The Rutgers Physics & Astronomy Newsletter       Number S25-10    2025-Mar 10

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


ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Sigma Pi Sigma Induction, March 10, 2025.  3:30 to 5:30 PM 330W.  All are 
invited to celebrate the induction of outstanding Junior and Senior Physics and 
Astrophysics majors into Sigma Pi Sigma, the Physics Honorary Society.  
Professor Eric Gawiser will give the keynote presentation on “The Vera C. Rubin 
Observatory:  A Bright Future for the Dark Matter Telescope”. Refreshments will 
be served. 


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.

HET  Tues Mar 11 	Benjamin Lehmann, MIT
2:30   385E and Zoom    "New tools for dark matter physics"
                        link:  https://go.rutgers.edu/pjrxfl2f

JPAS  Tues Mar 11	Bweh Esembeson and Adam Prokofiew, Thorlabs
3:50	330W		"Career opportunities in optical systems"
			Junior Physics & Astro Seminar (JPAS)

SIP  Tues Mar 11	Ron Gilman, Rutgers University
5:40   330W		"Ethics"

COL  Wed Mar 12        	Sarah Eno, University of Maryland
3:30   330W and Zoom   	"The Future Circular Collider at CERN"
                       	link:  https://go.rutgers.edu/26z9hrza

MPS  Wed Mar 12		Michael Aizenman, Princeton University
10:45   Zoom		"Entropy of (quantum) entanglement in pure states of rapid decorrelation"
			link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/92938587575?pwd=TbpfVrpIPe3Hf92fbGsGXUttAyg8Ov.1

MPS  Thurs Mar 13	Thomas Chen, University of Texas at Austin
12:10   Hill 705	"Emergence of quantum Boltzmann dynamics in boson and fermion gases"


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

HET  Tues Mar 18 	Elena Pinetti, Simons Foundation
2:30   385E and Zoom    "Hunting axions with the James Webb Space Telescope"
                        link:  https://go.rutgers.edu/pjrxfl2f

MPS  Wed Mar 19		Jim Hudspeth, Rockefeller University
10:45   Zoom		"The physiology and physics of hearing: How the ear's works work"
			link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/92938587575?pwd=TbpfVrpIPe3Hf92fbGsGXUttAyg8Ov.1

IQB  Wed Mar 19        	Edward Egelman, University of Virginia
12:00   Zoom            "Using Cryo-EM to Understand Evolution"
                        link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/98522736773


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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/