[Theory-seminars] REYES: Simulating Laws of Nature, Tuesday March 30th at 3:00pm

[Raul Briceno]

Dear all,

As promised we will have another REYES talk on Tuesday by Zohreh Davoudi.

Zoom connection: https://odu.zoom.us/j/99583621328
Date and time: Tuesday March 30, 2021, 3:00pm
Speaker: Zohreh Davoudi, Ph.D
        Assistant Professor and RIKEN Fellow
Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics
University of Maryland, College Park

Title: Toward Simulating Laws of Nature...and its Implications for a Simulated Universe!

Abstract: The complexities of the visible Universe, from stars and galaxies, down to biological organisms and molecules and atoms, arise from a few fundamental laws -- laws that mostly have a quantum-mechanical and relativistic theoretical description. Can one set out these physical laws in a numerical simulation and build out the entire universe given enough computing power? Remarkably, scientists are making exciting progress in achieving this goal, although only small patches of matter have been yet simulated on our largest supercomputers. Quantum computation or other revolutionary advances in computing may expedite the progress in the coming decades and open new perspectives. I will highlight some of these activities and the characteristics of such first-principle simulations of nature. Moreover, I will also take a more dramatic step to argue this progress might be in favor of the Simulation Hypothesis - the notion that the Universe itself is a numerical simulation! As physicists, we are interested to know how to test this hypothesis in our experiments and look for potential signatures, and I will point out a few ideas that are being proposed.

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On Mar 13, 2021, at 12:00 PM, Raul Briceno <rbriceno at jlab.org<mailto:rbriceno at jlab.org>> wrote:

Dear all,

This month we have two REYES talks. The first one will be this Monday on NASA’s Mars mission. The second is on March 30th by Zohreh Davoudi.

Below is the information for both.

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Zoom connection: https://odu.zoom.us/j/94198759574
Date and time: Monday March 15, 2021, 3:00pm
Speaker: Michelle Munk (NASA)
Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) Systems Capability Leader
Principal Technologist for EDL technologies

Title: Mars Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL): Past, Present and Future

Abstract: On February 18, NASA successfully landed the Perseverance rover in Jezero Crater, on the surface of Mars. The most exciting part of the journey is the last “seven minutes of terror” – when the rover has to travel through the Mars atmosphere to get safely to the surface. This talk will provide a behind-the-scenes look at how the system is designed, how entry, descent and landing at Mars has progressed over the decades, what’s special about the Perseverance mission, and what the future of Mars landings might bring. Read all about the Mars 2020 mission here: https://www.nasa.gov/perseverance

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p.s. SAVE THE DATA for Zohreh Davoudi’s talk on March 30th: https://odu.edu/reyes/calendar/2021/3/reyes_.html

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