• Student participation needed for Virtual Candidate Talks

    Along with everything else we’re needing to do online this term, we are conducting a candidate search for a visiting professor for next year.  While we’d much prefer that you all get to meet the candidates in person, current circumstances dictate virtual meetings only.  We very strongly urge you to log in for a series of three upcoming talks, during which the candidates will present their research for about 25 minutes.  After about 10 minutes for questions, the faculty and staff will leave these meetings, and students will have a chance to ask general questions and get to know the candidates.  After each talk we’d like you to fill out a candidate evaluation form.  These forms will go to Trenne, who will record who fills them out (to assign points and track engagement of various classes) and then remove your names before passing the feedback on to the faculty.

    Valerie Fox will visit us on Tuesday the 5th (tomorrow) at noon.   Join Zoom Meeting https://carleton.zoom.us/j/97740758225

    Thursday, May 7th, Barak Shoshany will give his talk, also at noon.  Join Zoom Meeting https://carleton.zoom.us/j/92778116202
    Rasha Makkia, the final candidate, will speak on Tuesday, May 12th.  Join Zoom Meeting https://carleton.zoom.us/j/91690385561
    PLEASE fill out an evaluation form for each candidate: click here to access form
    Please complete all evaluation forms by Wednesday, May 13th.  Thanks!
    If you have any questions, email Trenne at tfields@carleton.edu.

  • Signal Boost: Advocating for Physics and Physicists

    Signal Boost is a short, monthly, YouTube video from the American Physical Society (APS) that discusses current advocacy efforts by physicists around issues that physicists care about. From grad student research funding to REUs, see how APS and APS members are advocating for you! Here is the link to the most recent video: https://youtu.be/el-KMzwal5Q. In the description, you can sign-up to receive the videos via email and also find out how you can get involved in advocating for physics!

  • Free Virtual Optics Conference

    CLEO (Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics) will be online this year, May 5th -11th. This conference is a nice mix of science and engineering, focusing on applications of optics. You do have to register, but the conference itself is free for attendees. Details about registration and sessions can be found here: https://www.cleoconference.org/home/.
    The plenary talks should be accessible to a broad audience. You can check out the line up here: https://www.cleoconference.org/home/program/plenary-speakers/. All times are Pacific Time Zone.
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    Recent Alumni Talk #3

    Carleton Physics grad Berit Goodge ’16 would like to talk to current students about research that she’s been working on.  You can check things out on Wednesday the 6th during 6a (3:10 pm) via the zoom link at the bottom of the post.
    “Atoms and EELS: probing novel materials at the lattice scale with scanning transmission electron microscopy”
    A brief abstract:
    “Atoms are the building blocks of the universe” has never been more true than in novel atomically-engineered quantum materials. Modern synthesis techniques can fabricate precisely controlled crystals and heterostructures to stabilize all manner of exotic phenomena, including unconventional superconductivity, multiferroicity, spintronics, and more. Each of these properties rely on careful tuning of the crystalline lattice — including not just the “correct” parts, but also the defects! Such atomic-scale engineering necessarily requires atomic-scale characterization. The scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) is a powerful tool for probing these materials at the lattice scale. After a brief introduction to the instrument, I’ll give a few examples of some recent experiments using STEM together with electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) to explore both the materials science and fundamental condensed matter physics of two exotic superconductors, Sr2RuO4 and (Nd,Sr)NiO2. Come for the images, stay for the terrible attempts at humor!

  • No Physics Table this week!

    Because we will have virtual candidate visits this week and next, we will not hold Physics table tomorrow, May 5th, or next week May 12th.  Please see the post about candidates for zoom link information.  We need students to tune in to the talks and give feedback.  Thanks!

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