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Many spectroscopic observations in astrophysics, planetary science, heliophysics, and earth science benefit from spatial mapping of some sort. In most cases, this requires slit-stepping a conventional long slit spectrograph or the use of a multi-object or integral-field spectrograph. The relatively low reflectivity of UV mirrors and poor transmission of most dielectrics severely restrict the design space of UV multi-object and integral field spectrographs (MOS and IFS, respectively).

String theory offers a viable theory of quantum gravity, with spin 2 gravitons encoded in closed strings.  But the failure to find evidence for supersymmetry at the LHC has left string theory in an uncertain state.  A solution to the problem is in plain sight: revert to classic nonsupersymmetric, bosonic string theory, reenvisaged as a theory of all the forces, not just the strong force.  The classic theory correctly reproduces the Brauer-Weyl (1935) algebraic relation between fermions and bosons seen in the standard model, whereas supersymmetry does not.

This is the inaugural W. Carl Lineberger Seminar which is designed to advance graduate student-organized seminars within the Physical Chemistry Program of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Colorado Boulder. The seminars address current topics in physical chemistry, promote rigorous scholarly discussion, and foster collaboration among graduate students, faculty, and invited speakers. This seminar program is supported by private donations to the University of Colorado Foundation.

I will discuss NASA's Lucy mission, which is the first reconnaissance of the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. Asteroids are the leftovers from the age of planet formation. But, unlike the planets themselves, they have remained relatively unchanged since they formed. As a result, they hold vital clues to how our Solar System formed and evolved, and thus can be considered the fossils of planet formation. Lucy will visit eight of these important objects between 2027 and 2033.

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All chemical reactions are controlled by species we rarely detect: short-lived carbenes, radicals, and ketenes steer reaction pathways and ultimately determine selectivity and yield. Conventional tools such as GC/MS or NMR usually miss intermediates, even though mechanistic insight is urgently needed for rational process optimization.

I will discuss NASA's Lucy mission, which is the first reconnaissance of the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. Asteroids are the leftovers from the age of planet formation. But, unlike the planets themselves, they have remained relatively unchanged since they formed. As a result, they hold vital clues to how our Solar System formed and evolved, and thus can be considered the fossils of planet formation. Lucy will visit eight of these important objects between 2027 and 2033.

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Join CU Wizards Professors Eleanor Hodby and Steven Pollock, along with Gwen Eccles, as they dive into the fascinating world of light, color and color perception - where physics and biology meet!

Mineralogy as a discipline has established the principles of crystal structure, symmetry, and chemistry that dictate all of modern material science underlying everything from computers to photonic technologies operating based on quantum mechanical principles. However, nature itself also acts a laboratory assembling naturally occurring minerals that exhibit even exotic quantum phenomena. I will discuss examples such as natural superconductors, strange metals, or spin liquids which result from the interplay of the quantized nature of electrons, spin, and lattice.

The Department of Biochemistry invites professors and scientists fr

The Department of Biochemistry invites professors and scientists fr

Almost exactly 100 years ago, in the early months of 1926, Erwin Schrödinger published a series of four papers that would transform not only the prevailing theories of physics but also mankind’s very understanding of the nature of reality.

The Department of Biochemistry invites professors and scientists fr