Theoretical Physics - From Outer Space to Plasma
By Oxford University
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Description
Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics host a morning of Theoretical Physics roughly three times a year on a Saturday morning. The mornings consist of three talks pitched to explain an area of our research to an audience familiar with physics at about the second-year undergraduate level and are open to all Oxford Alumni. Topics include Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes, Dark Matter, Plasma, Particle Accelerators and The Large Hadron Collider.
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| 1 | CleanVideoMachine learning techniques in modern quantum-mechanics experiments | In this talk, Dr Elliott Bentine shall discuss how recent experiments have exploited machine-learning techniques, both to optimize the operation of these devices and to interperet the data they produce. | 22 3 2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 2 | CleanVideoMachine Learning and String Theory | Professor Andre Lukas will discuss how string theorists have started to use methods from data science - particularly machine learning - to analyse the vast landscape of string data. | 22 3 2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 3 | CleanVideoAn Introduction to deep learning | Professor Ard Louis gives a basic introduction to deep learning for physicists and addresses a few questions such as: Is the hype around deep learning justified, or are we about to hit some fundamental limitations? | 22 3 2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 4 | CleanVideoWelcome by Ian Shipsey Head of the Department of Physics | Ian Shipsey give an update on the department and introduces the next three talk on 'AI in Physics'. | 22 3 2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 5 | CleanVideoCosmic acceleration revealed by Type la supernovae? | In this talk Subir Sarkar will explain how deflagration supernovae have been used to infer that the Hubble expansion rate is accelerating, and critically assess whether the acceleration is real and due to `dark energy’. | 1 11 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 6 | CleanVideoSupernova Explosions and their Role in the Universe | In this talk, Philipp Podsiadlowski will explain how this energy (sometimes) creates a visible fireball, before going on to explain the role of supernovae in the production of the heaviest elements in the periodic table. | 1 11 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 7 | CleanVideoWhat makes stars go bang? | In this talk, James Binney will outline the physics that leads to prodigeous release of energy in core-collapse and deflagration supernovae. | 1 11 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 8 | CleanVideo... from collisions to the Higgs boson | To study the Higgs boson at the LHC we also need to understand how highly energetic quarks and gluons interact, among themselves and with the Higgs. | 16 5 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 9 | CleanVideoFrom protons to collisions… | We learn about the Higgs Boson and its interactions at the LHC by examining the debris produced by colliding protons head-on at unprecedented high energies. | 16 5 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 10 | CleanVideoWhat the Large Hadron Collider is telling us about the Higgs sector and its new interactions | Over the past two years, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has started to directly probe a qualitatively new class of interactions, associated with the Higgs boson. | 16 5 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 11 | CleanVideoWhy the world is simple - Prof Ard Louis | The coding theorem from algorithmic information theory (AIT) - which should be much more widely taught in Physics! - suggests that many processes in nature may be highly biased towards simple outputs. | 15 2 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 12 | CleanVideoTopology in Biology - Prof Julia Yeomans FRS | Active systems, from cells and bacteria to flocks of birds, harvest chemical energy which they use to move and to control the complex processes needed for life. | 15 2 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 13 | CleanVideoWelcome from the Head of the Physics Department | Ian Shipsey delivers the welcome speech for the Saturday Mornings of Theoretical Physics. | 15 2 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 14 | CleanVideoEntropy from Entanglement | Siddharth Parameswaran, Associate Professor, Physics Department. | 3 12 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 15 | CleanVideoEntropy: two short stories | John Chalker, Head of Theoretical Physics, gives a talk on entropy. | 3 12 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 16 | CleanVideoEntropy: Gaining Knowledge by Admitting Ignorance | Alexander Schekochihin, Professor of Theoretical Physics, gives a talk on entropy. | 3 12 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 17 | CleanVideoNetworked Quantum Information Technologies | This talk reviews the developments in quantum information processing. | 6 7 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 18 | CleanVideoQuantum logic with trapped-ion qubits | This talk reviews testing and developing ideas in quantum computing using laser-manipulated trapped ions. | 6 7 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 19 | CleanVideoThe ultimate limits of privacy and randomness...for the paranoid ones | This talk explains how qubits are used to represent numbers in a way that permits 'quantum-mechanical parallel' computing. | 6 7 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 20 | CleanVideo“Open” Quantum Systems | This talk reviews how to deal with quantum systems that are coupled to the outside world, as in reality all systems are. | 6 7 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 21 | CleanVideoQuantum Systems from Group up | This talk reviews the modern formulation of the basic ideas of quantum mechanics. | 6 7 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 22 | CleanVideoGalaxy Dynamics: The chemical evolution side | Dr Ralph Schoenrich will talk about the chemical evolution side | 25 1 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 23 | CleanVideoGalaxy Dynamics: The dynamics of galaxy discs | Dr John Magorrian will talk about the dynamics of