Events at Physics |
Events During October, 2008
- Wednesday, October 1st
- Find Our People Meeting; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (Coffee, tea, cookies will be served starting at 3:30)
- Potential Physics & Related Majors
- Thursday, October 2nd
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Quantum transport and its classical limit, Piet Brouwer, Cornell University
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- LSST, the most complete survey of the sky: How tools of particle physics can serve in astronomy, Michael Prouza, FZU Prague, Czech Republic
- Friday, October 3rd
- Theory/Phenomenology Seminar; 1:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- The Simplicity of Scattering Amplitudes, Ruth Britto, Fermilab
- Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
- Cosmic Rays, Pierre Sokolsky, University of Utah
- Monday, October 6th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 1227 Engineering Hall
- Multi-probe Measurements and Simulation of Global Edge-Turbulence Properties in the Torsatron TJ-K, Dr. Mirko Ramisch, UW-Madison, Dept. of ECE
- Plasma Theory Seminar; 4:00 pm; 514 ERB
- Electron Density Structures in Decaying Kinetic Alfven Wave Turbulence, Kurt Smith, UW-Madison, Dept of Physics/Plasma
- Tuesday, October 7th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- Molecular mechanisms of synaptic growth: insights from the Drosophila neuromuscular junction, Kate O'Connor-Giles, UW Department of Genetics
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 6515 Sterling Hall
- Dark Energy and The Hubble Constant, Jim Condon, NRAO
- Thursday, October 9th
- Yum Kippur
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; Chamberlin 5310
- Magnetotransport in Microwave-irradiated Quantum Hall Systems, Michael Zudov, University of Minnesota
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- Neutron beta-decay with Ultra-Cold Neutrons, Brad Filippone, Caltech
- Friday, October 10th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
- Nuclear Forensics: Preparing for the Experiment One Hopes Never to Do, Dr. Jay Davis, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Retired) and The Hertz Foundation
- Monday, October 13th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 1227 Engineering Hall
- Rotational Stabilization of Kink Modes in Magnetically Collimated Jets, Chris Carey, UW-Madison, CPTC, Dept of Physics
- Tuesday, October 14th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- A perspective on evolution and psychiatry, Russ Gardner, UW Department of Psychiatry
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 6515 Sterling Hall
- Testing Models for Interstellar Dust, Bruce Draine, Princeton University
- Thursday, October 16th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Field-induced anisotropy in specific heat and transport properties of unconventional superconductors, Ilya Vekhter, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
- Condensed Matter-Experimental Intro Seminar, Condensed Matter Exp Group, Physics Dept.
- Friday, October 17th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Towards the Emergence of Cyclic Universes with Scale-invariant fluctuations, Tirthabir Biswas, Pennsylvania State University
- Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
- The Physics of Space Weapons, David Wright, Union of Concerned Scientists and MIT
- Monday, October 20th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 1227 Engineering Hall
- Magnetic Turbulent Reconnection, Alexander Lazarian, University of Wisconsin. Dept of Astronomy/Physics
- Theory/Phenomenology Seminar; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Dark Matter Annihilation Modes, Tom Weiler, Vanderbilt University
- High Energy Seminar; 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin: Coffee and Cookies at 3:45 pm
- Search for High-Mass Resonances in CDF Dimuon Data, Chris Hays, University of Oxford
- Plasma Theory Seminar; 4:00 pm; 514 ERB
- Title to be announced, Thomas Jenkins, UW-Madison, Dept of Physics/Plasma
- Tuesday, October 21st
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- Gender, power and peacemaking in Africa, Aili Mari Tripp, UW Departments of Political Science and Women's Studies
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 6515 Sterling Hall
- The SWIFT Bat Hard X-ray Survey- A New Window on the Local AGN Universe, Richard Mushotsky, Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA
- Thursday, October 23rd
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Spinons and triplons in a spatially anisotropic triangular lattice antiferromagnet, Oleg Starykh, University of Utah
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
- Condensed Matter Theory Intro Seminar, Condensed Matter Theory Group, Physics Dept
- Friday, October 24th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee and cookies at 3:30 pm)
- Impact!, Sid Nagel, University of Chicago
- Monday, October 27th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 1227 Engineering Hall
- "Stellarator Research at Auburn University, Stephen Knowlton, Auburn University, Physics Department
- High Energy Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin: Coffee and Cookies at 3:45 pm
- Measurement of dijet angular distributions in the TeV regime and searches for new physics beyond standard model, Nirmalya Parua, Indiana University
- Tuesday, October 28th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- Chaos and its application in secure communication, Kehui Sun, UW Department of Physics
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 6515 Sterling Hall
- Understanding the Interstellar Neighborhood: Structure, Dynamics, and Quasar Scintillation", Dr. Jeff Linsky, UC- Boulder
- Wednesday, October 29th
- Career Advising seminar; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Undergraduate Career Advising seminar, Greg Iaccarino, L&S Career Services
- Thursday, October 30th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- Thermal inflation, gravitational waves, baryogenesis and dark matter, Wan-Il Park, KAIST
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 5:30 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
- Atomic and Molecular Intro Seminar, Atomic & Molecular Group, Physics Department
- Friday, October 31st
- Joint String Theory/Phenomenology Seminar; 1:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Holographic Superfluidity and Superconductivity, Chris Herzog, Princeton University
- Physics Department Colloquium, H.T. Richards Lecture;
4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm) - Surveying the TeV Gamma-Ray Sky with Milagro and HAWC, Brenda Dingus, Los Alamos National Lab