August 2021 - sps-list

by Morin, David

If you are doing research through Phys 90r this semester, this google form replaces the old paper form: https://forms.gle/YgQhmxz4f54CvAT8A Please fill this out as soon as your 90r research plan is settled. This is just an internal physics form, so don’t forget to officially sign up for 90r in your crimson cart. Let me know if you have any questions.

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Phys, Chem/Phys Advising

by Morin, David

I hope everyone has had an enjoyable summer. The new semester is fast approaching, so here we go... This email is relevant to the Physics and Chem/Phys concentrators among you. It's a long email, but please pay special attention to the "YOUR TASK" item below. THE SHORT VERSION: Email your concentration advisor and set up a zoom meeting sometime between Mon 8/16 and Wed 8/25 (Thurs 8/26 is the course registration deadline). Your advisor will lift the hold on your crimson cart (sometimes called “study card”). More info on the various dates can be found here: https://college.harvard.edu/guides/course-preview-period THE LONG VERSION: (1) A picture of your Individual Concentrator Advisor should show up in your my.harvard list of advisors. If it doesn't, or if there are any issues (you want to change advisors, etc.), please let me know right away. (However, I’ll be away from 8/14 to 8/21.) (2) All of you automatically have Prof. Georgi (Head Tutor) and me (Co-Head Tutor) as academic advisors. You can talk with us about anything at any time, ranging from course selection, to future plans, to lab work, to concentration requirements. Our office hours are posted at: www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~hgeorgi<http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~hgeorgi> and https://scholar.harvard.edu/david-morin/office-hours, zoom link: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/95258793192?pwd=cEViNis1d1ozNDk3MmdpWjRyOVY1QT09<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvard.zoom.us_j_9525…> We encourage you to drop by zoom, but email also works. (3) In addition, we give all of you another faculty advisor. The purpose of this Individual Concentration Advisor is to act as a mentor, and to help you down the Physics or Chem/Phys path. However, concerning concentration requirements, Prof. Georgi and I have seen all the ins and outs and variations on these, so we encourage you to save such questions for us. In short, when talking with your faculty advisor, you can pretend that there are no course numbers or requirements to worry about. Just get some real physics advice about what subjects are good to know, what lab experience is good to have, etc. You can view your faculty advisor in my.harvard. (4) YOUR TASK: Email your faculty advisor to set up a meeting to discuss your classes and future plans and such. In addition to providing you with advice, your advisor will also provide you with the necessary electronic signature on your crimson cart. If you'd like to also meet with Prof. Georgi and/or me, by all means stop by zoom, but please do so in addition to (not instead of!) seeing your individual advisor. NOTE: Occasionally more than one email is needed to set up a meeting with your advisor. All of us let an email slip away now and then. So don't hesitate to send a second email after a day or two if you haven't heard back. Also, ***PLEASE CC THE FACULTY ASSISTANT** for your advisor on your FIRST email, unless you're sure that your advisor will get back to you right away (and definitely cc if a second email is required). This person can be identified by clicking on your advisor on the page: www.physics.harvard.edu/people/faculty<http://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/faculty> The Faculty Assistant is listed below the advisor's research blurb. If you have trouble getting a response from your advisor, let me know, and we can always switch advisors. (5) The Physics FAQ page is: https://www.physics.harvard.edu/undergrad/faqs-concentrators Please let me know if there's a topic you would like added. Enjoy the last few days of summer! DJM

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concentration reqs

by Morin, David

For the SENIOR Physics and Chem/Phys concentrators among you (but also for non-seniors, for future reference): I checked through all of the seniors' records and emailed you of any remaining concentration requirements. But just as a double check, in case I missed anyone, here are some general comments and caveats: 1. Even though I checked through things, you should also check through the requirements listed in the Handbook. 2. Ignore the "Advising Report" in my.harvard, as far as the Physics concentration reqs go. It may very well say that some requirements aren't satisfied when in fact they are. The information I emailed to you supersedes the Advising Report. (However, the Gen Ed part of the Advising Report is probably correct, so you _should_ pay attention to that.) 3. Students who skipped 15b and/or 15c (and took an approved substitute instead) are still required to do the labs, on a pass/fail basis. (But no need to do the 15b lab if you took AP50b or PS12b.) 4. The secondary-field information isn't recorded in the system, so I didn't take that into account in my assessment of any remaining requirements. If you are doing a secondary, be aware that only one course can double count for concentration and secondary. (In contrast, there is unlimited double counting in joint concentrations.) 5. Similarly, for the very few students doing the AB/AM program, the system sometimes doesn't show which courses are bracketed. Be aware that bracketed courses can't count for the undergrad part of the degree.

