University of Notre Dame Professor of Physics Mark Caprio will give a talk titled “Nuclei from Scratch: Ab Initio Calculations and the Emergence of Rotation” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, November 17, in Moulton Hall, room 214, as part of the Fall 2015 Physics Colloquium.
Caprio’s current research emphasizes nuclear structure theory, including the collective structure of nuclei, ab initio computational methods, and the nature of phase transitions in quantum many-body systems. He is interested in fundamental problems in the many-body physics of nuclei and other mesoscopic systems, especially the microscopic origins of collective phenomena.
He received the Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C. award for excellence in undergraduate teaching in 2014 and has had his research published in several journals including Physics Letter B, Nuclear Physics A, and the Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics.
The event is free and open to the public. For accommodation requests or more information on the colloquium series, contact the Department of Physics at 438-8756 or email Kerry Stewart at krstewa@ilstu.edu.
