Search for new physics at the Large Hadron Collider
February 08, 2024

Despite the success of the Standard Model in describing the interactions of elementary particles, observations that suggest the existence of...
Introduction to Random Matrix Theory
February 15, 2024

In Physics, one of the major goals is to construct good theoretical models that explain the observations in the physical...
What it takes to build an Ultra-Stable Laser?
February 29, 2024

Throughout history, precise measurement has been crucial in gaining a deeper understanding of the nature of things and even rewriting...
Growing Thin Films
March 07, 2024

I will give a motivation for why thin films are interesting and worth studying and growing. I will then talk...
Langmuir Probe Analysis of Plasma
March 14, 2024

The Langmuir probe is the most fundamental diagnostics technique for extracting plasma parameters such as electron temperature, plasma density, and...
Tachyons: Time Travelers or Theoretical Quandaries?
March 21, 2024

Discuss what tachyons are, how they might make sense, how we tried (and failed) to detect them, and how they...
Studying Invisible Giants: Measuring SMBH masses using Schwarzschild modelling
April 04, 2024

Supermassive Black Holes are (like the name implies) extremely massive black holes, weighing up to billions of times the mass...
Can ML Accelerate Particle Simulations?
April 11, 2024

Over the last decade, machine learning techniques have been widely adopted by various domains in particle physics. I will discuss...