1 year, 4 months

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15b, 15c lab requirement

by Morin, David

This email is a reminder about the Physics Department's rule for the 15b and 15c labs. This rule applies to Physics concentrators, Chem/Phys concentrators, and students completing a Physics secondary: If you skip 15b and/or 15c and satisfy the E&M and/or waves requirement by taking an alternative course (approved by Prof. Georgi or me), then you must still complete the 15b and/or 15c labs at some point, on a pass/fail basis. (However, you don't need to do the 15b lab if you took AP50b or PS12b.) You can complete the labs in a future semester if you wish, but my recommendation is that you do them at the same time you take the alternative course. (Students in 15b and 15c must of course do the lab when taking the course.) To schedule your lab time, please email, as soon as possible: 15b: Dr. Carey Witkov (witkov(a)fas.harvard.edu) 15c: TF Kristine Rezai (kristinerezai(a)gmail.com) Please let me know if you have any questions.

1 year, 9 months

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Sign up for Polaris, Harvard’s Physics Mentorship Program!

by Belcher, Hannah

[cid:image001.png@01D79A22.86E02100] Hello! Are you interested in learning more about the physics community and physics research at Harvard? Are you taking your first physics class this fall? Consider signing up to be a Polaris mentee! Or, Do you want to help a student who is new to the department navigate college life and physics at Harvard? You may want to consider signing up to be a Polaris mentor! The Physics department is thrilled to partner with the Society of Physics Students (SPS), Womxn in Physics (WiP), and the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) in our second year of the Polaris mentoring program! In this program, participating mentees receive a graduate student mentor for navigating research at Harvard and graduate school life, as well as an undergraduate mentor for navigating physics courses and undergraduate life. Mentor groups meet at least once a month throughout the academic year and are invited to attend events organized by the Polaris committee. Students are welcome to sign up as either a mentee or an undergraduate mentor! Polaris participants will also be invited to Womxn in Physics (WiP) and National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) events and programming. Please note that you can request to be matched with a mentee and/or co-mentor with a similar cultural background or identity as yourself if you wish. If you’re interested in this program, please fill out this MENTOR signup form<https://forms.gle/SQ2CWN9nDtEvsoHy5> or MENTEE signup form<https://forms.gle/dXZW5U3G5pNRdyyA8> by Monday, September 6 based on which role you prefer! The Matching Team will do its best to match mentees and mentors who have similar interests, experiences, or other important aspects you value in a mentoring relationship. We encourage mentees and mentors of any year to sign up. To all our mentors from last year—thank you. We know how hard Zoom was, and we really appreciate all the energy you gave last year to supporting our undergrads. And of course, thank you in advance to all of this year’s mentors. We will be holding a required Polaris Mentor Training in early September (date and location TBA). If you have any questions or feedback or would like to help us organize events, please reach out to nmeister(a)college.harvard.edu<mailto:nmeister@college.harvard.edu>. We hope to see you in our program! SPS, WiP, and NSBP

2 years, 8 months

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JOIN WECODE BOARD! Apply now to organize the world’s largest undergrad women in tech conference!

