Events Calendar
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
The Colloquia series is a weekly seminar that brings speakers from academia, national labs and industry to discuss a wide range of research topics. The series is free and all are welcome to attend. These events are held on Friday afternoons from 3:30 to 5 pm either in the Colloquium room, 1100 PAÍS, or remotely via Zoom. If you would like to attend any Physics and Astronomy events online, please contact the front office at 505 277-2616 for registration and passcode information.
Friday January 26, 2024
| 3:30 pm | Title: (click on Title for Abstract) |
Seeing farther out in space and back in time with the James Webb Space Telescope |
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| Presenter: | Dr. John Mather (NASA GSFC) | |
| Series: | Physics and Astronomy Colloquium | |
| Web Site: | https:/ / goto.unm.edu/ 2jcb8 | |
| Host: | Richard Rand | |
| Location: | PAIS-1100, PAIS | |
Friday February 2, 2024
| 3:30 pm | Title: (click on Title for Abstract) |
A Challenge to the Standard Cosmological Model |
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| Presenter: | Prof. Subir Sarkar (University of Oxford) | |
| Series: | Physics and Astronomy Colloquium | |
| Web Site: | https:/ / goto.unm.edu/ rth4a | |
| Host: | Rouzbeh Allahverdi | |
| Location: | Zoom | |
Friday February 9, 2024
| 3:30 pm | Title: (click on Title for Abstract) |
Evolution of Circumstellar Disks and Planet Formation |
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| Presenter: | Dr. Wladimir Lyra (NMSU) | |
| Series: | Physics and Astronomy Colloquium | |
| Web Site: | https:/ / goto.unm.edu/ ra29e | |
| Host: | Diana Dragomir | |
| Location: | PAIS-1100, PAIS | |
Friday February 16, 2024
| 3:30 pm | Title: (click on Title for Abstract) |
Dark Matter, Cosmic Background Radiation, and the Birth of the First Stars |
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| Presenter: | Prof. Tracy Slatyer (MIT) | |
| Series: | Physics and Astronomy Colloquium | |
| Web Site: | https:/ / goto.unm.edu/ 57ibk | |
| Host: | Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine | |
| Location: | PAIS-1100, PAIS | |
Friday February 23, 2024
| 3:30 pm | Title: (click on Title for Abstract) |
Observations of Compact Objects with the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), and Upcoming and Proposed Balloon-Borne Astroparticle Experiments |
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| Presenter: | Prof. Henric Krawczynski (Washington Univ) | |
| Series: | Physics and Astronomy Colloquium | |
| Web Site: | https:/ / goto.unm.edu/ vt35x | |
| Host: | Dinesh Loomba | |
| Location: | PAIS-1100, PAIS | |
Friday March 8, 2024
| 3:30 pm | Title: (click on Title for Abstract) |
Optical Frequency Combs and Quantum Metrology |
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| Presenter: | Dr. Scott Diddams (UC Boulder) | |
| Series: | Physics and Astronomy Colloquium | |
| Web Site: | https:/ / goto.unm.edu/ 5ti8u | |
| Host: | Jean-Claude Diels | |
| Location: | PAIS-1100, PAIS | |
Friday March 22, 2024
| 3:30 pm | Title: (click on Title for Abstract) |
Quantum Mechanics to Spacetime |
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| Presenter: | Dr. Sean Carroll (Johns Hopkins Univ) | |
| Series: | Physics and Astronomy Colloquium | |
| Web Site: | https:/ / goto.unm.edu/ xd6qm | |
| Host: | Dinesh Loomba | |
| Location: | PAIS 1100 and via Zoom. Please take the Satisfaction Survey | |
Friday April 5, 2024
| 3:30 pm | Title: (click on Title for Abstract) |
Quantum Science with Tweezer Arrays |
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| Presenter: | Dr. Manuel Endres (Caltech) | |
| Series: | Physics and Astronomy Colloquium | |
| Host: | Ivan Deutsch | |
| Location: | PAIS-1100, PAIS | |
Friday April 12, 2024
| 3:30 pm | Title: (click on Title for Abstract) |
The quantum limits of precision magnetic resonance for fundamental science |
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| Presenter: | Dr. Alex Sushkov (Boston University) | |
| Series: | Physics and Astronomy Colloquium | |
| Web Site: | https:/ / goto.unm.edu/ qls6e | |
| Host: | Victor Acosta | |
| Location: | PAIS-1100, PAIS | |
Friday April 19, 2024
| 3:30 pm | Title: (click on Title for Abstract) |
Quantum Technologies for New-physics Searches in the Laboratory and in Space |
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| Presenter: | Prof. Marianna Safronova (Univ of Delaware) | |
| Series: | Physics and Astronomy Colloquium | |
| Web Site: | https:/ / unm.zoom.us/ j/ 92709699696 | |
| Host: | Dinesh Loomba | |
| Location: | PAIS-1100, PAIS | |
Friday April 26, 2024
| 3:30 pm | Title: (click on Title for Abstract) |
Black Hole Enigma |
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| Presenter: |
Dr. Malcolm J. Perry (Cambridge University)
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| Series: | Physics and Astronomy Colloquium | |
| Host: | Dinesh Loomba | |
| Location: | PAIS-1100, PAIS | |
Friday May 3, 2024
| 3:30 pm | Title: (click on Title for Abstract) |
TBA |
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| Presenter: | Dr. Dave Kaiser (MIT) | |
| Series: | Physics and Astronomy Colloquium | |
| Web Site: | https:/ / unm.zoom.us/ j/ 92709699696 | |
| Host: | Dinesh Loomba | |
| Location: | PAIS-1100, PAIS | |
If you need an auxiliary aid or service to attend any Department of Physics and Astronomy event, please contact the department (phone: 505 277-2616; email: