Department of Physics
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.…
Yariv Kafri (Technion) | The long-ranged influence of disorder on active systems |Abstract:Active systems are a class of non-equilibrium systems in which each particle consumes and dissipates energy to self-propel or exert…
Eva-Maria Graefe (Imperial College London (ICL), The UK) | Husimi Dynamics Generated by Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians |Abstract:While traditional quantum mechanics focusses on systems conserving energy and probability, described by Hermitian Hamiltonians, in recent…
Matan Mussel (University of Haifa) | On spikes and sound: debating the physical nature of action potentials |Abstract:Excitable cells generate a characteristic transient change in transmembrane potential that propagates along the…
Elisabetta Boaretto (Weizmann Institute of Science) | Plants-Climate-Atmosphere: Understanding Rapid Fluctuations in Radiocarbon Recorded in Archaeology |When: May 3, 2023 2:00 PM (Israel Standard Time).Where: Room 223, Multipurpose Bldg. & over…
David Andelman (Tel Aviv University) | One Hundred Years of Electrified Interfaces: What’s New with the Theories of Debye and Onsager? |The Poisson-Boltzmann theory stems from the pioneering works of Debye…
Hillel Aharoni (Weizmann Institute of Science) | Tunable Architecture of Nematic Disinclination Lines |In this talk, I will introduce a theorethical framework to tailor three-dimensional defect line architecture in nematic liquid…
Menachem Stern (University of Pennsylvania) | Learning in physical machines |From electrically responsive neuronal networks to the adaptive immune response, biological systems can learn to perform complex tasks. In this seminar,…
