Events at Physics |
Events During March, 2012
- Thursday, March 1st
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Challenges in Quantum Computer Architecture, Ken Brown, Schools of Chemistry & Biochemistry; Computational Science & Engineering; and Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- Rotation and turbulence in laboratory and astrophysical systems, Eric Edlund, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Secular Chaos: Formation of Hot Jupiters and the organization of Planetary Systems, Yoram Lithwick, Northwestern University
- Friday, March 2nd
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Liam Fitzpatrick, Stanford University
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Particle Astrophysics with Space- and Ground-Based Telescopes, Reshmi Mukherjee, Barnard College & Columbia University
- Monday, March 5th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 11:00 am; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Antiparticles in the shadow of the Earth: cosmic-ray positrons with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Justin Vandenbroucke, SLAC
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- Using liquid metal experiments to test models of MHD turbulence, Mark Nornberg, UW-Madison
- Condensed Matter Theory Group Seminar; 4:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Collective instabilities of fermions on a hexagonal lattice, Andrey Chubukov, UW-Madison
- Tuesday, March 6th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Magnetic interactions and anisotropies in iron superconductors, Leni Bascones, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC)
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- Perturbation in the system: Creative network practice, Michelle Riel, Artist, Designer, Theorist
- Wednesday, March 7th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, March 8th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Raman scattering in molecular junctions, Michael Galperin, University of California, San Diego
- High Energy Seminar; 3:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- Higgs Results From ATLAS, Bruce Mellado, University of Wisconsin Madison
- Friday, March 9th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Superconductivity from Repulsive Interactions, Andrey Chubukov, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Monday, March 12th
- Condensed Matter Theory Group Seminar; 4:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Electroweak Phase Transition, Michael Ramsey-Musolf, UW-Madison
- Tuesday, March 13th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- Navigating oceans of consciousness with science and art, Bernard Z. Friedlander, Department of Psychology, Emeritus, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
- High Energy Seminar; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- Observation of electron-antineutrino disappearance at Daya Bay, Karsten M. Heeger, University of Wisconsin
- Wednesday, March 14th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, March 15th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Graphene: it’s all about the surface, Kirill Bolotin, Vanderbilt University
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- New Results on Gas Flows In and Out of Galaxies, Alice Shapley, UCLA
- Friday, March 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)
- Kelvin, Pascal, and mollusk shells, Pupa Gilbert, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Monday, March 19th
- Condensed Matter Theory Group Seminar; 4:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Quantum criticality of vanadium chains with strong relativistic spin-orbit interaction, Natalia Perkins, UW-Madison
- Tuesday, March 20th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- Rise and fall of a billion dollar molecule, Olga Trubetskoy, UW Departments of Pharmacy and Comparative Biosciences
- Wednesday, March 21st
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, March 22nd
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; CANCELLED
- Quantum and classical fluctuation phenomena in low-dimensional superconductors, Victor Galitski, University of Maryland -- CANCELLED
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- TIdes and magnetic fields in Hot Jupiter Systems, Evgenya Shkolnik, Lowell Observatory
- Friday, March 23rd
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Confronting Top AFB with Parity Violation Constraints, Ian-Woo Kim, University of Michigan
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- The quantum and classical properties of spins on surfaces, Andreas Heinrich, IBM Almaden Research Lab
- Monday, March 26th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- The search for direct detection of Dark Matter with MiniCLEAN, Raul Hennings-Yeomans, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Condensed Matter Theory Group Seminar; 4:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Superconducting Instabilities in Cuprates Mediated by Spin Density Wave Order at Quantum Criticality, Yuxuan Wang, UW-Madison
- Tuesday, March 27th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- The anatomy of economics, Jim Blair, Milton and Edgewood College
- Wednesday, March 28th
- Department Meeting
- CANCELED
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, March 29th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Atomic-Layer Engineering and Topological insulators, Seongshik Oh, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Rutgers University
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- Probing TeV scale physics in ultra-cold neutron decays, Rajan Gupta, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- X-ray Spectroscopy of Massive Stars: Constraints on Stellar Wind Mass-Loss Rates, Clumping, and Shock Physics, David Cohen, Swarthmore College
- Friday, March 30th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- 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)
- Canceled, Michael Corradini, Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison