Illinois Physics Colloquia Series 2020/2021 (Public)
Illinois Physics Colloquia Series 2020/2021 (Public)
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A central goal of condensed matter physics is to study the universal emergent properties of macroscopic quantum systems with large numbers of interacting particles.…
2020 McMillan Award Lecture - "Many-body…
From Suzanne Hallihan
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Two seemingly unrelated phenomena - high-energy collisions of atomic nuclei and black hole formation in gravitational collapse - have motivated theoretical physicists in…
2021 Axel Memorial Lecture - "Amor Caloris:…
From Suzanne Hallihan
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The magnetic moment of the muon is a unique property of a fundamental particle. Not only can the muon’s magnetic moment be measured with great precision, it can…
Special Colloquium - "First results from the…
From Suzanne Hallihan
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One of the most famous tidbits of received wisdom about quantum mechanics is that “you can’t ask” which path a photon took in an interferometer once it…
Physics Colloquium: "Quantum Detective…
From Suzanne Hallihan
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Neutrinos and other light relic particles leave a number of imprints in the cosmic microwave background anisotropies and on maps large-scale structure of the…
Physics Colloquium - "Neutrinos Properties…
From Suzanne Hallihan
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Quantum information science and related technologies include quantum computers, which will be able to solve important problems beyond the reach of classical…
Physics Colloquium - “How to Create and…
From Suzanne Hallihan
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Trapped atomic ions are a leading physical platform for quantum computers, featuring qubits with essentially infinite idle coherence times. Such atomic clock…
Physics Colloquium - "Quantum Computing With…
From Suzanne Hallihan
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Spontaneous decay of a single photon is a notoriously inefficient process in nature irrespective of the frequency range. We will show that a quantum phase-slip…
Physics Colloquium - "Circuit QED Meets…
From Suzanne Hallihan
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The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is a global submillimeter-wavelength very long baseline array that produces the highest angular resolution images of black holes. In…
2020 Watson Memorial Colloquium: "Imaging…
From Suzanne Hallihan
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Optically-trapped, ultra-cold gases of spin ½-up and spin ½-down 6Li atoms enable “designer” interactions, offering a versatile…
Physics Colloquium: "Optically-Trapped…
From Suzanne Hallihan
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Physics Colloquium: "The Information Paradox… 11 of 17
Physics Colloquium: "The Information Paradox…
The black hole information paradox — whether information escapes an evaporating black hole or not — remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of…Physics Colloquium: "The Information Paradox…
From Suzanne Hallihan
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In August 2017, the LIGO/Virgo observatory detected gravitational waves for the first time from the merger of two neutron stars. This cataclysmic event was followed…
Physics Colloquium: "Shining New Light on…
From Suzanne Hallihan
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The ability to generate light in pure quantum states is central to the development of quantum-enhanced technologies. Recently, artificial atoms in the form of…
Physics Colloquium: "Generation of Pure…
From Suzanne Hallihan
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What is the nature of matter? The pursuit of the quantum computer has raised the awareness of the central role of many body entanglement. One discovers that the…
Physics Colloquium: "Quantum Supreme…
From Suzanne Hallihan
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The Nobel Prize-winning discovery of gravitational waves -- those ripples of spacetime itself that are emitted when black holes or neutron stars collide -- have…
Physics Colloquium: "Tuning in to the…
From Suzanne Hallihan
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Turbulence is the last great unsolved problem of classical physics. But there is no consensus on what it would mean to actually solve this problem. In this…
Physics Colloquium: "The Life and Death of…
From Suzanne Hallihan
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Quantum information has the potential to be a transformative technology in the coming decades enabling secure information sharing, fundamental metrological advantages,…
Physics Colloquium: "Quantum Information…
From Suzanne Hallihan
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