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Nuclear Theory Seminars are usually held Tuesdays @ 11:00 am Eastern Time via Zoom (ID: [[zoom>967 5086 5323| 967 5086 5323]], Passcode ''48824'') unless noted otherwise.
[[lab:NTSeminar Speaker Schedule]]
=== Spring 2025 ===
^ Date ^ Speaker ^ Title ^ Institution ^ Topics ^ Notes ^
|01/14| Jordan Drake |[[https://youtu.be/IHbFKqs_1pM?si=mvW8-68fUdnd_QRa | An Effective Theory for Rotations in Deformed Odd-odd Nuclei]] | University of Tennessee, Knoxville | EFT, nuclear structure | in-person |
|01/21| Alexei Bazavov |Lattice QCD: From classical computation to quantum simulation | MSU | Lattice QCD | in-person |
|02/4| Dong Bai |[[https://youtu.be/Yli1slVGGkY | Scaling Law of Quantum Entanglement in Nuclear Shell Model ]] | Hohai University, China | Quantum entanglement, clustering | in-person |
|[[02/18]]|Ibrahim Abdurrahman |[[https://youtu.be/SZ04PyN1jLU | Investigating Fission Dynamics within Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Extended to Superfluid Systems ]] | Los Alamos National Lab | DFT, Fission| in-person |
|[[03/04]]|Lars Zurek |Extending the reach of nuclear ab initio approaches with tensor factorization | CEA, France | Ab initio, DFT| in-person |
|[[03/06, 2pm]]|Isak Svensson |**Special seminar:** Inferring three-nucleon couplings from multi-messenger neutron-star observations |TU Darmstadt, Germany | Chiral EFT, EoS| in-person |
|[[03/10, noon]] | Sebastien Guillot |**Special seminar:** [[ https://youtu.be/wjEQfdPKUT0 | Neutron stars as unique probes of nuclear physics]] |University of Toulouse, France | Neutron stars, EoS, observations| in-person, lunch seminar |
|[[03/11]]|Gregory Potel | Some recent trends in nuclear reaction theory for basic science and applications |University of Seville, Spain | Reactions, optical potentials| in-person |
|[[04/01]]|Kazuyuki Ogata | Knock it Out of the Nucleus: Structure of Nuclei Revealed by Knockout Reactions | Kyushu University, Japan | Knock-out reactions, alpha clustering| in-person |
|[[04/15]]|Aaina Thapa |TBD | Lawrence Livermore National Lab | Inelastic reactions| in-person |
=== Fall 2024 ===
^ Date ^ Speaker ^ Title ^ Institution ^ Topics ^ Notes ^
|09/17| Guillaume Hupin | Towards Nuclear Reactions Essential for A Comprehensive Hindsight of the universe | IJCLab | Nuclear astrophysics, ab initio reactions |
|10/01| Kristina Launey | Ab initio optical potentials and alpha clustering from the symmetry-adapted no-core shell-model framework | Louisiana State University | Ab initio modeling, symmetry-adapted approaches |
|10/15| Sofia Karampagia | Shell Model Nuclear Level Densities and their Application to Astrophysics | Grand Valley State University | Nuclear level densities, collectivity, shell model |
|10/25 (3pm)| Avik Sarkar | Ab initio lattice Monte Carlo simulations of quantum many-body systems | Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich | Nuclear lattice simulations| At 3PM|
|10/29| Che-Ming Ko | Transport model based on inputs from chiral effective field theory | Texas A&M | Heavy-ion collisions |
|11/12| Weijie Du | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_8XkPvwUMc|Nuclear many-body structure and dynamics on quantum computers]] | Iowa State University | Quantum algorithms for nuclear physics |
|12/3| Kyle Godbey | Reaction Dynamics In Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory |FRIB | Fission, TDHF |
=== Spring 2024 ===
^ Date ^ Speaker ^ Title ^ Institution ^ Topics ^ Notes ^
|01/23| Huey-Wen Lin | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRfUBWMQXig|Probing the heart of matter with supercomputers]] | MSU | QCD: ab initio | in-person, notice the time is 4 pm! |
|02/06| Seth Jacobson | A review of the isotopic dichotomy of the Solar System | MSU | Interdisciplinary: planetary science and NP | in person|
|02/20| Jeannie Rangel | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=535dRJNp6HI | Fusion reaction in collisions of weakly bound nuclei with heavy targets]] | State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Nuclear continuum: phenomenology |in-person, visiting theory group |
|03/07| Andrea Porro | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_FUDIwNOgU | Ab Initio Description of Monopole Resonances in Light and Medium Mass Nuclei]] | Darmstadt, Tech. U. | Nuclear bound states and continuum: ab initio | in-person, notice the special date!|
|03/19| Michael Higgins | An adiabatic hyperspherical approach to few-body systems in the nuclear sector | Purdue University | Nuclear continuum: ab initio | in-person |
|04/02| | | | close to the APS april meeting 4/3-4/6 |
|04/16| Alexandra Semposki | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5Z15sw1maY| From chiral EFT to perturbative QCD: a Bayesian model mixing approach to symmetric nuclear matter]] | Ohio University | Interdisciplinary: statistics and NP |in-person |
|04/30| James Watson | [[https://youtu.be/ARNhqFJIvTs | Quantum Algorithms for Simulating Nuclear Effective Field Theories]] | University of Maryland | Nuclear bound states and continuum: ab initio and quantum computing | in-person |
|06/25| Yoshida Sota | [[https://youtu.be/wz5Frt7kHyw | NuclearToolkit.jl and Surrogate Models for In-Medium Similarity Renormalization Group]] | Utsunomiya University, Japan | Nuclear bound states: ab initio and machine learning | in-person, visiting theory group|
|07/16 | Simin Wang | [[https://youtu.be/Ab6DqVOvDJo |Exotic Decays in Open Quantum Systems]] | Fudan University | Nuclear continuum | in-person |