Events at Physics |
Events During November, 2012
- Thursday, November 1st
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Nonlinear and nonreciprocal effects in magnetic garnet films, Pradeep Kumar, Michigan Technological University
- Careers for Physicists; 3:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 5:45 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
- Neutrinos, Dark Matter, and Fundamental Interactions, Balantekin, Heeger, Maruyama, Ramsey-ÂMusolf, UW Madison
- Friday, November 2nd
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Anticipating sudden transitions in biological populations: Cooperation, cheating, and collapse, Jeff Gore, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Monday, November 5th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 1310 Sterling Hall
- No seminar
- Tuesday, November 6th
- Atomic Physics Seminar; 11:00 am; 5280 Chamberlin
- Long Range, Cold Rydberg Atom Molecules and Interactions, James Shaffer, University of Oklahoma
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Food waste, hunger and the environment: the solution is a pile of garbage, Jed Colquhoun, UW Department of Horticulture
- High Energy Seminar; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- W Mass From CDF, Ashutosh Kotwal, Duke University
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Recent MiniBooNE Results and the Status of Sterile Neutrinos, Christina Ignarra, MIT
- Wednesday, November 7th
- Physics Department Colloquium, Special Colloquium;
3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm) - Electronic Liquid Crystalline Phases in Highly Correlated Electronic Systems, Steven Kivelson, Stanford University
- Thursday, November 8th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Observation of fractional ac Josephson effect: the signature of Majorana particles, Leonid Rokhinson, Purdue University
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 5:45 pm; IceCube Offices at 222 W. Washington Avenue
- Astrophysics II: IceCube, ARA, DM-Ice, Halzen, Karle, Maruyama, UW Madison
- Friday, November 9th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Overview of System Identification applications to MHD control: How to control MHD activity without using the MHD equations in the feedback model [Note room change], James Drake, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm [NOTE room change]
- Physics Department Colloquium, Canceled;
3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm) - Unexpected, new Particle Physics presenting itself in UHECR air showers, Glennys Farrar, New York University
- Monday, November 12th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 1310 Sterling Hall
- RMP-Flutter-Induced Plasma Transport in DIII-D, James Callen, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Condensed Matter Theory Group Seminar; 4:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Quantum Optics with Quantum Dots and Microwave Resonators: Photon and Electron Statistics, Maxim Vavilov
- Tuesday, November 13th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Role of biofuels in meeting our future energy demands, Natalie Hunt, UW Department of Forest Ecology and Management
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Cosmological Perturbations: Isocurvature, Vorticity and Magnetic Fields, Adam Christopherson, University of Nottingham
- Wednesday, November 14th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, November 15th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- On-chip cavity quantum phonodynamics, Charles Tahan, Laboratory for Physical Science
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- Neutrino Oscillations: Present Status and Future Plans, Jenny Thomas, University College London
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 5:45 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
- Plasma Physics, Boldyrev, Forest, Sarff, Schnack, Terry, Zweibel, UW Madison
- Friday, November 16th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Physics at the edge: Plasmas with dynamic sheaths, Uwe Czarnetzki, Ruhr University Bochum
- Monday, November 19th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 1310 Sterling Hall
- Fast Ion Confinement and Stability of an NBI-heated RFP, Jay Anderson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Condensed Matter Theory Group Seminar; 4:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- The Anderson-Higgs mechanism in Condensed Matter Physics, Dushko Kuzmanovski & Saurabh Maiti
- Tuesday, November 20th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Searching for the earliest life on Earth, Clark Johnson, UW Department of Geoscience
- Thursday, November 22nd
- Thanksgiving Recess
- Friday, November 23rd
- Thanksgiving Recess
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- Monday, November 26th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 1310 Sterling Hall
- Observing the acceleration of suprathermal electrons by Alfven waves using the diagnostic of whistler-mode wave absorption, Fred Skiff, University of Iowa
- Tuesday, November 27th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- The prospects for extraterrestrial life, Jim Blair, Milton and Edgewood College
- Special ASTRONOMY TALK; 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- The Cosmological Challenges of Dwarf Galaxies, Julio Navarro, University of Victoria
- Wednesday, November 28th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Astronomy Colloquium, Special Colloquium;
4:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall - A screening of "Hubble's Diverse Universe", Dr. Jarita Holbrook
- Thursday, November 29th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Microwave Detection of Cosmic Ray Air Showers, Christopher Williams, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, The University of Chicago
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Revealing the origins and environments of Mg II absorbers with the SDSS and 3D-HST, Britt Lundgren, Astronomy Department
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 5:45 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
- Astrophysics III: HAWC/CTA/Fermi, Westerhoff, Vandenbrouke, UW Madison
- Friday, November 30th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Emergent phases of correlated electrons in materials with spin-orbit coupling and magnetic frustration., Natalia Perkins, UW-Madison