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Ilias Perakis, University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Physics Quantum Tomography of Light-Controlled Superconductivity Multi-dimensional Coherent Terahertz Spectroscopy (THz-MDCS) is a new tool for probing and controlling with unprecedented resolution the properties of quantum materials by using both the phase and the amplitude of electromagnetic fields. In particular, a… Read More

Kyle Godbey, Michigan State University Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) A New Era of Discovery in Low-Energy Nuclear Science The field of low-energy nuclear physics is experiencing a renaissance thanks to recent advances spanning experiment, theory, and computation. Investments in new facilities like the recently inaugurated Facility… Read More

Benjamin Nachman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Staff Scientist, Physics Division Phystatistics: The Rise of the Data Physicist Across physics, there has been a shift in paradigm from a theory-driven to a data-driven era. In this new regime, we let the data speak for themselves by using modern machine learning… Read More

Charles (Chuck) Black, Brookhaven National Laboratory Me and My Research In my 30+ science career so far, I have at diEerent times carried out research on superconductivity in nanoscale materials; nanomaterials for solar devices; self-assembly based, high-resolution patterning for semiconductor microelectronics; ferroelectric nonvolatile memories; nanocrystal-based materials and devices; and low-temperature… Read More

Renata MM Wentzcovitch, Columbia University Spin crossover in iron in mantle minerals Pressure and temperature-induced spin-state change in iron in lower mantle minerals is an unusual phenomenon with previously unknown consequences. High-pressure and high-temperature experiments have offered a wealth of new information about this class of materials problems. I will… Read More

Eliot Quataert, Princeton University Charles A. Young Professor of Astronomy Inward Bound: Horizon-Scale Modeling of Black Holes Recent developments have ushered in a new era in the field of black hole astrophysics, providing our first direct view of the remarkable environment near black hole event horizons.  These observations have enabled… Read More

Smadar Naoz, University of California, Los Angeles It’s Raining Black Holes…Hallelujah! Gravitational wave (GW) emissions from extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) are promising sources for low-frequency GW detectors. EMRIs are the result of a supermassive black hole (SMBH) that captures a stellar-mass compact object, such as BH. The channel often considered in… Read More

Berndt Mueller, Duke University The search for the quark-gluon plasma – How successful was it? With the advent of multi-billion dollar research facilities in nuclear and particle physics the need arises for a compelling programmatic justification and research strategy. A critical analysis of the success of this strategy upon completion… Read More

Jess McIver, The University of British Columbia New discoveries with gravitational-wave astrophysics. In the last six years, the field of gravitational wave astrophysics has grown from a groundbreaking first discovery to revealing new populations of black holes and neutron stars through distant cosmic collisions, which has provided new insights into… Read More

Pavel Kovtun, University of Victoria Extreme fluids: From field theory to hydrodynamics and back. Hydrodynamics is a well-established field with a venerable history. In this talk, I will focus on foundational aspects of hydrodynamics which are relevant to describing matter in the extreme conditions of high temperatures and high densities. Read More

Clifford M. Will, University of Florida The Renaissance of General Relativity Einstein completed his monumental theory of General Relativity in 1915, and four years later became an international science superstar when astronomers announced that the Sun’s gravity bent light rays in agreement with his theory. Yet within a decade, interest… Read More

Bharat Ratra, Kansas State University Spatial Curvature, Dark Energy Dynamics, Neither, or Both Observations over the two last decades have persuaded cosmologists that (as yet only indirectly detected) dark energy is by far the main component of the energy budget of the current universe. I review a few simple dark… Read More

Smadar Naoz, University of California, Los Angeles It’s Raining Black Holes…Hallelujah! Gravitational wave (GW) emissions from extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) are promising sources for low-frequency GW detectors. EMRIs are the result of a supermassive black hole (SMBH) that captures a stellar-mass compact object, such as BH. The channel often considered in… Read More

Kelly Chipps, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Nuclear Astrophysics in the Next Decade: Understanding the R Process We are now in the era of multimessenger astronomy: a coherent combination of myriad observations, ranging from isotopic analysis of stardust, to visible, infrared, and x-ray all-sky surveys, to gravitational wave signatures. Combined with… Read More

Sokrates T. Pantelides, Vanderbilt University A journey on the nanoscale with a combination of theory and microscopy Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235 Density-functional-theory-based calculations using high-performance computers have made enormous strides in describing the atomic-scale properties of complex… Read More

Peter Steinberg, Brookhaven National Laboratory Collisions with light at the LHC: photon-photon and photonuclear physics with ATLAS. Heavy ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN are rich laboratories to study the physics of quantum chromodynamics (QCD)… Read More

Carl E. Wieman, Stanford University Taking a scientific approach to science education Guided by experimental tests of theory and practice, science has advanced rapidly in the past 500 years.  Guided primarily by tradition and dogma, science education has remained largely medieval.  Recent research on how people learn, combined with rigorous… Read More

Vedika Khemani, Stanford University Quantum Matter Out of Equilibrium The study of condensed matter physics is a defining success of 20th century science. The first quantum revolution, which gave us our modern semiconductor-based information age, was fueled by our understanding of novel collective phases of systems of many interacting quantum… Read More

David Kaiser, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Secret Clocks: The U.S. Military, Einstein’s Relativity, and the Global Positioning System. For nearly a decade, beginning in the mid-1970s, a debate unfolded among physicists and engineers over how best to include effects from Einstein’s general theory of relativity in the new military technology… Read More

Szabolcs Marka, Columbia University Why we do what we do, with passion?  Synergies in Science from Cataclysmic Cosmic Explosions to a Better Earth. The discovery of gravitational waves and their synergistic fingerprint has opened tremendous opportunities for astrophysics. Extraordinary instrumental breakthroughs in gravitational-wave detectors on Earth and in Space, in… Read More