electronic and photovoltaic devices team (MaCEPV) of ICube laboratory. Downshifting and downconversion for solar cells Downshifting and downconversion are advanced concepts for solar cells enabling a better match between the […]