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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UConn STARs visits Hartford Public High School
The UConn STARs group visited Hartford Public High School (HPHS) to teach physics for a total of eight class periods from May 6th-9th, 2024. UConn brought 16 undergraduate students from the STARs program to HPHS for our annual outreach program, during which we interacted with about 100 high school students. We collaborated with physics teacher […]
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Prof. Moshe Gai Awarded 2024-2025 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award
Professor Moshe Gai, the director of the Laboratory for Nuclear Science, aka the Astrophysics Laboratory, https://astro.uconn.edu, was awarded a 2024-2025 Fulbright US Scholar Award to teach and do research in Romania. He will spend five months at the newly constructed world highest power laser lab (10 PW), the Extreme Light Infrastructure Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), recently […]
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Nobel Prize Winner, Professor Adam Riess, Katzenstein Distinguished Lecturer
The University of Connecticut, Department of Physics is proud to announce the 26th Annual Katzenstein Distinguished Lecturer that will be on Friday, November 15th.
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Professor Nora Berrah Elected to National Academy of Sciences
UConn physics professor Nora Berrah has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Science (NAS), becoming the fifth member from the UConn community to join the selective national society.
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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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Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Seminar3:30pm
4/7
Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Seminar
Monday, April 7th, 2025
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar2:00pm
4/9
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Wednesday, April 9th, 2025
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
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UConn Physics Colloquium2:30pm
4/11
UConn Physics Colloquium
Friday, April 11th, 2025
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
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Recent Events
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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
3/28
UConn Physics Colloquium
Friday, March 28th, 2025
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
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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
3/14
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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