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Events During February, 2020

   Monday, February 3rd
Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm - 12:55 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
How does the magnetosphere go to sleep? Combining global scale simulations and observations to reveal fundamental behaviors of the magnetosphere , Therese Moretto Jørgensen, University of Bergen, Norway
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   Tuesday, February 4th
Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
Anesthesia in the Anthropocene: Environmental and economic considerations of modern anesthesia and surgery, Mike Ries, UW Department of Anesthesiology
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"Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm - 2:10 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
Spintronics and Mulitiferroics, Mark Rzchowski, UW Madison Department of Physics
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NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 3:30 pm; Room 4274, Chamberlin
Disentangling a century-old mystery: a path to unveiling the origins of the ultra-high-energy Universe, Lu Lu
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   Thursday, February 6th
R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Studying superconductors using NV-centers in diamond optical magnetometry, Ruslan Prozorov, Iowa State/Ames Lab
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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
Cosmology Journal Club
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Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:30 PM, Talk begins 3:45 PM
X-raying the Intersellar Medium, Dr. Eddie Schalfly, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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   Friday, February 7th
Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 1:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
Einstein’s Microscope: Uncovering Small-Scale Dark Matter Structures with Novel Gravitational Lensing Probes, Liang Dai, Institute for Advanced Study
Presentation: dai_lensing_talk.pdf
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Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
Is This Even a Plasma? Physics of Strongly Coupled Plasmas, Scott Baalrud, University of Iowa
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   Saturday, February 8th
Wonders of Physics
11:00 am - 4:00 pm; Chamberlin Hall lobby and various rooms
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Wonders of Physics
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
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Wonders of Physics
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
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Wonders of Physics
7:00 pm - 8:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
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   Sunday, February 9th
Wonders of Physics
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
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Wonders of Physics
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
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   Monday, February 10th
Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm - 12:55 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
Accelerating our understanding of the multi-scale dynamics of high-energy plasmas, Paulo Alves, Stanford, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
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   Tuesday, February 11th
Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
Learning with scarce data: The role of side information, simulators, and GANs, Kangwook Lee, UW Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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"Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm - 2:10 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
From nanoparticles to reefs, Pupa Gilbert, UW Madison Department of Physics
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 Atomic Physics Seminar, QC Cluster Seminar;
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
Optical photon generation from a superconducting qubit, Alp Sipahigil, California Institute of Technology
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Council Meeting
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin Hall
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   Wednesday, February 12th
Department Meeting
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
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Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
Cosmology in the next Decade: Fundamental Physics, Systematics and Synergies between cosmological probes, Sukhdeep Singh, UC Berkeley
Presentation: wisconsin_2020_with_hidden2.pdf
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   Thursday, February 13th
R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
The fall and rise of the mass on a spring, Prof. Benjamin Aleman , University of Oregon
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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
Cosmology Journal Club
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Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 am; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:30 PM, Talk begins 3:45 PM
Diffusion and dispersion in anisotropic magnetohydrodynamic turbulence, Professor Jane Pratt, Georgia State University, Physics and Astronomy Deparment
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   Friday, February 14th
Thesis Defense; 10:30 am - 11:30 am; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
Emily Lichko Thesis Defense, Emily Lichko, Physics PhD Graduate Student
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1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
PhD Prospective Student Visit Day, na, na
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Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
Neutrinos on the Rocks, Markus Ahlers, Niels Bohr Institute
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   Saturday, February 15th
Wonders of Physics
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
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Wonders of Physics
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
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Wonders of Physics
7:00 pm - 8:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
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   Sunday, February 16th
Wonders of Physics
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
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Wonders of Physics
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
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   Monday, February 17th
Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm - 12:55 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
Understanding, Predicting, and Manipulating Reduced Transport Regimes in Fusion Plasmas, David Hatch, Institute for Fusion Studies, University of Texas at Austin
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 Atomic Physics Seminar, QC Cluster Seminar;
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
tbd, Professor Gleb Finkelstein, Duke University
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   Tuesday, February 18th
Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
Drivers of megadiversity in the orchids, the largest family of flowering plants, Tom Givnish, UW Department of Botany
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"Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm - 2:10 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
Dark Matter Detection in the Era of LZ, Kimberly J. Palladino, UW Madison Department of Physics
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Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
Connecting the dots: from astronomical surveys and experiments to fundamental physics of dark universe, Yao-Yuan Mao, Rutgers
Presentation: Mao_Connecting-the-dots_Feb2020.pdf
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   Thursday, February 20th
R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
Entanglement and metrology in an array of alkaline-earth atoms , Jacob P. Covey, Caltech
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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
Cosmology Journal Club
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NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
The TeV-PeV Diffuse Neutrino Background, Nathan Whitehorn, UCLA
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Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
Future cosmology with CMB lensing and galaxy clustering, Marcel Schmittfull, Institute for Advanced Study
Presentation: Madison_talk_for_pdf.pdf
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   Friday, February 21st
PGSC Professional Development Seminar; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
How to Get the Most out of Academic Articles, Alex Pizzuto, Physics Graduate Student
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Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
It's all About Matter, Young-Kee Kim , U Chicago
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   Monday, February 24th
Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm - 12:55 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
Frontiers in Linear and Nonlinear Plasma Physics, Jeff Parker, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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 Atomic Physics Seminar, QC Cluster Seminar;
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
tbd, Erhan Saglamyurek, University of Alberta
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   Tuesday, February 25th
Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
The emergence of human emotions: Learning, development and biology, Seth Pollak, UW Department of Psychology
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NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 3:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
Neutrino Oscillations at the End of the World, Summer Blot, DESY
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Council Meeting
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin Hall
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   Wednesday, February 26th
Department Meeting
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
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Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
Cosmology with cosmic voids, Alice Pisani, Princeton
Presentation: Seminar_UWM_AlicePisani.pdf
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   Thursday, February 27th
R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
The Complex Mesoscale Dynamics of Condensed Matter Systems Unveiled by High-resolution Inelastic X-Ray Scattering , Alessandro Cunsolo, Brookhaven National Laboratory
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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
Cosmology Journal Club
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Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:30 PM, Talk begins 3:45 PM
The Life Cycle of galaxies in clusters over 10 Billion Years, Greg Rudnick, Director of Graduate Studies, University of Kansas, Department of Physics and Astronomy
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   Friday, February 28th
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
PhD Prospective Student Visit Day, na, na
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Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
Multi-messenger Astrophysics: Probing Compact Objects with Cosmic Particles , Ke Fang, Stanford University
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