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A team of researchers—Robert McGehee and Aaron Pierce of U-M Physics and Gilly Elor of Johannes Gutenberg University—proposed a new candidate for dark matter: HYPER, or “HighlY Interactive ParticlE Relics.”
A new model for dark matter. Phase transition in early universe changes strength of interaction between dark and normal matter.
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Astronaut Josh Cassada will speak with Saturday Morning Physics from the International Space Station on Jan. 14. “I’m hoping that we can continue to fuel the excitement that surrounds the pursuit of knowledge and understanding,” the astronaut says.
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Events
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Feb
08
2023 Helmut W. Baer Lecture | The Insidious Neutrinos, Entropy, and Gravitational Collapse
George M. Fuller, Distinguished Professor of Physics (University of California, San Diego)
3:00 PM
340
West Hall
Upcoming
Feb
01
Applied Physics Seminar | Wave Turbulence from a Simple Generic Model and for Understanding of Ocean Mixing
Yulin Pan, Assistant Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Michigan
12:00 PM
340
Virtual
Feb
01
Department Colloquium | SPARC and the High-field Path to Fusion Energy
Dennis Whyte (MIT)
3:00 PM
340
West Hall
Feb
06
HEP-Astro Seminar | Directly Detecting Light Dark Matter
Robert McGehee (U-M Physics)
3:00 PM
335
West Hall
Feb
07
Physics of cellular proportions
Jané Kondev, Brandeis University, School of Physics
11:30 AM
747
Weiser Hall
Feb
07
CM-AMO Seminar | Charge Density Wave and Spin Nematic Phase in Kagome Lattice FeGe
Pengcheng Dai (Rice University)
3:00 PM
335
Virtual
