COSAM News Articles 2020 September Hear directly from Stewart Prager from Princeton University about the Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction

Hear directly from Stewart Prager from Princeton University about the Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction

Published: 09/29/2020

By: Edward Thomas, Jr.

Colloquium Presentation, Department of Physics, Auburn University

Friday, October 2, 2020 @ 3 p.m. Central Time

Zoom link:

https://auburn.zoom.us/j/91517462848?pwd=a0tHTVhuYXh1L21FVDdGZDV2Z2NSUT09

The increasing peril from nuclear arms: and how scientists and engineers can help reduce the threat.

Dr. Stewart Prager

American Physical Society, Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction

Professor of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University

Abstract:

With geopolitical and technological changes mostly driven by the nuclear weapons states, we are slipping towards a new arms race and deterioration of the multi-decade arms control regime. This talk will describe the current critical situation, feasible steps to reduce the nuclear threat, and a new project sponsored by the American Physical Society to engage physical scientists in advocacy for nuclear threat reduction.

After the colloquium, a short meeting will be held for those interested in learning about the Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction.

To learn more about the Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction, visit: https://www.aps.org/policy/nuclear/index.cfm

Bio:

Stewart Prager is a professor of astrophysical sciences at Princeton University, and an affiliated faculty member with the Program on Science and Global Security. From 2009–2016, he was director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. Prior to that, he was professor of physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was director of the Madison Symmetric Torus experimental program and director of the Center for Magnetic Self-Organization in Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas, a multi-institutional NSF Physics Frontier Center.