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Claudia Ratti @claudiaratti.bsky.social · 28d

Enjoying @jnoronhahostler.bsky.social talk at our INT workshop on Nuclear Physics in Mergers.

Claudia Ratti @claudiaratti.bsky.social · Sep 5

Virtually attending the talk of Mateus Reinke Pelicer, who is presenting the MUSES cyberinfrastructure at the INT today.

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Claudia Ratti @claudiaratti.bsky.social · Jul 8

How I love Houston ❤️

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Claudia Ratti @claudiaratti.bsky.social · Jul 3

What a day! I started with an online talk at my former Ph.D. advisor's retirement workshop, and a few hours later I celebrated the successful Ph.D. defense of my student 🤩 I am reflecting on the impact that my advisor had on my life, and trying to propagate it forward to my own students.

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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @vrubinobs.bsky.social · Jun 23

Want to download everything from today?

Whether you want a new desktop background or an image to send to friends and family, we've got you covered!

Head to rubinobservatory.org/gallery/collections/first-look-gallery and take your pick 🌌🔭🧪

(...or just download everything, no need to choose!)

rubinobservatory.org

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Claudia Ratti @claudiaratti.bsky.social · Jun 23

Here is the link to the Skyviewer app, that allows you to navigate the very large #VeraRubin Observatory image.
skyviewer.app/explorer

Explorer | Skyviewer

skyviewer.app

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Claudia Ratti @claudiaratti.bsky.social · Jun 23

Happening now! Tune in to watch the first Vera Rubin Observatory images!
www.youtube.com/live/dF1g-Ru...

First Images from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory | #RubinFirstLook

YouTube video by National Science Foundation News

www.youtube.com

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Claudia Ratti @claudiaratti.bsky.social · Jun 9

It was my great pleasure to work with @fannyetienne.bsky.social, Johannes Jahan and everyone else on the #pint25 team! Already looking forward to a great #pint26! Please get in touch if you want to help organize the event in your town!

Fanny Etienne @fannyetienne.bsky.social · Jun 9

For the second time, I had the amazing opportunity to co-direct Pint of Science in the US with @claudiaratti.bsky.social and Johannes Jahan. I couldn't be prouder of all the volunteers who made this possible and grateful for our sponsors to trust us.
I can't wait for the #pint26 edition🤩

Pint of Science US @pintofscience.us · Jun 9

🌆16 Cities, 🍸27 bars, 👨‍🏫150 speakers & 🎟️2,400 tickets sold! We thank all the venues, our sponsors, our AMAZING teams of volunteers who made it possible, and of course... YOU, our attendees, for your making it such a success! 🤩
📅See you next year on May 18-19-20 for #pint26

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Claudia Ratti @claudiaratti.bsky.social · Jun 6

Thank you so much 🥰

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Claudia Ratti @claudiaratti.bsky.social · Jun 6

My group surprised me with flowers, cake and a wonderful card on my birthday. I am so proud of my special Houston family. 🥰

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Claudia Ratti @claudiaratti.bsky.social · May 22

#pint25 is over, and it was a big success! We sold out all evenings in Houston and in many other cities. Lots of fun discussions and interest from the audience! Many thanks to all city teams for making it possible. Mark your calendars for #pint26: May 18, 19, 20. See you next year!

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Claudia Ratti @claudiaratti.bsky.social · May 20

Thank you! 😊

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Claudia Ratti @claudiaratti.bsky.social · May 20

The first evening of Pint of Science in Houston was a big success! Full house, great talks, and so many questions! See you tonight and tomorrow at the True Anomaly Brewing Company! @pintofscience.us #pint25

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Pint of Science US @pintofscience.us · May 12

Pint of Science is already next week 😱 Still don't have your tickets? Grab them now here 👉 pintofscience.us
16 cities in the US for 3 nights of fun and cool science 🤩
#pint25

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Claudia Ratti @claudiaratti.bsky.social · May 7

I was excited to listen to my favorite author, Amor Towles, tonight in Houston.

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Prachi Garella @prachigarella.bsky.social · Apr 19

The Knowmads Podcast is back with season 2 and our first episode is with Rene Bellwied on winning the breakthrough prize in fundamental physics. #breakthroghprize #fundamentalphysics #Theknowmadspodcast

youtu.be/evozvs63Ub4?...

Rene Bellwied on Winning the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

YouTube video by TheKnowmads

youtu.be

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Pint of Science US @pintofscience.us · Apr 15

🎟️TODAY IS THE DAY! 🎉
Tickets for #Pint25 are officially ON SALE! 🍻🧠 Check out the program, grab your tickets today and join us May 19–21 for three nights of exciting science in 16 cities across the U.S.
👉 pintofscience.us

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Claudia Ratti @claudiaratti.bsky.social · Apr 9

Very grateful to the organizers of our biggest conference, Quark Matter 2025, for streaming all the talks! We all cheered remotely for our undergrad @jappus.bsky.social today, who gave his talk at the conference in Frankfurt. He did so well! 🤩

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Claudia Ratti @claudiaratti.bsky.social · Apr 4

I finally had the pleasure of attending a talk by Tatiana Erukhimova from @tamu.bsky.social. She is so engaging, I really enjoyed and admire her energy!

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Claudia Ratti @claudiaratti.bsky.social · Apr 4

New paper day! We calculate the D-measure in a hadronic vs quark-gluon plasma scenarios and compare to LHC data, finding moderate evidence for fluctuations freezing out in the quark phase. arxiv.org/abs/2504.02085

Evidence for freeze-out of charge fluctuations in the quark-gluon plasma at the LHC

The D-measure of event-by-event net-charge fluctuations was introduced over 20 years ago as a potential signal of quark-gluon plasma (QGP) in heavy-ion collisions, where it is expected to be suppresse...

arxiv.org

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Claudia Ratti @claudiaratti.bsky.social · Apr 3

New paper day! 4D equation of state for strongly interacting matter with extended coverage from first principles! www.arxiv.org/abs/2504.01881

A new 4D lattice QCD equation of state: extended density coverage from a generalized $T^\prime$-expansion

We present a new equation of state for QCD in which the temperature $T$ and the three chemical potentials for baryon number $μ_B$, electric charge $μ_Q$ and strangeness $μ_S$ can be varied independent...

www.arxiv.org

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Claudia Ratti @claudiaratti.bsky.social · Mar 22

Proud of my students who presented their work at the @apsphysics.bsky.social Global Physics summit this week! They all did a great job, and enjoyed their experience too!

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Claudia Ratti @claudiaratti.bsky.social · Mar 18

If you are at the @apsphysics.bsky.social #GlobalSummit this week, check out these two mini-symposia tomorrow, which contain a lot of exciting results from the MUSES collaboration and feature many of my students and collaborators!

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Claudia Ratti @claudiaratti.bsky.social · Mar 14

Happy #PiDay!

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Pint of Science US @pintofscience.us · Mar 11

New York City, get ready! 🗽✨The city that never sleeps is lighting up with science at #pint25 on May 19-20-21! 🚀🔬
Meet the team making it happen 👉 pintofscience.us/team/New%20Y...

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