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Events During the 2016 Fall Semester
August 2016
- Monday, August 1st
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- From Daya Bay to JUNO: Solving the Last Unknowns in Neutrino Physics, Wei Wang, JUNO Spokesperson, Sun Yat-sen Univeristy
- Thursday, August 4th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 12:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Condensed Matter Theory Thesis Defense
- Wednesday, August 17th
- High Energy Seminar, * ROOM CHANGED*;
11:00 am; 4274 Chamberlin hall - Discovery of Sterile Neutrinos at the LHC, C.S. Kim
- Wednesday, August 24th
- High Energy Seminar; 8:30 am - 6:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Multi-Boson Interactions, https://wp.physics.wisc.edu/mbi2016/, various
- Thursday, August 25th
- High Energy Seminar; 8:30 am - 6:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Multi-Boson Interactions, https://wp.physics.wisc.edu/mbi2016/, various
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin hall
- High-energy astrophysical neutrinos: testing ground for new physics, Mauricio Bustamante, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), The Ohio State University
- Friday, August 26th
- High Energy Seminar; 8:30 am - 6:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Multi-Boson Interactions, https://wp.physics.wisc.edu/mbi2016/, various
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Atomic and nanoscale donor devices in silicon: Progress towards fabrication and characterisation, Dr. Neil Curson , University College London
September 2016
- Friday, September 2nd
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
- Light from Darkness? Searching for Dark Matter in the Sky, Tracy Slatyer, MIT
- Tuesday, September 6th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
- Teaching science fiction: Milton College 1969-73, Jim Blair, Milton and Edgewood College
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- The Impact of Self-Interacting Dark Hydrogen on Structure Formation, Kimberly Boddy, University if Hawai I
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hal
- Biophysics , Coppersmith, Gilbert
- Wednesday, September 7th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin hall
- Monday, September 12th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- An Introduction to Bayesian Analysis for Fusion Science, Lisa Reusch, UW Madison
- Tuesday, September 13th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
- Correspondence between intonation and expression in music, Trevor Stephenson, Madison Bach Musicians
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Baryogenesis from Decaying Magnetic Helicity, Andrew Long, University of Chicago, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (KICP)
- Wednesday, September 14th
- High Energy Seminar; 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin hall
- An Effective Field Theory Analysis of LUX and Other Direct Dark Matter Searches , Nicole Larsen, Kalvi Institute for Cosmological Physics, Univ Chicago
- Thursday, September 15th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Quantum annealing--advantages and pitfalls , Hari Krovi, BBN Technologies
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:30 pm, Talk starts 3:45 PM
- Cosmic Rays in Galaxies - Drivers of Winds?, Joshua Wiener, UW Madison Astronomy Dept
- Friday, September 16th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- The Signal Above the Noise: the Importance of Physics Policy and Advocacy, Gregory Mack , APS Physics
- Monday, September 19th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Overview of flow and radial electric field studies in LHD and the link to transport, Professor Ida, National Institute for Fusion Science Japan
- Tuesday, September 20th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
- Numerical modeling: Error, stability, and chaos, George Hrabovsky, Madison Area Science and Technology
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- (Fundamental) Composite Models at the TeV scale, Andrea Tesi, University of Chicago
- Wednesday, September 21st
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin hall
- Thursday, September 22nd
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and Cookies at 3:30 PM , Talk at 3:45 PM
- Low Mass Galaxies and their Gas at the Peak Epoch of Star Formation, Dawn Erb, UW Milwaukee
- Monday, September 26th
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Lin, Lawler, Saffman, Walker, Yavuz
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Turbulent Dynamo Amplification of Magnetic Fields in Laser-Produced Plasmas, Petros Tzeferacos, University of Chicago
- Astronomy Lunch Talk; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 4421 Sterling
- Formation of low-mass helium white dwarfs orbiting millisecond pulsars , Alina Istrate, UW-Milwaukee
- Tuesday, September 27th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
- Forecasting change in U.S. breeding bird distributions, Brooke Bateman, UW Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Discovering or Falsifying sub-GeV Thermal Dark Matter , Gordan Krnjaic, Fermilab
- Thursday, September 29th
- Cosmology Journal Club ; 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:30 PM, Talk at 3:45 PM
- Nuclear clusters and (supermassive) black holes, Fabio Antonini, Northwestern University
- Friday, September 30th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Engineering light-matter interactions with atom-like systems, Jennifer Choy, Draper Laboratory
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
- Nuclei and Cosmos, Ani Aprahamian, Notre Dame University
October 2016
- Monday, October 3rd
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5280 Chamberln Hall
- Astrophysics, McCammon, Timbie
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Magnetic Mirror Fusion Game Changing Discoveries, Tom Simonen, Michigan Tech
