The Rutgers Physics & Astronomy Newsletter       Number S25-17    2025-Apr 28

          Editor: Daniel Friedan        Publisher: Christina Pettola
Contributions should be sent to newsletter@physics.rutgers.edu


ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The annual Department Banquet and Awards Ceremony, co-hosted by the Society of 
Physics Students and the Rutgers Astronomical Society, is tonight, April 
28 starting at 6:00 pm in Multipurpose Room B in the Busch Student Center. 
Professor Weida Wu will be the speaker. Recipients of Departmental Awards, 
Scholarships and Fellowships will be recognized. The banquet is supported by the 
Department Chair’s Fund – thank you to those who generously contribute to this 
Fund. If you have yet to rsvp, we regret we will not be able to accommodate you; 
seating is limited.



SEMINARS AND COLLOQUIUM:
     Seminars and colloquia are being conducted either in-person, on the web, or hybrid. 
     See below the events listing for pages giving instructions for connecting to the web seminars.

CMS  Tues Apr 29 	Kai Sun, University of Michigan
1:30   330W and Zoom    "Flat bands, topology, and fractionalization - a new pathway towards fractional topological states"
                        link:  https://go.rutgers.edu/a4i4dof1

AST  Tues Apr 29	Matthew Grayling, University of Cambridge
2:00   401W and Zoom	"Unveiling the Intrinsic Mass Step of Type Ia Supernovae"
			link:  https://go.rutgers.edu/g26yjt94

HET  Tues Apr 29 	Aishik Ghosh, UCI
2:30   385E and Zoom    "Probing High-Dimensional Spaces: From Theory Design in Phenomenology to Parameter Inference in ATLAS"
                        link:  https://go.rutgers.edu/pjrxfl2f

NPS  Tues Apr 29 	Ani Aprahamian, University of Notre Dame
3:30   330W and Zoom    "Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and the Li problem"
                        link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/93779976379?pwd=il0hcaJDPrjyaLl1qm2JmCZ85fjMEy.1

SIP  Tues Apr 29 	Zhiqi Duan, Agni Purani, Rutgers University
5:40   330W		"Student Talks"

MPS  Wed Apr 30		Pablo Sartori, Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine
10:45   Zoom		"Accurate self-assembly in a complex energy landscape"
			link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/91598082677?pwd=7zw14OBsQX0Pt5UokoIeH1H1XI5QNW.1

COL  Wed Apr 30        	Ani Aprahamian, University of Notre Dame
3:30   330W and Zoom   	"Were the Superheavy Elements Made in Nature?"
                       	link:  https://go.rutgers.edu/26z9hrza

MPS  Thurs May 1	Jacob Shapiro, Princeton University
12:10   Hill 705	"Classification of insulators in one and two dimensions"

EIJC  Thurs May 1       Megan Tillman, Rutgers University
1:30   372E and Zoom    "Travel tips for the summer!"
                        link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/98265474924?pwd=UzeQVUeww8qMX3KqD5tI3WXdMDIxzA.1

HET  Fri May 2  	Hernan Rincon, University of Rochester
12:30   385E and Zoom   TBA
                        link:  https://go.rutgers.edu/pjrxfl2f


*********Partial List of Next Week's Seminars**************

CMS  Tues May 6 	Liuyan Zhao, University of Michigan
1:30   330W and Zoom    TBA
                        link:  https://go.rutgers.edu/a4i4dof1

HET  Tues May 6 	Jessica N. Howard, KITP
2:30   385E and Zoom    TBA
                        link:  https://go.rutgers.edu/pjrxfl2f

MPS  Wed May 7		Udo Seifert, University of Stuttgart
10:45   Zoom		"Universal Bounds on Entropy Production from Waiting-Time Distributions"
			link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/98500395202?pwd=OGNlGX4B6K2SZkWtoobaRugK4rIzHJ.1

MPS  Thurs May 8	Seungki Kim, University of Cincinnati
12:10   Hill 705	"A physical study of the LLL algorithm"

CMS  Fri May 9  	Chris Lygouras, Johns Hopkins
1:30   330W and Zoom    "Topological fermions and collective behavior in bulk matter"
                        link:  https://go.rutgers.edu/a4i4dof1


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The departmental calendar of colloquia and seminars is
        https://physics.rutgers.edu/events/events-calendar/

For instructions for connecting to the web seminars, see

     AST        Astrophysics Seminar                         https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/astro/seminars
     CCB        Chemistry & Chemical Biology                 https://chem.rutgers.edu/
     CMS        Condensed Matter Seminar                     https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/seminars/condensedmatter
     COL        Colloquium                                   https://physics.rutgers.edu/events/colloquium
     CQB        Center for Quantitative Biology              https://cqb.rutgers.edu/
     DELTA-P    Developing Educators and Leaders 
                       Among TAs in Physics                  https://rutgers.instructure.com/courses/321686/
     GAP        Geometry & Physics Seminar
     HET        High Energy Theory Seminar                   https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/het/seminars
     HEX        High Energy Experimental                     http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/hex/seminars
     HON        Honors Seminar
     I2I        Invitations to Industry
     IQB        Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine       https://iqb.rutgers.edu/seminars
     JPAS       Junior Physics & Astronomy Seminar
     LSM        Lab for Surface Modification                 https://lsm.rutgers.edu/events/
     MiPA/EIJC  RU Minorities in P & A /                     https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/rumipa/eijc.html
                       Equity & Inclusion Journal Club                                      
     ML         Machine Learning Group Meeting
     MPS        Mathematical Physics Seminar                 https://cmsr.rutgers.edu/news-events-cmsr/mathematical-physics-webinar/range.listevents/-
                                                             https://cmsr.rutgers.edu/news-events-cmsr/mathematical-physics-in-person-seminar/range.listevents/-
     MSE        Materials Science & Engineering              https://mse.rutgers.edu/
     NPS        Nuclear Physics Seminar                      https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/np/seminars
     PAER       Physics and Astronomy Education Research
     PCS        Physical Chemistry Seminar                   https://remsinglab.com/pchemseminars
     PhyLT      Physics of Learning Theory                   https://nilavam.github.io/phyML/index.html
     SIP        Seminar in Physics                           http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/grad/634/
     SPS        Society of Physics Students Talk Series      http://sps.physics.rutgers.edu/
     SSPAR      Student Seminars in P & A at Rutgers         http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/gso/SSPAR/