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Research News
Mountaintop Observatory Sees Gamma Rays from Exotic Milky Way Object
The HAWC collaboration has detected highly energetic light coming from the outermost regions of an unusual star system within our own galaxy. The source is microquasar SS 433—a black hole that is gobbling up stuff from a nearby companion star and blasting out two… Read More -
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Modified Superconductor Synapse Reveals Exotic Electron Behavior
Electrons tend to avoid one another as they go about their business carrying current. But certain devices, cooled to near zero temperature, can coax these loner particles out of their shells. In extreme cases, electrons will interact in unusual ways, causing strange quantum entities… Read More -
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Pristine Quantum Light Source Created at the Edge of Silicon Chip
Protected Pathways for Light Offer a way to Streamline Single Photon Production. The smallest amount of light you can have is one photon, so dim that it’s pretty much invisible to humans. While imperceptible, these tiny blips of energy are useful for carrying quantum… Read More -
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LHC Scientists Finally Detect Most Favored Higgs Decay
Scientists now know the fate of the vast majority of all Higgs bosons produced in the LHC. Today at CERN, the Large Hadron Collider experiments ATLAS and CMS jointly announced the discovery of the Higgs boson transforming into bottom quarks as it decays. This… Read More -
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JQI Scientists Monroe and Gorshkov are Part of a New, $15 Million NSF Quantum Computing Project
NSF has announced a $15 million award to a collaboration of seven institutions including the University of Maryland. The goal: Build the world’s first practical quantum computer. "Quantum computers will change everything about the technology we use and how we use it, and we… Read More -
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Complexity Test Offers New Perspective on Small Quantum Computers
State-of-the-art quantum devices are not yet large enough to be called full-scale computers. The biggest comprise just a few dozen qubits—a meager count compared to the billions of bits in an ordinary computer’s memory. But steady progress means that these machines now routinely string… Read More -
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Chris Monroe Co-authors Piece on National Quantum Initiative - The Washington Times
Quantum technology harnesses the radical power of quantum systems — such as isolated atoms, photons and electrons — to transform how we process and communicate information. But that potential can be realized only if our nation’s resources are focused in a way that helps bring quantum… Read More -
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IceCube Neutrinos Point to Long-Sought Cosmic Ray Accelerator
An international team of scientists, with key contributions from researchers at the University of Maryland, has found the first evidence of a source of high-energy cosmic neutrinos—ghostly subatomic particles that travel to Earth unhindered for billions of light years from the most extreme environments… Read More -
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Semiconductor Quantum Transistor Opens the Door for Photon-based Computing
Transistors are tiny switches that form the bedrock of modern computing—billions of them route electrical signals around inside a smartphone, for instance. Quantum computers will need analogous hardware to manipulate quantum information. But the design constraints for this new technology are stringent, and today’s… Read More
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Congratulations to eight graduate students who have received awards from the Graduate School for the 2018-2019 Academic Year!
Pablo Solano Palma
Dissertation Title: "Quantum Optics in Optical Nanofibers:
Dissertation Advisor: Professor Luis A. Orozco
Department News
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Oct 2, 2018
Manuel Franco Sevilla Joins UMD Physics
Manuel Franco Sevilla has joined the Department of Physics as an assistant professor. He recently completed a postdoctoral appointment at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Franco Sevilla received his Ph.D. in experimental particle physics at Stanford University, working on the BaBar experiment at…
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Oct 1, 2018
Juan Maldacena Awarded Prange Prize
Juan Maldacena of the Institute for Advanced Study has been named the 2018 recipient of the Richard E. Prange Prize and Lectureship in Condensed Matter Theory and Related Areas. Dr. Maldacena will receive a $10,000 honorarium. He delivered a public lecture entitled "Black Holes and…
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Sep 14, 2018
Peter Shawhan Awarded 2018 Kirwan Faculty Research and Scholarship Prize
University of Maryland Professor Peter Shawhan received the 2018 Kirwan Faculty Research and Scholarship Prize during the campus’ annual Faculty and Staff Convocation ceremony on September 12, 2018. The prize, which provides a $5,000 stipend, recognizes a faculty member for a highly significant work of research,…
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Sep 11, 2018
Ted Jacobson Named Distinguished University Professor
Ted Jacobson has been named a University of Maryland Distinguished University Professor. This designation is the campus’ highest academic honor, reserved for those whose scholarly achievements “have brought distinction to the University of Maryland.” He was cited for his highly innovative work in black hole…
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