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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
- 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
- "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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- X-raying the Intersellar Medium, Dr. Eddie Schalfly, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- 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
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Is This Even a Plasma? Physics of Strongly Coupled Plasmas, Scott Baalrud, University of Iowa
- Saturday, February 8th
- Wonders of Physics
- 11:00 am - 4:00 pm; Chamberlin Hall lobby and various rooms
- 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 9th
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- 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
- 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
- "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
- 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
- Council Meeting
- 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin Hall
- Wednesday, February 12th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
- 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
- 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
- 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Cosmology Journal Club
- 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
- Friday, February 14th
- Thesis Defense; 10:30 am - 11:30 am; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Emily Lichko Thesis Defense, Emily Lichko, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
- PhD Prospective Student Visit Day, na, na
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Neutrinos on the Rocks, Markus Ahlers, Niels Bohr Institute
- Saturday, February 15th
- 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 16th
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- 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
- Atomic Physics Seminar, QC Cluster Seminar;
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall - tbd, Professor Gleb Finkelstein, Duke University
- 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
- "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
- 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
- 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
- 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Cosmology Journal Club
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- The TeV-PeV Diffuse Neutrino Background, Nathan Whitehorn, UCLA
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Future cosmology with CMB lensing and galaxy clustering, Marcel Schmittfull, Institute for Advanced Study
- 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
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- It's all About Matter, Young-Kee Kim , U Chicago
- 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
- Atomic Physics Seminar, QC Cluster Seminar;
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall - tbd, Erhan Saglamyurek, University of Alberta
- 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
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 3:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Neutrino Oscillations at the End of the World, Summer Blot, DESY
- Council Meeting
- 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin Hall
- Wednesday, February 26th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Cosmology with cosmic voids, Alice Pisani, Princeton
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Friday, February 28th
- 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
- PhD Prospective Student Visit Day, na, na
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Multi-messenger Astrophysics: Probing Compact Objects with Cosmic Particles , Ke Fang, Stanford University