Events at Physics |
Events During March, 2018
- Thursday, March 1st
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- What's New with the Pierre Auger Observatory, Corbin Covault , Case Western Reserve University
- Friday, March 2nd
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Exploring the dark universe with cosmic surveys, Keith Bechtol, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
- Monday, March 5th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- MHD modeling of DIII-D QH-mode discharges and comparison to observations, Dr. Jacob King, Tech-X Corporation
- Tuesday, March 6th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- Wada basins and distributed fields of determination, UW Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Steve Ridgely
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm - 2:10 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Building clocks out of atoms and nanoscale probes out of diamond, Shimon Kolkowitz, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Thursday, March 8th
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 am - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, 3:30 PM Coffee and cookies, 3:45 PM Talk Begins
- Probing Composition and Alignment of Interstellar Dust Grains via Stratospheric Observations of Dust Emission Polarization Spectra , Giles Novak, Northwestern University and CIERA
- Friday, March 9th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Magnetic cooling and On-chip thermometry for nanoelectronics below 10 mK, Mario Palma
- Spanish night at the planetarium; 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm; 201 S Gammon Rd. Madison, WI
- , WIPAC/ El Universo es Tuyo
- Monday, March 12th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- X-ray sources from laser-plasma acceleration: development and applications for high energy density sciences, Félicie Albert, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Tuesday, March 13th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- Speech as a dynamical system, Ben Parrell, UW Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm - 2:10 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Neutrino astronomy at the South Pole, Albrecht Karle, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Wednesday, March 14th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, March 15th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamerlin Hall
- Correlated Nanoelectronics, Jeremy Levy, University of Pittsburgh
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- De Sitter from D3-branes?, Ander Retolaza, DESY Theory Group
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:30 PM, Talk begins at 3:45 PM
- Planet Formation in the Era of ALMA, Ke Zhang, University of Michigan
- Monday, March 19th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Heavy Ion Fusion: New Paradigm and Strategy to Fit the Technology, Dr. Alex T. Burke, Arcata Systems
- Council Meeting
- 4:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin Hall
- Tuesday, March 20th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- What makes math hard? Hint: It’s not the math, Mitchell J. Nathan, UW School of Education
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm - 2:10 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Physics of Climate Change, Susan M Nossal, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Flavor Gauge Models below the Fermi Scale, Pedro Machado, Fermilab
- Open Forum with Graduate Students; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, March 22nd
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and Cookies 3:30 PM, Talk starts at 3:45 PM
- SDSS-V: Pioneering Pantopic Spectroscopy, Juna Kollmeier, Carnegie Observatories
- Friday, March 23rd
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Discovering the Highest Energy Neutrinos Using a Radio Phased Array, Abigail Vieregg, University of Chicago