by Victoria Ono

Are you an aspiring leader in tech? Want to help organize the largest student-run women in tech conference in the world? Apply here <https://forms.gle/ZuaNGK6y4a2mmHpZ8> to join WECode Board as an Associate Director to organize our WECode 2022 Conference <http://harvardwecode.com/>! Join us in WECode’s mission to celebrate and encourage women in technology from around the world, helping expand our skills and build our community, during our annual high school and spring conferences! WECode is an initiative under Harvard Women in CS (WiCS). Associate Directors help shape the vision of our conference, collaborating with their team and incorporating their perspectives to plan and host WECode! No prior CS experience is necessary. First-years and those underrepresented in CS are especially encouraged to apply. Associate Directors must commit to 4+ hours/week, including weekly Board meetings every Saturday from 9-10pm ET (time subject to change). We have positions available on the following teams. You may apply for up to 3 positions: 1. Associate Director of Programming 2. Associate Director of Marketing and Strategy 3. Associate Director of Public Relations 4. Associate Director of Logistics Descriptions of positions and responsibilities can be found below. ROLE DESCRIPTIONS <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h3vgII67ssctuxVocC_oXWicFA6yU15Ir9WnV3C…> APPLY HERE <https://forms.gle/PY7nZuu3Kus9mMas8> Deadline: Tuesday, September 7, 2021 11:59 PM EDT Application Timeline: August 31 & September 4, 7-8 PM ET: Office Hours (Zoom Link <https://harvard.zoom.us/my/victoriaono>) August 30 - September 8 - Associate Director Interviews conducted Tuesday, September 7, 11:59 PM ET - Application Due Friday, September 10 - Associate Director decisions will be emailed Saturday, September 11 - First WECode 2022 Full Board Meeting Contact WECode Logistics Directors, Victoria and Emily, at wecodelogistics(a)gmail.com if you have any questions! Best, The WECode Team *Facebook <http://facebook.com/harvardwecode> | Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/wecodeharvard/> | Website <http://www.harvardwecode.com/>* ᐧ

2 years, 8 months

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Chilloquium: The Time Lord [Today 8/30, 4:30 pm EDT]

by Andrew Winnicki

Reminder: Happening Today!Professor Jun Ye of JILA <https://forms.gle/8t6itDcYJcLhCddR9> <https://harvard.zoom.us/j/2704884384> Meet our Speaker: From quantum clocks to cold molecules, Ye's group forms the vanguard of fundamental AMO physics. *Professor Jun Ye* is a Fellow of JILA and a Fellow of NIST. He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of APS, and a Fellow of OSA. Professor Ye's research focuses on the frontiers of light-matter interactions that include precision measurement, quantum science, ultracold matter, and frequency metrology. He has co-authored 380 scientific papers and delivered 600 invited talks. Awards and honors include Micius Quantum Prize, N.F. Ramsey Prize, I.I. Rabi Award, US Presidential Rank Award (Distinguished, four Gold Medals from the U.S. Commerce Department, Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Frew Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, I.I. Rabi Prize, European Frequency and Time Forum Award, Carl Zeiss Award, William F. Meggers Award, Adolph Lomb Medal, Arthur S. Flemming Award, Presidential Early Career Award, Friedrich Wilhem Bessel Award, Samuel Wesley Stratton Award, and Jacob Rabinow Award. *About the science:* Ye's research group explores the frontier of light-matter interactions. Precisely controlled lasers enable communications with microscopically engineered quantum systems of atoms and molecules. By preparing matter in specific quantum states, and using probe light with the longest coherence time and precisely controlled waveform, Ye strives to make fundamental scientific discoveries and develop new enabling technologies. The strongly integrated development of scientific vision and experimental tools has enabled us to advance important topics in precision measurement, quantum many-body physics, quantum metrology, ultrafast science, and quantum science in general. For example, Professor Ye's research group employs quantum gas of strontium atoms confined in optical lattices to achieve best performing atomic clocks and investigate novel quantum dynamics, combining quantum metrology and quantum simulation. They prepare molecules in quantum degenerate gases to engineer tunable Hamiltonians for correlated quantum phenomena. These quantum-state prepared molecules are also explored for tests of fundamental physics and study of quantum chemistry. Stable lasers and optical frequency combs are extending precision spectroscopy and extreme nonlinear optics from mid infrared to extreme ultraviolet, providing novel probes for large quantum systems, trace detection for health and environment, and new spectroscopy opportunities for nuclear transitions. *Cool publications to check out:* - Half-minute-scale atomic coherence and high relative stability in a tweezer clock: https://jila.colorado.edu/sites/default/files/2020-12/Long%20atom%20coheren… - Frequency ratio measurements at 18-digit accuracy using an optical clock network: https://jila.colorado.edu/sites/default/files/2021-03/Freq%20Ratio%2018%20d… - Dipolar evaporation of reactive molecules to below the Fermi temperature: https://jila.colorado.edu/sites/default/files/2020-12/Dipolar%20evaporation… - Precision Metrology Meets Cosmology: Improved Constraints on Ultralight Dark Matter from Atom-Cavity Frequency Comparisons: https://jila.colorado.edu/sites/default/files/2020-11/PhysRevLett.125.20130… - Thermodynamics of a deeply degenerate SU(N)-symmetric Fermi gas: https://jila.colorado.edu/sites/default/files/2020-12/SU%28N%29%20Fermi%20g… Please reach out to Andrew Winnicki at awinnicki(a)college.harvard.edu if you need access to any of the listed articles. Chilloquium is the virtual colloquium for *every* physics student. These weekly talks: - lie somewhere between a conversation and a lecture - highlight each speaker's personal journey as well as their work - are designed with undergrads in mind To those joining us for the first time this week, welcome! Note that RSVPs are not required but help us plan and let you pre-submit questions. Sign up to our mailing list here, where we send updates on speakers every week: https://forms.gle/SUkB12GPb9WuTk6x9. Please direct inquiries concerning the Harvard-Radcliffe SPS, Chilloquium, or details contained within this email to Andrew Winnicki at awinnicki(a)college.harvard.edu. Portrait work done by Anasuya Lyons. 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2 years, 8 months