galaxy discs | 25 1 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 24 | CleanVideoGalaxy Dynamics: Stellar systems: a new state of matter | Prof James Binney FRS will talk about stellar systems: a new state of matter | 25 1 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 25 | CleanVideoSuperfluids in Flatland: Topology, Defects, and the 2016 Nobel Prize | In this talk, Siddharth Parameswaran discusses how a topological approach to 2D systems reveal that they can indeed become superfluid, and lead to surprising and beautiful universal results whose implications continue to resonate today. | 3 11 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 26 | CleanVideoQuantum mechanics on the human scale | Stephen Blundell reviews a theory of superconductivity that was developed in Oxford in the 1930’s by Fritz London. | 3 11 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 27 | CleanVideoFrom Identical Particles to Frictionless Flow | John Chalker discusses how the laws of quantum mechanics lead us from the microscopic world to macroscopic phenomena. | 3 11 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 28 | CleanVideoExploring the very early universe with gravitational waves | John March-Russell gives a talk about gravitational wave signals of stringy physics, a ‘soundscape’ connected to the landscape of string vacua. | 10 5 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 29 | CleanVideoThe birth of gravitational wave astronomy | Subir Sarkar reviews the detection of the ‘chirrup’ signal from a pair of merging massive black holes by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, as well as subsequent experimental developments. | 10 5 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 30 | CleanVideoFrom action at a distance to gravitational waves | James Binney gives a talk about the mathematics that describe Gravitational waves. | 10 5 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 31 | CleanVideoKilometres: Turbulence - Morning of Theroetical Physics | Fasten Your Seat Belts: Turbulent Flows in Nature. Turbulence is ubiquitous in nature, and it often causes us headaches both literal and metaphorical. | 28 2 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 32 | CleanVideoMicrons: The bacterial viewpoint - Morning of Theroetical Physics | Ramin Golestanian will introduce you to Life at Low Reynolds number and ask how microorganisms can swim, navigate, and coordinate their activities. | 28 2 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 33 | CleanVideoCentimetres: Fluids all around us - Morning of Theroetical Physics | Julia Yeomans will talk about fluids and flows all around us: from superhydrophobic surfaces and how animals and plants keep dry, to bouncing droplets and balloons. | 28 2 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 34 | CleanVideoTopology and the Classification of Matter: New Physics Hidden in Plain Sight | Third lecture "More is different" - how states of matter emerge from quantum theory Saturday morning of Theoretical Physics. With Professor Steve Simon, introduction by Professor John WheelerThird | 1 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 35 | CleanVideoMagnets, superfluids and superconductors | Second lecture "More is different" - how states of matter emerge from quantum theory Saturday morning of Theoretical Physics. With Professor Fabian Essler, introduction by Professor John Wheeler. | 1 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 36 | CleanVideoIdentical particles: from one to many | First lecture in the "More is different" - how states of matter emerge from quantum theory Saturday morning of Theoretical Physics. With Professor John Chalker, introduction by Professor John Wheeler. | 1 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 37 | CleanVideoString Theory: Then and Now | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the ninth Saturday Morning of Theoretical Physics on 21st May 2016. Talk 1 by Professor Joseph Conlon. | 24 5 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 38 | CleanVideoString Theory and Particle Physics | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the ninth Saturday Morning of Theoretical Physics on 21st May 2016. Talk 2 by Professor Andre Lukas. | 24 5 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 39 | CleanVideoString Theory, Holography and Quark-Gluon Plasma | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the ninth Saturday Morning of Theoretical Physics on 21st May 2016. Talk 3 by Dr Andrei Starinets. | 24 5 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 40 | CleanVideoHow computers have changed the way we do physics - Breaking through the quantum barrier | The power of available computers has now grown exponentially for many decades. The ability to discover numerically the implications of equations and models has opened our eyes to previously hidden aspects of physics. | 11 2 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 41 | CleanVideoHow computers have changed the way we do physics - Structure in complex systems | The power of available computers has now grown exponentially for many decades. The ability to discover numerically the implications of equations and models has opened our eyes to previously hidden aspects of physics. | 11 2 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 42 | CleanVideoHow computers have changed the way we do physics - Chaos and climate change | The power of available computers has now grown exponentially for many decades. The ability to discover numerically the implications of equations and models has opened our eyes to previously hidden aspects of physics. | 11 2 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 43 | CleanVideoCosmology from General Relativity | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the eighth Saturday Morning of Theoretical Physics on 19 September 2015. Talk 3 by Pedro Ferreira. | 24 9 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 44 | CleanVideoGravitational lensing: one of the sharpest tools in an astronomer's toolbox | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the eighth Saturday Morning of Theoretical Physics on 19 September 2015. Talk 3 by Professor James Binney. | 24 9 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 45 | CleanVideoGeneral Relativity: what is it & why Einstein conceived it thus | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the eighth