Speaker: Professor Yongmin Cho, Sogang University, Korea Abstract: The electroweak monopole in the standard model, the existence, characteristic features, cosmological production, and physical implications are discussed. The discovery of Higgs particle has been thought to be the 'final' test... Read More
Speaker:Dr. Alessandro Romito (Lancaster University) Title: Heat transfer from topologically protected dynamics of Majorana zero modes Abstract: Quantum systems can have degenerate ground states protected against local fluctuations with exponential accuracy in the system size due to topology (as... Read More
Free public open night at Dunsink Observatory. Tickets available : https://bit.ly/2Nw9mC6
‘What is Extra-terrestrial Life?’ Exoplanets, Earth-like planets, SETI – what next, life? Presented by Professor Peter Gallagher, Head of Astronomy and Astrophysics, DIAS on Thursday, 21stMarch.
Booking essential, free tickets at: https://bit.ly/2Uk0JNi
‘Earth processes – drivers for life.’ Insights into how Earth processes determine life on our planet. Presented by Professor Chris Bean, Head of Geophysics, DIAS on Thursday, 28th
‘What is life? One question, many answers.’ The language of life in early Ireland and Wales. Presented by Professor Barry Lewis from the School of Celtic Studies, DIAS on Thursday 4th
‘Beyond the ‘What is Life?’ lectures and book.’ The legacy of Professor Erwin Schrödinger. Explored by Professor Werner Nahm FRS, Head of the School of Theoretical Physics, DIAS on Thursday 25th April.
Speaker: Falko Pientka (Max Planck, Dresden) Title:Topological superconductivity in conventional Josephson junctions Abstract: Experimental studies of superconductors in low-dimensions and with interesting spin structure have become possible by engineering mesoscopic superconductor hybrid devices. Of particular interest are topological... Read More
