The Physics Department hosts a regular colloquium series on Fridays, and participates with the Math Department in the Functional Analysis and Mathematical Physics (FAMP) Interdepartmental Research Group meetings.
More information about FAMP.
Physics Colloquium Schedule: Spring 2021
See the schedule of virtual colloquium below. If you have a topic you would like to see covered please contact Dr. Singleton with suggestions.
When appropriate, a recording of the colloquium will be posted here.
Our Colloquium series is also known as the course
Phys 180, Doug Singleton, Instructor.
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Jan. 29 |
Title: "Gravitational Waves" By Dr. Doug Singleton See the flier with abstract as a PDF(contains information about receiving a link to the zoom session) In case you missed it, here's the recording. |
Feb. 19 |
Title: "Maxwellian Mirages in General Relativity" Dr. Nathan Inan, Clovis Community College See the flier with abstract as a PDF (contains information about receiving a link to the zoom session) In case you missed it, here's the recording. |
Feb. 26 |
Title: "The Higgs Boson in Superfluids and Superconductors" Dr. Ettore Vitali, Fresno State Physics Department See the flier with abstract as a PDF (contains information about receiving a link to the zoom session) |
Mar. 12 |
Title: "Identifying Cataclysmic Variable Stars in Automated Synoptic Surveys" Dr. Fred Ringwald, Fresno State Physics Department Flier coming soon. |
Apr. 9 |
Title: TBA Dr. Mihai Gherase, Fresno State Physics Department Flier coming soon.
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Physics Colloquium Schedule: Fall 2020
Due to Covid-19, our Physics Colloquium is now virtual
See the schedule of virtual colloquium below. If you have a topic you would like to see covered please contact Dr. Singleton with suggestions.
When appropriate, a recording of the colloquium will be posted here.
Our Colloquium series is also known as the course
Phys 180, Doug Singleton, Instructor.
Virtual Colloquiua:
All talks begin at 3PM Pacific Time unless otherwise noted.
Mobile users: You may need to turn your screen sideways to see the listings here.
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Aug. 28 |
Fresno State Physics Research Overview By Dr. Fred Ringwald, Dr. Doug Singleton, Dr. Mihai Gherase. Dr. Pei-Chun Ho, Dr. Ettori Vitali, and Don Williams See the flier as a PDFIn case you missed it, here's the recording. |
Sep. 18 |
Strained α-Sn Thin Films on Highly Lattice-Mismatched GE Prof. Yize Li, CSU Bakersfield. See the flier with abstract as a PDF (contains information about receiving a link to the zoom session) |
Sep. 25 |
Gravitational Casimir Effect Joint FAMP Seminar & Physics Colloquium NOTE SPECIAL TIME: Beginning at 4PM. Dr. James Quach, University of Adelaide See the flier with abstract as a PDF (contains information about receiving a link to the zoom session) In case you missed it, here's the recording. |
Oct. 2 |
Neutral Fermions and a New State of Matter: Weird Metals Disguised as Electrical Insulators Dr. John Singleton, LANL See the flier with abstract as a PDF (contains information about receiving a link to the zoom session) In case you missed it, here's the recording.
