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Abstract: The ability to measure what students are learning (or not) is a crucial component of crafting effective learning environments. In particular, low-stakes, standardized diagnostic assessments can provide a valuable tool for tracking student learning over time and between instructional approaches to identify effective strategies that improve students' understanding of core physics content.
When can isolated many body quantum systems fail to go to equilibrium under their own dynamics, and how robust can this 'ergodicity breaking’ be? This question has been a central theme of research in quantum dynamics and statistical mechanics over the past decade, and I will share with you some highlights, focusing on three key developments: many body localization, dynamics with multipolar symmetries, and dynamics with higher form symmetries. I will present the rich and exotic phenomena that arise in these three regimes, and how they may be realized experimentally.
Abstract: ‘Experiments whose data are processed using a computational model are often plagued by unc
Abstract: Polydopamine (PDA) is a widely employed anchoring layer across various applications. Despite its straightforward preparation, PDA's utility is restricted due to its notable chemical and topological variability. Understanding the formation process and physicochemical characteristics of the formed confluent layers, as well as the present adherent nanoaggregates [1 – 3], on a nanoscale level is essential for expanding the applications of PDA.
Abstract: Photosystems are protein complexes located in the thylakoid membranes of plants and other organisms and are the sites of the fundamental first steps of photosynthesis. In particular, Photosystem II (PSII) absorbs solar energy to catalyze the oxidation of water, generating oxygen as a byproduct. The photocatalytic reaction in PSII also initiates an electron transport chain and proton gradient, that results in the production of NADPH and ATP molecules.
Abstract: Laser-based measurement and control of atomic and molecular states form the foundation of modern quantum technology and provide deep insights to fundamental physics. The recent breakthrough of quantum-state-resolved thorium-229 nuclear laser spectroscopy marks the beginning of precision metrology for nuclear transitions. Using a state-of-the-art frequency comb in the vacuum-ultraviolet, we coherently excite the thorium nuclear clock transition and link its frequency directly to today’s most precise atomic clock based on strontium-87.
In this talk, I will describe my work on
Our group studies chemical reactions of ultracold Rb atoms in a state-to-state
resolved fashion, where we prepare reactants in well defined quantum states and
measure the quantum states of the molecular products. In particular, we focus on
three-body recombination where three atoms collide, forming a diatomic molecule.
The third atom carries away part of the binding energy. We are currently
investigating methods to gain control over this chemical reaction. By making use of
Note: Snacks will be provided.