Department of Physics
Nicholas S. Manton (University of Cambridge) | Skyrmions, Topology and Instantons |Abstract:I will review the Skyrme model, and how Skyrmions are used to model nucleons and nuclei. I will then discuss…
Alex Retzker (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) | Frequency Estimation and Resolution at the Nano-Scale |Abstract:Quantum sensing is an important tool for estimating various parameters at the nano- scale. Of…
Erez Braun (Technion) | Control of animal morphogenesis by external electric fields |Abstract:The current picture of animal morphogenesis- the emergence of form and function in a developing animal, relies on biochemical…
Shahaf S. Asban (University of California, Irvine) | Quantum inference: unravelling “which pathway?” information |Abstract:Quantum systems are remarkably sensitive to changes in their environment. This renders them extraordinary probes for sensing…
Oded Agam (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) | The dynamics of living cells from the viewpoint of a statistical physicist |Abstract:Deciphering the cellular metabolic network is, perhaps, the most prominent objective of cell biology.…
Yosi Avron (Technion) | Shor in Shorts |Abstract:I shall give an elementary introduction to the Peter Shor algorithm for factoring. Quantum magic allows one to find the period of a periodic function,…
Saleem Zaroubi (the Open University, Israel, and the University of Groningen, the Netherlands) | From Darkness unto Light: A Cosmic Odyssey |Abstract:During the first billion years of its history, our…
Fall 2022 Colloquium Schedule | 2.11.2022 Dr. Eva Maria Graefe, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London.| 9.11.2022 Prof. Yossi Nir, Department of Particle Physics & Astrophysics, The Weizmann Institute| 16.11.2022 Prof. Eugene Kanzieper, Department of Mathematics,…
Spring 2022 Colloquium Schedule | May 11: Ofek Birnholtz, Bar-Ilan University (Ramat Gan). May 18: Yariv Kafri, Technion (Haifa). May 25: Ady Stern, The Weizmann Institute of Science (Rehovot). June 1: Ehud Meron, Ben-Gurion…
Ofek Birnholtz (Bar-Ilan University) | Gravitational Wave Astrophysics - The LVK Catalog GWTC-3 |Abstract:Gravitational Waves were originally predicted in the 1910's by Einstein, and measured directly for the first time in 2015.…
