Talks Schedule

2026

Friday, Nov 13, 2026

  • Simons Amphitheater 10:00AM Ultracold Molecules for Fundamental Physics, Controlled Chemistry, and Quantum Information

    • Brian Kendrick (LANL) Non-Adiabatic Quantum Dynamics and Complex Formation in Ultracold Chemical Reactions
  • Zoom 11:00AM NSBP Insight Seminar

    https://ucsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UtCwMFibSs-Zae-zEVfRXA#/registration

    • Marcell Howard (Brown University) Gravitational Particle Production and Parametric Resonance of Self-Interacting Dark Matter
  • Simons Amphitheater 01:00PM Enigmatic Explosions: Observations, Modelling, and Microphysics of Extreme Transients

    • Shivani Shah (NC State) Metal-poor stars
    • Danat Issa (MIT) Collapsar dynamics and nucleosynthesis

2026

Monday, Nov 09, 2026

  • Simons Amphitheater 10:00AM Ultracold Molecules for Fundamental Physics, Controlled Chemistry, and Quantum Information

    • Ignacio Aucar (CONICET) Genuine Molecular QED Effects Revealed by the Relativistic Connection between NMR Shielding and Nuclear Spin-Rotation
  • Fred Kavli Auditorium 11:00AM Enigmatic Explosions: Observations, Modelling, and Microphysics of Extreme Transients

    • Francois Foucart (UNH), Raffaella Margutti (UC Berkeley), Philipp Moesta (Univ. of Amsterdam), Rebecca Surman (Notre Dame) Meet&greet/Show&tell
  • Simons Amphitheater 12:15PM Blackboard Lunch

    • Irene Tamborra (N. Bohr Institute) The Microphysics of Transients

2026

Tuesday, Nov 10, 2026

  • Simons Amphitheater 11:00AM Enigmatic Explosions: Observations, Modelling, and Microphysics of Extreme Transients

    • Tetyana Pitik (UCB / LBNL) Accretion-induced collapse
    • Ryan Foley (UCSC) Overview: Roman + other transient facilities
  • Broida 3302 12:30PM High Energy Theory / Gravitation Seminar

    • Shadi Ali Ahmad (NYU) Glimpses of the (quantum) black hole interior
  • Simons Amphitheater 01:00PM Ultracold Molecules for Fundamental Physics, Controlled Chemistry, and Quantum Information

    • Luis Santos (Uni. Hannover) Dipolar lattice gases
  • Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main) 03:30PM Physics Colloquium

    • Ryan Foley (UCSC) It is Time for a Compact Object Paradigm Shift

2026

Wednesday, Nov 11, 2026

No talks scheduled.

2026

Thursday, Nov 12, 2026

  • Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main) 10:30AM Ultracold Molecules for Fundamental Physics, Controlled Chemistry, and Quantum Information

    • Jesus Perez Rios (Stony Brook) AI applications in AMO physics
  • Simons Amphitheater 11:00AM Enigmatic Explosions: Observations, Modelling, and Microphysics of Extreme Transients

    • Erica Hammerstein (UC Berkeley) Tidal disruption events
    • Huei Sears (Rutgers) type Ia supernovae
  • Fred Kavli Auditorium 01:00PM Ultracold Molecules for Fundamental Physics, Controlled Chemistry, and Quantum Information

    • Christiane Koch (Freie Univ. Berlin) What chiral molecules can teach us about quantum control
  • Simons Amphitheater 02:00PM High Energy Theory / Gravitation Seminar

    • Marco Costa (KITP) Long-range spin-1 forces beyond the Proca limit

2026

Friday, Nov 13, 2026

  • Simons Amphitheater 10:00AM Ultracold Molecules for Fundamental Physics, Controlled Chemistry, and Quantum Information

    • Brian Kendrick (LANL) Non-Adiabatic Quantum Dynamics and Complex Formation in Ultracold Chemical Reactions
  • Zoom 11:00AM NSBP Insight Seminar

    https://ucsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UtCwMFibSs-Zae-zEVfRXA#/registration

    • Marcell Howard (Brown University) Gravitational Particle Production and Parametric Resonance of Self-Interacting Dark Matter
  • Simons Amphitheater 01:00PM Enigmatic Explosions: Observations, Modelling, and Microphysics of Extreme Transients

    • Shivani Shah (NC State) Metal-poor stars
    • Danat Issa (MIT) Collapsar dynamics and nucleosynthesis

2026

Saturday, Nov 14, 2026

No talks scheduled.

2026

Sunday, Nov 15, 2026

No talks scheduled.

2026

Monday, Nov 16, 2026

  • Fred Kavli Auditorium 11:00AM Enigmatic Explosions: Observations, Modelling, and Microphysics of Extreme Transients

    • Raffaella Margutti (UC Berkeley), Philipp Moesta (Univ. of Amsterdam), Francois Foucart (UNH), Rebecca Surman (Notre Dame) Meet&greet/Show&tell
  • Simons Amphitheater 12:15PM Blackboard Lunch

    • Kaden Hazzard (Rice) Very Cold Molecules: Chemistry, Quantum Matter, and the Laws of Nature

2026

Tuesday, Nov 17, 2026

  • Simons Amphitheater 11:00AM Enigmatic Explosions: Observations, Modelling, and Microphysics of Extreme Transients

    • Shreya Anand (Stanford) Overview: Rubin observatory
    • Tiffany Lewis (Michigan Tech) Gamma-ray observations and COSI
  • Simons Amphitheater 01:00PM Ultracold Molecules for Fundamental Physics, Controlled Chemistry, and Quantum Information

    • Sebastian Will (Columbia) Ultracold Dipolar Molecules: A New Quantum Liquid

2026

Wednesday, Nov 18, 2026

  • Simons Amphitheater 10:00AM Ultracold Molecules for Fundamental Physics, Controlled Chemistry, and Quantum Information

    • Svetlana Kotochigova (Temple) Relativistic study of radioactive molecules in searches for parity-violating effects
  • Fred Kavli Auditorium 11:00AM Enigmatic Explosions: Observations, Modelling, and Microphysics of Extreme Transients

    • Samuel Boos (KITP) type Ia supernovae
    • Xiaoshan Huang (Caltech) Overview: TDE simulations

2026

Thursday, Nov 19, 2026

  • Founders' Room 11:00AM Enigmatic Explosions: Observations, Modelling, and Microphysics of Extreme Transients

    • Fabio Magistrelli (Uni. Jena) Integrated hydro+nuclear network simulations
    • Mengke Li (UC Berkeley) Nuclear networks/r-process
  • Simons Amphitheater 01:00PM Ultracold Molecules for Fundamental Physics, Controlled Chemistry, and Quantum Information

    • Chris Greene (Purdue) Three-body recombination and Efimov physics of microwave-screened polar molecules

2026

Friday, Nov 20, 2026

  • Simons Amphitheater 10:00AM Ultracold Molecules for Fundamental Physics, Controlled Chemistry, and Quantum Information

    • Matthew Eiles (MPI-PKS) Ultralong-range Rydberg molecules: what are they good for?
  • Simons Amphitheater 01:00PM Enigmatic Explosions: Observations, Modelling, and Microphysics of Extreme Transients

    • Francois Foucart (UNH), Raffaella Margutti (UC Berkeley), Rebecca Surman (Notre Dame), Philipp Moesta (Univ. of Amsterdam) Open discussion

2026

Saturday, Nov 21, 2026

No talks scheduled.

2026

Sunday, Nov 22, 2026

No talks scheduled.