Bonus (Starts at 12:30PM): Careers and Science at Los Alamos National Laboratory - information about careers and internships at LANL: more information Here is a recording of the presentation. |
Oct. 9-10 |
No Colloquium, but we encourage you to visit the APS Far West Section meeting. We have several students presenting there. Click here for more information Our students presenting are: Friday, Oct. 9th: Michael Dunia 2:36-2:48 PM in session D3
Jaeyeong Lee 2:48-3:00 in session D3
Blanc Nino 3:12-3:24 in session D3
Joey Contreras 3;36-3:48 in session D3
Dan Brown 3:48-4:00 in session D3
Matt Brown 2:48-3:00 in session D1
Patrick Kelly 3:00-3:12 in session D2
Kaelyn Dauer 3:24-3:36 in session D2
Saturday Oct. 10th:
Sarah Kroeker 2:48-3:00 in session L2
Blaz Serna 3:00-3:12 in session L2
The links for the L2, D1 and D2 sections are |
Oct. 16 |
Nonlinear Astrophysics at Fresno State Dr. Fred Ringwald, Fresno State Physics See the flier with abstract as a PDF (contains information about receiving a link to the zoom session) In case you missed it, here's the recording. |
Oct. 23 |
Highlights from Current Work at the ATLAS Particle Physics Experiment Dr. Kathryn Grimm, California State University, East Bay See the flier with abstract as a PDF (contains information about receiving a link to the zoom session) In case you missed it, here's the recording. |
Oct. 30 Note special times. |
There is no Physics Dept. Colloquium today, but there are two other sessions that may interest you. At 9:00 AM: Fresno State Math Seminar "On Weak Spectral Mapping Theorems, Spectral Structure and Asymptotcs of c_0-Semigroups Generated by Scalar Type Spectral Operators" by Dr. Marat Markin, Fresno State See the flier with abstract as a PDF (contains information about receiving a link to the zoom session)
At 11:00 AM: FAMP Interdepartmental Research Group: "Spectral Bounds for Damped Systems by Dr. Carsten Trunk, TU Ilmenau, Germany See the flier with abstract as a PDF (contains information about receiving a link to the zoom session)
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Nov. 6 |
Assessing DNA Damage in Radiotherapy Applications Using a DNA-Based Detector Dr. Mauro Tambasco, SDSU See the flier with abstract as a PDF (contains information about receiving a link to the zoom session) In case you missed it, here's the recording. FAMP at 11 AM: Asymptotic Analysis of the Boltzmann Equation for Dark Matter Relic Abundance Jaryd Ulbricht, University of California, Santa Cruz See the flier with abstract as a PDF (contains information about receiving a link to the zoom session) |
Nov. 13 |
Student Research Talks Dan Brown, "The Search for the Higgs Boson Continues Beyond the Standard Model" Blanca Nino,"The Search for Dark Matter in ZH -> γγD" and Joey Contreras, "Photon Dispersion in Quantum Gravity" See the flier with abstract as a PDF (contains information about receiving a link to the zoom session) In case you missed it, here's the recording.
At 11:00 AM: FAMP Interdepartmental Research Group: "In How Many Dimensions Do We
Live?" by Dr. Piero Nicolini, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany See the flier with abstract as a PDF (contains information about receiving a link to the zoom session)
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Nov. 20 |
At 3:00 PM: Progress Towards Long Range, Coherent Coupling in Quantum Annealing Processors Dr. Daniel M. Tennant, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory See the flier with abstract as a PDF (contains information about receiving a link to the zoom session)
At 2:00 PM: FAMP Interdepartmental Research Group: "An Introduction to Complex Dimensions:
The Case of Fractal Strings" by Dr. Michel L. Lapidus, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, Burton Jones Endowed Chair in Pure Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Riverside. See the flier with abstract as a PDF (contains information about receiving a link to the zoom session) |
Dec. 4 |
STEM Majors in High Tech: An Alumni Prospective Dr. Nima Dinyari, University of Oregon with Shoji Hishida and Cody Hughson. See the flier with abstract as a PDF (contains information about receiving a link to the zoom session) In case you missed it, here's the recording. |
Dec. 7 |
Special Event: Academic Decathalon Presentation, "The Space Race - Old and New" Dr. Frederick Ringwald, Fresno State Physics You will need the passcode %zMT%98f to view the recording.
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Dec. 11 |
At 11:00 AM: FAMP Interdepartmental Research Group: "From Rainbows to Resurgence:
Asymptotics of the Airy Function" by William Hoffer, University of California, Riverside See the flier with abstract as a PDF (contains information about receiving a link to the zoom session) |
From last spring: | |
May 1 at 10AM (please note the earlier time) Direct Zoom Link Get the PDF with the full Zoom invitation including phone numbers to join the session. |
A joint colloquium from the Physics Department and the Functional Analysis and Mathematical Physics (FAMP) Interdepartmental Research Group Title: Fermionic Superfluidity: from Cold Atoms to Neutron Stars By Dr. Ettore Vitali, California State University, Fresno, Department of Physics See the announcement as a PDF. Abstract: In this presentation, I will provide an overview of fermionic superfluidity, which is a very interesting and puzzling phenomenon that occurs in some of the most mysterious systems in the universe, like unconventional superconductors and neutron stars. I will discuss the basic physical mechanism, involving a subtle interplay among quantum mechanics, quantum statistics and interatomic forces. I will also stress the importance of cold atoms as one of the most promising "laboratories" to observe Fermi superfluidity in a controlled environment. Finally, I will discuss many open exciting research opportunities in theoretical and computational physics related to superfluid fermions. |
April 17 at 3PM via Zoom Direct Zoom Link Get the PDF with the full Zoom invitation including phone numbers to join the session.
