UConn Students featured by Press Releases at the American Astronomical Society
Two UConn students presented press releases at the 245th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, held in Washington, DC on January 12-16, 2025. UConn undergraduate Danya Alboslani presented a new method to map the 3D structures of star-forming clouds using X-ray light echoes. This press release resulted from a paper submitted to the Astrophysical Journal […]
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UConn Celebrates National Academies Members
On August 27, 2024, scholars, trustees, and friends of UConn gathered at the University of Connecticut School of Law to honor members of the university community elected to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Established by an Act of Congress in 1863, the National Academy of Sciences was followed by the National Academy […]
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Department Head greeting
Dear Friends of UConn Physics, Last year, I wrote to you as a new Interim Head of Physics and only barely a month into my appointment. During the past year, we conducted a search for a permanent head and I was selected. For this, I am very grateful for the trust and support I received […]
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UConn Physics Department Hosting January 2025 CU*iP.
Every year, the American Physical Society (APS) sponsors CU*IP – Conference for Undergraduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics – at several locations around the country. This year, led by Prof. Nora Berrah, UConn Physics applied to host this national conference in Storrs and our proposal was accepted for January 24-26, 2025! The purpose of […]
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In Memoriam: Lawrence “Larry” Kappers
Lawrence “Larry” Kappers, passed away on Friday, August 2, 2024. Professor Lawrence (Larry) Kappers (aka “Kap”) retired in 2009, having joined the UConn Physics Department in 1973. After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia and completing postdoctoral appointments at the University of Minnesota and Oklahoma State University, he developed an active research program […]
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Astronomy Seminar11:00am
3/28
Astronomy Seminar
Friday, March 28th, 2025
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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UConn Physics Colloquium2:30pm
3/28
UConn Physics Colloquium
Friday, March 28th, 2025
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
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Crossing Natural Boundaries using Resurgent Continuation (UConn Physics PAN Seminar)2:00pm
3/31
Crossing Natural Boundaries using Resurgent Continuation (UConn Physics PAN Seminar)
Monday, March 31st, 2025
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
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Griffen Adams
Title: Crossing Natural Boundaries using Resurgent Continuation
Abstract:
In quantum field theory, we are interested in computing quantities via the path integral formalism. This object is generally ill-defined, and we often rely on perturbation theory, or non-perturbative methods such as the lattice. All of these rely on the analytic continuation of the path integral, which is a non-trivial operation that is poorly understood, especially in gauge theories. In this work, we display a novel method of analytically continuing the path integral in a three-dimensional gauge theory using underlying principles of resurgent asymptotics, a branch of complex analysis that has seen recent success in unifying perturbative and non-perturbative physics in various problems in quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. With this perspective, we discover new relations between the path integral and number theoretic objects related to Ramanujan’s mock theta functions. -
UConn Physics Colloquium2:30pm
4/4
UConn Physics Colloquium
Friday, April 4th, 2025
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
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Particle, Astrophysics, and Nuclear Physics Seminar2:00pm
4/7
Particle, Astrophysics, and Nuclear Physics Seminar
Monday, April 7th, 2025
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
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Recent Events
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UConn Physics Colloquium2:30pm
3/14
UConn Physics Colloquium
Friday, March 14th, 2025
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar2:00pm
3/12
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Wednesday, March 12th, 2025
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
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Planetarium Show5:30pm
3/11
Planetarium Show
Tuesday, March 11th, 2025
05:30 PM - 06:00 PM
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Join us for a short show to showcase our recently re-opened Planetarium! Every Tuesday, we will have a show at 5:30pm where you will see an out of this world view of our Galaxy!
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Particle, Astrophysics, and Nuclear Physics Seminar2:00pm
3/10
Particle, Astrophysics, and Nuclear Physics Seminar
Monday, March 10th, 2025
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
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UConn Physics Colloquium2:30pm
3/7
UConn Physics Colloquium
Friday, March 7th, 2025
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
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Astronomy Seminar11:00am
3/7
Astronomy Seminar
Friday, March 7th, 2025
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar2:00pm
3/5
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Wednesday, March 5th, 2025
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
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Planetarium Show5:30pm
3/4
Planetarium Show
Tuesday, March 4th, 2025
05:30 PM - 06:00 PM
Planetarium unknown
Join us for a short show to showcase our recently re-opened Planetarium! Every Tuesday, we will have a show at 5:30pm where you will see an out of this world view of our Galaxy!