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UPCOMING! Harvard Science Book Talk-Sept. 13 @ 12PM-Adam Kucharski, "The Rules of Contagion: Why Things Spread—And Why They Stop"

by Gardner, Felice Ann

[https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/template_images/gallery/47662b23-df38-45d4…] HARVARD SCIENCE BOOK TALK [https://mcusercontent.com/2a42f9e6c5264bb277175db04/images/517bad6f-699e-b2…] Adam Kucharski<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.lshtm.ac.uk_aboutu…> The Rules of Contagion: Why Things Spread—And Why They Stop These days, whenever anything spreads, whether it's a YouTube fad or a political rumor, we say it went viral. But how does virality actually work? In The Rules of Contagion, epidemiologist Adam Kucharski explores topics including gun violence, online manipulation, and, of course, outbreaks of disease to show how much we get wrong about contagion, and how astonishing the real science is. Why did the president retweet a Mussolini quote as his own? Why do financial bubbles take off so quickly? Why are disinformation campaigns so effective? And what makes the emergence of new illnesses—such as MERS, SARS, or the coronavirus disease COVID-19—so challenging? By uncovering the crucial factors driving outbreaks, we can see how things really spread—and what we can do about it. Adam Kucharski is an assistant professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and an award-winning science writer. He studied at the University of Warwick before completing a PhD in mathematics at the University of Cambridge. His research spans topics ranging from statistics to social behaviour, and he has worked on outbreak analysis of influenza, Zika and Ebola. This work has been featured by the Guardian, BBC News, Time, the Times, El País, the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post. SEPTEMBER 13 @ 12:00PM REGISTER<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.harvard.com_event_…> [YouTube]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_channe…> YouTube<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_channe…> [Twitter]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_HarvardSci…> Twitter<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_HarvardSci…> [Website]<https://science.fas.harvard.edu/book-talks> Website<https://science.fas.harvard.edu/book-talks> [Email]<mailto:science_lectures@fas.harvard.edu.> Email<mailto:science_lectures@fas.harvard.edu.> [https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/template_images/gallery/03c9e5d8-4a2f-471e…] [https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/template_images/gallery/47662b23-df38-45d4…]

2 years, 8 months

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New fall-term office hours

by Jacob Barandes

Dear students, Starting in September, my fall-term general walk-in office hours will be Friday mornings, 10am–noon, at: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/98774687494?pwd=cDZiczhJTVZiTVEwSTZ1N0JZVkg1dz09 Jacob

2 years, 8 months

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Howard Georgi office hours this year

by Georgi, Howard

My office hours this year will be a hybrid. I will have some zoom office hours and some in person. The schedule on my website will specify which is which and where my in-person hours will start --- usually in my office, Jefferson 456 or the physics library. We will have to be flexible this year and if I get a big crowd in my office, we will move and I will put a sign on the door saying where we are.

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