Nuclear Lunch: Fall 2024
The Ohio University lunchtime nuclear seminar meets weekly, 11:50-12:45 Wednesdays in Gordy Hall, room 311.We will discuss interesting papers in nuclear physics and related fields. All graduate students and postdocs interested in nuclear physics are welcome to attend. The talks will start at 11:50 sharp.
The lead coordinators for Nuclear lunch this semester are faculty members Julie Roche and Carl Brune. Other coordinators are Chaden Djalali, Christian Drischler, Charlotte Elster, Justin Frantz, Paul King and Andrea Richard.
Schedule
| Date | Discussion Leader | Topic / Paper(s) |
| 28 August | Julie Roche | Organizational Meeting 📆 |
| 4 Sept. |
M. Jeswald | Measurement of the 140
Ce(n,γ) Cross Section at n_TOF and Its Astrophysical Implications for the Chemical Evolution of the Universe
, S. Amaducci et al.
, PRL 132, 122701, March 2024 Faculty Advisor: A. Richard |
| 11 Sept. | S. Regmi | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| 18 Sept. |
A. Giri | Structure in the speed of sound: From neutron stars to heavy-ion collisions (Section 1 to 3)
, N. Yao et al.
, PRC109, 065803, June 2024. Faculty Advisor: J. Frantz |
| 25 Sept. | B. McClung | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| 2 Oct. |
B. Chauhan | Precision Mass Measurement of the Proton Dripline Halo Candidate 22
Al
, S.E. Campbell et al.
, PRL 132, 152501, April 2024. Faculty Advisor: D. Phillips |
| 9 Oct. | No lunch | DNP in Boston |
| 16 Oct. | R. Conaway | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| 23 Oct. |
M. Mathison | Design of inertial fusion implosions reaching the burning plasma regime (TBC)
,
A.L. Kritcher et al.
, Nature Physics 18, 251-258 (2022) Faculty Advisor: C. Brune |
| 30 Oct. | C. Saugier | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| 6 Nov. |
C. Rathi | Determining the Proton's Gluonic Gravitational Form
Factors
, B. Duran et al.
,
Nature 615, 813 (2023) Faculty Advisor: P. King |
| 13 Nov. | U. Gautam | Discussion of questions from previous week. |
| 20 Nov. |
A. Wijenarayana | The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024: They used physics to find patterns in information
A. Davour et al. The following articles are optional supplementary resources: Nobel prize advanced information and Nobel Prize: Mimicking Human Intelligence with Neural Networks Faculty Advisor: C. Djalali Moderator: P. Lewis |
| 4 Dec. | no lunch | Prepare for your exams. |
Background Information
- Remember that your presentation should be less than 12 slides long. The purpose of this rule is not to overly constrain you -- it's to give you a better idea of what we expect. We do not expect your talk to be the last word on the subject or a polished seminar. Your presentation is meant to raise some of the key issues, and, ideally, to initiate discussion. If you do not understand something in the paper, say so, or write down your question. We will collect the written questions, and discuss the issues raised as a group. Feel free to contact the course organizers if you have any organizational questions.
- A challenge to speakers generally is to relate your topic to the 2023 NSAC Long Range Plan .
Administrative Details
A couple of administrative notes for Ohio University Physics and Astronomy graduate students:
- If you are an upper-level graduate student in Nuclear physics you should sign up for this activity. You do this by registering for 8501. Since 8501 is a variable credit class you should register for two credit hours of it (=1 for Wednesday lunch-time and 1 for Tuesday at 4 pm). If you give a talk or moderate this semester you will receive a grade of A for those two credits of 8501.
- If you are a first-year graduate student and you want to come to these meetings you should register for 8501 (Nuclear Seminar). If you do this you are not required to attend the regular Tuesday afternoon research seminar---although you are, of course, very welcome if you choose to come on Tuesdays at 4 pm. In consequence first years should sign up for only one credit hour of 8501. Regular attendance on Wednesdays at lunchtime will lead to you receiving a CR for that 1 credit hour.