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Jasper van Wezel14/06/2021, 14:45
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Carlo Rovelli14/06/2021, 15:00
Recent (and forthcoming) empirical evidence helps us focus quantum gravity research.
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Loop quantum gravity is a concrete possibility for a theoretical description of quantum spacetime.
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Francisco Förster14/06/2021, 17:00
A new generation of large aperture and large field of view telescopes is allowing us to explore large volumes of the Universe in an unprecedented fashion. This has led to the discovery of new populations of astrophysical events or new phases of evolution of known objects. In order to take advantage of these new telescopes a new time domain ecosystem is developing. Among the tools required for...
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Carlo Rovelli, F.A. Muller, Jasper van Wezel14/06/2021, 19:00
In The Messenger Lectures,1964 at MIT, Feymnan said , “ There might have been a time when only one man knew the theory of relativity, because he was the only guy who caught on, before he wrote his paper. But after people read the paper a lot of people understood the theory of relativity in some way or other. On the other hand, I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics....
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William Gracias15/06/2021, 09:00
Fusion is the energy that powers the sun and the stars. Imagine we manage to harness this energy down here on earth – for the benefit of mankind?
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With the ITER project, 35 nations have joined their forces to form the world’s largest International scientific collaboration. It’s goal: to prove that fusion energy is feasible, that we have the knowledge, the technologies and the materials to... -
15/06/2021, 11:00
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Bouke Jung, Peter Gaemers, Uddipta Bhardwaj15/06/2021, 12:00
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Cyrian Leriche, Jans Henke, Nico Schramma15/06/2021, 14:00
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15/06/2021, 16:00
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Jesse Thaler15/06/2021, 17:00
Recent advances in artificial intelligence have had an outsized impact on many scientific fields, and high-energy physics is no exception. What is special about high-energy physics, though, is the vast amount of theoretical and experimental knowledge that we already have about many problems in the field. In this talk, I draw on examples from collider phenomenology and quantum chromodynamics to...
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Alessandra Candian, Evita Verheijden, Katerina Newell, Machiel Keestra, Pieter van der Hoek15/06/2021, 19:00
In many professional areas, a career pathway can be pictured as a pipeline. In science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), this pipeline is leaking. Minority groups and women are less represented at every higher level of academia. Unfortunately, the FNWI is no exception to this, but the situation is improving!
Together with our knowledgeable panel, we will address the topic...
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Teresa Montaruli16/06/2021, 09:00
I will illustrate the relevance of the science of gamma-ray astrophysics and its connection to other messengers. I will explain the principle of detection and illustrate current large research infrastructures and their scientific reach. I will then connect it to other multi-messenger experiments such as IceCube using neutrinos and gravitational wave observations.
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Jan Zaanen16/06/2021, 11:00
Qauntum supreme matter refers to forms of matter that are densely many-body entangled with the ramification that the quantum supremacy of the quantum computer is required to enumerate the way it works. The evidence is mounting that the AdS/CFT correspondence of the string theorist, augemented by progress with SYK type models, yields a mathematical view on generic properties of such states of...
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16/06/2021, 13:00
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Anna Meijering, Laura van Huizen, Margherita Vaselli16/06/2021, 14:00
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Ruben Hamans16/06/2021, 16:00
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David Tong16/06/2021, 17:00
No. Obviously not. It's a daft question. But, buried beneath this daft question is an extremely interesting one: is it possible to simulate the known laws of physics on a computer? Remarkably, there is a mathematical theorem, due to Nielsen and Ninomiya, that says the answer is no. I'll explain this theorem, the underlying reasons for it, and some recent work attempting to circumvent it.
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Robbert Dijkgraaf16/06/2021, 19:00
The reports of the death of physics are greatly exaggerated. Instead, I would argue, we are living in a golden era and the best is yet to come. Not only did the past decades see some amazing breakthrough discoveries and show us the many unknowns in our current understanding, but more importantly, science in general is moving from studying 'what is’ to 'what could be.’ There will be many more...
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Gideon Koekoek, Stefan Hild17/06/2021, 10:00
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17/06/2021, 13:00
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Carlos Duaso Pueyo, Evita Verheijden17/06/2021, 14:00
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17/06/2021, 16:00
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Jun Zhu17/06/2021, 17:00
The valley isospin degrees of freedom in 2D hexagonal lattices offers a pathway to explore many-body ground states and novel paradigms of electronic applications. It is analogous to electron spin however coupling to an electric field offers a powerful control knob that is nimble and compatible with many device architectures. In this talk, I will describe how we create valley-momentum locked...
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Jan Pieter van der Schaar, Joost van Mameren, Lizzy Rieth, Mailis Birsak, Valerie Bettaque17/06/2021, 19:00
Despite many students and academics experiencing issues related to mental health at some point during their career, few people dare to open up about their struggles. As a consequence of this stigma, some people hesitate to actively seek the help they might need - even though the FNWI offers an extensive support system.
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Rick van Bijnen18/06/2021, 09:00
Key properties of condensed matter systems, such as for instance the occurrence of high-temperature superconductivity, are governed deep down by fundamental quantum effects such as superposition, interference and entanglement. Likewise, molecular structure calculations that could help explain and understand chemical reaction rates (with tremendous industrial impact) also require a full quantum...
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18/06/2021, 11:00
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Annelotte Derkink, Devarshi Choudhury, Rico Visser18/06/2021, 12:30
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18/06/2021, 14:30
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Danielle Bassett18/06/2021, 15:00
Humans learn not only disconnected bits of information, but complex interconnected networks of relational knowledge. The capacity for such learning naturally depends on the architecture of the knowledge network itself. I will describe recent work assessing network constraints on the learnability of relational knowledge, and a free energy model (drawing on principles of thermodynamics) that...
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Jan van Marseveen, Raoul Frese, Sebastian Hendrik Sterl18/06/2021, 17:00
The climate emergency is, without a doubt, THE challenge of our generation. The only way to overcome this issue is through a revolution: a shift in the collective mindset. For this revolution to happen, we need to exchange new ideas and excite young minds to stand up to the challenge.
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This is exactly the aim of our panel discussion on “The future of energy”, where we will discuss the current... -
Leonard Susskind18/06/2021, 19:00
The two things that make quantum physics so different from classical physics are the phenomenon of entanglement and a vastly larger capacity for complexity. Both of these play a profound role in understanding how smooth large-scale spacetime emerges from the principles of quantum mechanics. I'll explain what these connections mean and how they were discovered.
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