Events at Physics |
Events During February, 2019
- Friday, February 1st
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Competing orders in non-centrosymmetric superconductors, Maxim Khodas
- Department Meeting
- 11:30 am - 12:30 pm; B343 STERLING HALL
- Astronomy Colloquium, UPDATED TIME AND DATE;
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 2:30 PM, Talk begins 2:45 PM - Infrared Spectroscopy of Stars and Planets, Ian Crossfield, MIT Dept of Physics
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 chamberlin Hall
- Making Movies of Molecules - The Application of X-ray Lasers , Junko Yano, LBNL
- Monday, February 4th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Available energy of magnetically confined plasmas, Per Helander, Max Plank Institue for Plasma Physics
- Tuesday, February 5th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- The changing context for the social sciences -- and especially for social and behavioral science research, Cora Marrett, UW Department of Sociology
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- The changing context for the social sciences -- and especially for social and behavioral science research, Cora Marrett, UW Department of Sociology
- Thursday, February 7th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Strongly correlated models with odd frequency pairing, Alexei Tsvelik , BNL
- 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Cosmology Journal Club
- Friday, February 8th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- The Quest for Neutrino Mass Ordering, Wei Wang, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou
- Saturday, February 9th
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics
- 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Sunday, February 10th
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Monday, February 11th
- Astronomy Colloquium, Special Monday 2/11/19 ;
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:30 PM, Talk begins 3:45 PM - Structure formation and turbulent processes in the Universe: from cosmology to star formation, Philip Mocz, Princeton University, Einstein postdoc Fellow
- Tuesday, February 12th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Books build better brains: How promoting literacy is key to early brain and child development, Dipesh Navsaria, UW Department of Pediatrics
- Council Meeting
- 3:30 pm; 2314 Chamberlin Hall
- Wednesday, February 13th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Fusion concept exploration and basic plasma shock research on the Plasma Liner Experiment at Los Alamos, Scott Hsu, Los Alamos National Lab
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, February 14th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum realizations of non-Hermitian (PT-symmetric) systems, Prof. Yogesh Joglekar, Indianapolis
- 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Cosmology Journal Club
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:30 PM, Talk begins 3:45 PM
- Tracing the chemical origins of exoplanetary worlds, Ke (Coco) Zhang, University of Michigan
- Friday, February 15th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Atomic clocks as quantum sensors, Andrei Derevianko, University of Nevada
- Saturday, February 16th
- Physics Fair; 11:00 am - 4:00 pm; Chamberlin Hall Lobby
- , Physics Department Faculty, Staff, and Students
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics
- 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Sunday, February 17th
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics
- 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Monday, February 18th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Energetic Particle Physics in the 3D Reversed-Field Pinch, Philip Bonofiglo, UW-Madison
- Physics Department Colloquium, Please note special date/time;
4:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall - Quantum Diamond Sensors, Ron Walsworth, Harvard
- Tuesday, February 19th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Taming the energy of stars, John Sarff, UW Department of Physics
- Thursday, February 21st
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Gravity safe, electroweak natural axionic solution to strong CP and SUSY mu problems, Howard Baer, University of Oklahoma
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:30 PM, Talk begins 3:45 PM
- Preparing for Earth 2.0: The Detailed Properties of Terrestrial Planets, Andrew Vanderburg, University of Texas
- Friday, February 22nd
- Physics Department Colloquium, Special Event: Blanchard Lecture;
3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall - The arXiv: current status and future plans, Steinn Sigurdsson, Penn State (arXiv Scientific Director)
- Monday, February 25th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Quantifying heating by magnetic pumping through in situ spacecraft observations, Emily Lichko , UW Madison
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies are served at 3:30 PM, Talk begins at 3:45 PM
- From Cores to Disks: Probing the Initial Conditions for Stars and Planets, Sarah Sadavoy, Harvard CfA
- Tuesday, February 26th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Our changing National climate: Vulnerabilities to adaptations, John Young, Wisconsin State Climatology Office
- Council Meeting
- 3:30 pm; 2314 Chamberlin Hall
- Wednesday, February 27th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, February 28th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:30 PM, Talk begins 3:45 PM
- Exploring Planet Habitability, Meredith MacGregor, Havard University