NYU Physics Courses

New Thoughts on MiniBooNE Anomaly - Understanding Short-Baseline Neutrino Results

Delve into the MiniBooNE anomaly analysis, exploring recent MicroBooNE findings and new background study interpretations that challenge previous understanding of short-baseline neutrino physics.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Black Hole Spin Statistics in Quantum Gravity Systems

Delve into quantum mechanics of black holes, exploring horizon area, gravitational path integrals, and the relationship between fermions and bosons in quantum gravity systems.

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

Cosmic Microwave Background as a Probe of the Evolution of the Universe

Explore how microwave background fluctuations reveal the early universe's secrets, dark matter properties, and inflation physics through cutting-edge observational measurements and analysis.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

ULTRASAT: Revolutionizing Our Understanding of the Hot Transient Universe

Explore groundbreaking UV telescope ULTRASAT's capabilities in detecting transient astronomical events, from gravitational waves to supernovae, launching in 2025 with unprecedented 200-degree field coverage.

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

Topological Stars in Gravity - Understanding Black Hole Microstates

Explore the microscopic foundations of gravity through string theory, focusing on topological structures in spacetime and their role in understanding black hole microstates and ultra-compact objects.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Simulating Black Hole Feasts, Burps, Fireworks, and Gravitational Waves

Explore cutting-edge simulations of black hole behavior, from their feeding patterns to gravitational wave production, examining their impact on galactic evolution and stellar phenomena.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Causality Constraints on Gravitational Effective Field Theories

Delve into gravitational effective field theories, exploring causality and unitarity constraints on graviton scattering, Wilson coefficients, and their implications for gravitational interactions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Galactic Archaeology in the Gaia Era - Understanding Galaxy Formation and Assembly

Explore how astronomical surveys like Gaia help uncover the Milky Way's structure and assembly history through detailed analysis of billions of stars' positions, motions, and chemical compositions.

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

Dark Radiation Isocurvature from Cosmological Phase Transitions

Delve into cosmological phase transitions and their impact on dark radiation, exploring non-thermal processes, CMB observations, and non-Gaussian perturbations in theoretical physics.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Reconstructing Initial Conditions from Galaxy Surveys Using Optimal Transport

Explore advanced techniques in Optimal Transport for reconstructing initial fluctuation fields from galaxy surveys, with applications to astrophysical data analysis and observations.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

James Webb Space Telescope Breakthroughs in Galaxy Formation and Black Hole Evolution

Discover groundbreaking findings from JWST observations, exploring black hole evolution, galaxy formation, and cosmic interactions through unprecedented detailed imagery and scientific analysis.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Gravitational Production of Dark Photons and Their Role as Dark Matter Candidates

Explore gravitational particle production of dark photons during cosmic inflation, examining nonminimal couplings to gravity, theoretical instabilities, and their potential role as dark matter candidates.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Topological Operators in Quantum Field Theory and Their Fate in Gravity

Explore advanced concepts in quantum field theory, focusing on topological operators, symmetry developments, and their relationship with gravity through collective coordinates analysis.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Black Hole Photon Ring - Testing General Relativity Through Black Hole Imaging

Explore the fascinating physics of black hole photon rings, their role in testing general relativity, and how NASA's BHEX mission aims to capture these elusive phenomena around M87*.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Higgs Physics with Neural Simulation-Based Inference at the LHC and ATLAS

Explore Neural Simulation-Based Inference applications in Higgs physics, focusing on advanced machine learning methods for statistical analysis at the Large Hadron Collider and ATLAS experiments.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 8 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video