Saturday Morning of Theoretical Physics on 19 September 2015. Talk 2 by Professor John Wheater. | 24 9 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 46 | CleanVideoBasics of Anyons and Nonabelian Aharanov-Bohm Effect | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 7th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the idea of quantum computation and the strange behaviour of certain types of fundamental particle. | 14 5 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 47 | CleanVideoKnots, World-lines, and Topological Quantum Computation | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 7th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the idea of quantum computation and the strange behaviour of certain types of fundamental particle. | 14 5 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 48 | CleanVideoQuantum Computing | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 7th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the idea of quantum computation and the strange behaviour of certain types of fundamental particle. | 14 5 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 49 | CleanVideoSearches for Dark Matter | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 6th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the ways in which ideas from theoretical particle physics guide the high energy accelerator program at CERN. | 24 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 50 | CleanVideoPrecision Studies of the Higgs | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 6th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the ways in which ideas from theoretical particle physics guide the high energy accelerator program at CERN | 24 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 51 | CleanVideoThe Standard Model and the LHC | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 6th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the ways in which ideas from theoretical particle physics guide the high energy accelerator program at CERN. | 24 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 52 | CleanVideoThe impact of black holes on the Universe | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 5th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the subject of Black holes: where physics reaches its limit. | 24 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 53 | CleanVideoBlack holes in the nearby Universe | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 5th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the subject of Black holes: where physics reaches its limit. | 24 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 54 | CleanVideoBlack holes in Einstein's gravity and beyond | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 5th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the subject of Black holes: where physics reaches its limit. | 24 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 55 | CleanVideoPlasma tamed, fusion power and the theoretical challenge | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 4th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the subject of Plasmas: the normal form of matter and the key to unlimited energy. | 24 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 56 | CleanVideoTurbulence: Plasma Unleashed | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 4th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the subject of Plasmas: the normal form of matter and the key to unlimited energy. | 24 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 57 | CleanVideoPlasma: what it is, how to make it and how to hold it | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 4th morning of Theoretical Physics covering the subject of Plasmas: the normal form of matter and the key to unlimited energy. | 24 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 58 | CleanVideoString Theory on the Sky | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 3rd morning of Theoretical Physics covering the connections between cosmology and particle physics. | 24 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 59 | CleanVideoDarkness Visible: The Hunt For Dark Matter | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 3rd morning of Theoretical Physics covering the connections between cosmology and particle physics. | 24 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 60 | CleanVideoInner space meets outer space: Introduction | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 3rd morning of Theoretical Physics covering the connections between cosmology and particle physics. | 24 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 61 | CleanVideoMotility in Living Matter: from molecular motors to bacterial swarms | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 1st morning of Theoretical Physics covering how we use field theory to understand material reality. | 24 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 62 | CleanVideoLiving Matter: a theoretical physics perspective | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 2nd morning of Theoretical Physics covering ideas from theoretical physics currently being applied to living systems. | 24 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 63 | CleanVideoMaking the Vacuum Concrete | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the first Saturday Morning of Theoretical Physics on 22 June 2013. The event focussed on how we use field theory to understand material reality. | 21 5 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 64 | CleanMaking the Vacuum Concrete (Slides) | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the first Saturday Morning of Theoretical Physics on 22 June 2013. The event focussed on how we use field theory to understand material reality. | 21 5 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 65 | CleanVideoMatter Emerges from the Vacuum | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 1st morning of Theoretical Physics covering how we use field theory to understand material reality. | 24 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 66 | CleanVideoThe Vacuum Comes Alive | Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 1st morning of Theoretical Physics covering how we use field theory to understand material reality. | 24 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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