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Title: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence and an Application in Observational Astronomy By Dr. Athanasios Aris Panagopoulos, California State University, Fresno, Department of Computer Science. See the announcement as a PDF. Abstract: In recent years, artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming an integral
part of our everyday life, assisting in solving challenging problems in various domains
such as energy sustainability, transportation, medicine, and physics. This shift is
supported by concurrent advances in computational and data storage technologies, connectivity,
data availability, and theoretical understanding. In this context, AI is also altering
the way we do research and get to know the world around us. In this talk, we will
delve into the essence of the AI revolution and investigate its potential in supporting
our research endeavors. We will see how AI builds on the basic principles of natural/biological
intelligence, the challenges, and current trends. Importantly, we will investigate
how AI can assist our research by automatically detecting patterns in our data. As
a particular example, we will explore how AI can help to detect r-mode gravitational
wave signals from newborn neutron stars using artificial neural networks and pattern
recognition techniques.
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April 3, 2020 |
Title "A Shift Toward Scientific Reasoning: The Introductory Physics Lab" by Dr. John Walkup, Roger Key, and Stephan Squire Abstract: "For the past year, John Walkup and Roger Key have spearheaded a transformation of our introductory physics labs to elevate scientific reasoning. In a revised lab manual that is currently under development, every one of our existing PHYS-4A lab activities would either receive an overhaul or be replaced altogether. These efforts have culminated in four publications, with another one in preparation. Stephan Squire, a graduate student of physics at the time, measured the efficacy of this new approach in his M.S. thesis research, although the sample sizes were likely too small to generate conclusive results. In this colloquium, John, Roger, and Stephan will discuss this new paradigm in lab design and how it alters the learning environment for our future scientists and engineers." If you missed it, here is the recording.... https://youtu.be/gzx64l_0Ohk |
March 27, 2020 |
Title: "What Really Happens at the Event Horizon?" by Spacetime Physics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mht-1c4wc0Q&list=PLkAojrA9stI4xJLkMW9SnAnBOLdTlomup Supplemental Material (i) (Opening on a series by "Minute Physics" that explains special relativity and
leads into ordinary space-time diagram the simple cousin of Penrose diagrams) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rLWVZVWfdY
(ii) (A much more math detailed discussion of Penrose diagram by Dr. Emil Akhmedov) https://www.coursera.org/lecture/general-relativity/penrose-carter-diagrams-C32ap
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March 20, 2020 |
Title: "Exponential Growth and epidemics" by 3blue1brown https://www.3blue1brown.com/videos-blog/exponential-growth-and-epidemics Supplemental Material (i) (Exponential vs. Logistic growth) https://www.khanacademy.org/science/high-school-biology/hs-ecology/hs-population-ecology/v/exponential-and-logistic-growth-in-populations (ii)(Covid-19 infection in Italy) https://towardsdatascience.com/covid-19-infection-in-italy-mathematical-models-and-predictions-7784b4d7dd8d |
Original colloquium schedule:
All talks are open to the public and will be held on the Fresno State Campus in room 162 of McLane Hall and at a usual time of 3:00 P.M. unless otherwise noted. (please note time change from past semesters)
Date: | Speaker: | Title of Talk: |
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Jan. 31 | Dr. Oscar Bernal, California State University, Los Angeles | Quantum and Hidden Magnetism Studied by Magnetic-Probe Spectroscopies |
Feb. 7 | Krishnakanta Bhattacharya, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati | Fluctuation-Dissipation in Accelerated Frames |
Feb. 21 | J. Daniel Gomez Martinez, Career Liaison, College of Science and Mathematics, Fresno State | Professionalism 101: Skills to Succeed & Stand Out |
Feb. 28 | Kendall Hall, University of Wisconsin | Herschel 158 micron [CII] Observations of "CO-Dark" Gas in the Perseus Giant Molecular Cloud |
Mar. 6 | Steven Gough-Kelly, Jeremiah Horrocks Institute, University of Central Lancashire, UK | Modelling the Milky Way in the Era of Gaia |
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