Topics

Astronomy & Astrophysics

• Ground and space based gamma-ray astronomy (Holder)
• Where do fast radio bursts come from? (Holder)
• The formation and early evolution of low-mass stars and brown dwarfs (Gizis)
• Scenarios of giant planet formation and evolution and their impact on the formation of habitable terrestrial planets (Dodson-Robinson)
• Radiatively driven stellar winds from hot stars (Owocki)

AMO Physics

• Casimir forces: Still surprising after 60 years (Szalewicz)
• Quantum information with Rydberg atoms (Safronova)

Biological Physics

• Graphene nanodevices for DNA sequencing (Nikolic)

Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Physics and Nanophysics

• Spin torque building blocks (Xiao)
• Spin transport in non-magnetic nanostructures induced by nonlocal spin injection (Ji)
• The quantum spin Hall effect and topological insulators (Nikolic)
• Practical aspects of modern and future permanent magnets (Hadjipanayis)

Elementary Particles, Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology

• Neutrino mass and new physics (Barr)
• The origin of galactic cosmic rays (Gaisser)
• Utrahigh energy cosmic rays (Stanev)
• Ice cube: An instrument for neutrino astronomy (Seckel)
• Discovery of gravitational waves (Shafi)
• Experimental cosmology with cosmic microwave background (Shafi)

Space and Plasma Physics

• Magnetic reconnection (Shay)
• Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence and time scales in astrophysical and space plasmas (Matthaeus)
• Spacecraft observations of solar wind turbulence (Maruca)