Physics Program Presents
A (Very) Brief Moment of Harmony: The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics
Paul Cadden-Zimansky, associate professor of physics, and Christopher LaFratta, professor of chemistry
Friday, October 6, 2023
Hegeman 107
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
This year's Nobel Prize in physics recognized pioneering work in the creation of flashes of light that last less than a quadrillionth of a second. In this talk, aimed at a general audience, we'll explain how the cause of a mysterious set of "overtones" in the interaction of lasers and atoms was unraveled, how solving this mystery set off a race to break an unbreakable time-barrier, and how breaking this time-barrier has allowed scientists to take the highest of high-speed photographs, glimpsing the previously unobservable world of electron motions at the subatomic scale.12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Location: Hegeman 107
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