Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics Courses

Yielding, Flow, and Healing in Slightly Wet Granular Matter - Humidity-Induced Capillary Cohesion and Its Role in Debris Flows, Landslides, and Post-Fire Hazards

Explore how humidity-induced capillary cohesion affects granular matter behavior in debris flows, landslides, and post-fire hazards through soft matter physics.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Earthquakes - A Tale of Scales, Rheology, Feedback, Memory, Hysteresis, and Criticality

Explore earthquake mechanics through soft matter physics, examining scales, rheology, feedback loops, and memory effects in Earth materials.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

From Soil Mechanics to Geophysical Friction - A Hydrodynamic Approach

Explore how Earth materials behave as soft matter, bridging soil mechanics and geophysics through hydrodynamic principles to understand landslides, earthquakes, and erosion.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

From Fracture to Flow - How Calving Ice Sheets Drive Melange Behavior and Fjord Ocean Dynamics

Explore how ice sheet fractures create complex melange dynamics and influence fjord ocean circulation patterns through cutting-edge soft matter physics research.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Are Some Break-ups Harder Than Others? Pondering the State of 'Crackiness', Wind, Forest Structure, and Soft-Earth Mechanics Over Time

Explore how Earth materials like soil, mud, and ice behave between solid and fluid states, examining soft matter physics in geophysical contexts and novel yielding mechanisms.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Lab-Scale Models for Hydro-Fracture

Explore lab-scale hydro-fracture models with Harvard's David Weitz, examining how controlled experiments reveal fracture mechanics in soft Earth materials.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Polymer Gels to Probe Failure Processes in Geomaterials

Explore how polymer gels reveal failure mechanisms in Earth materials like soil, mud, and rocks through innovative soft matter physics approaches.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Fingerprints of the Later Universe in the Cosmic Microwave Background

Explore how later universe structures leave detectable imprints on the cosmic microwave background radiation through advanced theoretical physics analysis.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

CO and [C II] Line-Intensity Mapping - Progressing Towards a New Viewpoint on the Star-Forming Cosmic Web

Explore CO and [C II] line-intensity mapping techniques to gain new perspectives on the star-forming cosmic web and advance multi-probe cosmology understanding.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cosmology with HI Intensity Mapping

Explore HI intensity mapping techniques for cosmological research and multi-probe analysis methods to advance understanding of large-scale structure and astrophysics.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Fast Radio Bursts

Explore the mysterious phenomenon of fast radio bursts and their implications for multi-probe cosmology research through cutting-edge astrophysical observations and analysis.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beyond Standard Model Secondaries

Explore beyond standard model physics through secondary effects in cosmological observations and their implications for theoretical physics.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

A Review of AI and Machine Learning in Cosmology and Astrophysics

Explore how artificial intelligence and machine learning revolutionize cosmological research and astrophysical data analysis in this Princeton expert's comprehensive review.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Challenges and Prospects in Forward Modeling for Field-level Inference

Explore forward modeling challenges and prospects for field-level inference in cosmology, presented by Stanford researcher Beatriz Tucci at KITP's multi-probe cosmology conference.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Baryonic Feedback and Cosmology - A Case for Probe Combination and for Map-Level Analysis

Explore baryonic feedback effects in cosmology through multi-probe analysis techniques and map-level methods for advancing astrophysical understanding.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video