- Tuesday, October 4th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
- Making sense of the 2016 presidential election, David Canon, UW Department of Political Science
- Council Meeting
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin hall
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Flavorful UV Instantons and the Strong CP Problem, Kiel Howe, Fermilab
- PUMP: Prospective Undergraduate Majors In Physics; 4:00 pm; 2241 CHAMBERLIN HALL
- PUMP, Physics Faculty
- Wednesday, October 5th
- Department Meeting
- **CANCELLED**
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin hall
- Thursday, October 6th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamerlin Hall
- Scaling analysis and instantons for quantum spin tunneling and Quantum Monte Carlo simulations, Vadim Smelyanskyi, Google
- Cosmology Journal Club ; 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and Cookies 3:30 pm, Talk at 3:45 PM
- The Central Molecular Zone of the Galaxy: Dense Molecular Clouds, Massive Stars and Magnetic Fields, Cornelia Lang, University of Iowa, Department of Physics and Astronomy
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall ***Note New Time****
- High Energy Neutrinos from pulsar wind nebulae, Dafne Guetta, ORT Braude College
- Friday, October 7th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
- In silico extreme plasmas: from plasma based accelerators to pair plasmas, Luis Silva, University of Lisbon
- Monday, October 10th
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5280 Chamberln Hall
- Quantum Computing, Coppersmith, Eriksson, Joynt, McDermott, Saffman, Vavilov, Walker, Yavuz
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; no seminar
- no seminar, no seminar
- Tuesday, October 11th
- CHEMISTRY EVENT; 11:00 am; 1315 Chemistry
- What Can Molecular Spectroscopy Tell Us About the Big Bang?, Eric A. Cornell, JILA| University of Colorado at Boulder | NIST
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Categorizing and visualizing basins of attraction, Anda Xiong, UW Department of Physics
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- What can we learn from particle physics to study cosmological perturbation theory?, Min-Seok Seo, IBS, Korea
- Wednesday, October 12th
- 2016-17 Hilldale Lecture in the Physical Sciences, Free and Open to the Public; 6:00 pm - 7:00 am; WID, H.F. Deluca Forum, 330 North Orchard Street, Madison Reception follows in the Atrium 7-8 pm
- Reversing Climate Change Economically, Frank Shu, University Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley and San Diego
- Thursday, October 13th
- Cosmology Journal Club ; 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- Astronomy Colloquium, Hilldale Lecturer Frank Shu;
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, 3:30 pm Coffee and Cookies, Talk starts 3:45 - Six Decades of Spiral Density-Wave Theory, Frank Shu, Hilldale Lecturer, University Professor Emeritus UC Berkely and San Diego
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology), *SPECIAL TIME*;
3:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall - Flavoured squark signatures at the LHC, Gabriel Lee
- Friday, October 14th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Nanostructured topological superconductors, Ying Liu , Penn State
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
- New Possibilities for Ultra-high Field Superconducting Magnets, David Larbalestier, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
- Careers for Physicists; 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Discussion of Non-Academic Career Paths w/BOV members, Dr. Jennifer Sebby-Strabley and Dr. Olivia Castellini, Honeywell and the Museum of Science & Industry
- Monday, October 17th
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- High Energy Physics, Bai, Balantekin, Barger, Carlsmith, Chung, Dasu, Everett, Hashimoto, Herndon, Palladino, Pan, Shiu, Smith, Wu,
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- APS Invited Speakers talks, Imene Goumiri/James Duff, UW Madison
- Tuesday, October 18th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Everyone is Listening for Something”, a musical celebration of the nature writings of Aldo Leopold, Sigurd F. Olson, Henry David Thoreau, and August Derleth., Douglas Hill, UW School of Music
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
- Everyone is Listening for Something”, a musical celebration of the nature writings of Aldo Leopold, Sigurd F. Olson, Henry David Thoreau, and August Derleth, Douglas Hill, UW School of Music
- Council Meeting
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin hall
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- N=3 four dimensional field theories, Diego Regalado, University of Munich
- Wednesday, October 19th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; ******5280 Chamberlin Hall*******
- Thursday, October 20th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Building a quantum annealing processor, Dr. Emile Hoskinson , D-Wave Systems
- Cosmology Journal Club ; 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:30 PM, Talk at 3:45 PM
- A Connection Between Stellar Coronae and Black-Hole Accretion-Disk Coronae, Prof. Ehud Behar, Department of Physics and Asher Space Research Institute Technion, Visiting Professor Department of Astronomy University of Maryland, College Park
- Friday, October 21st
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- A Bridge Too Far? The Demise of the Superconducting Super Collider, Michael Riordan, UC Santa Cruz, Emeritus
- Monday, October 24th
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Condensed Matter Physics, Brar, Coppersmith, Eriksson, Joynt, Levchenko, McDermott, Onellion, Rzchowski, Vavilov, Winokur
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Simulation study of FRC stability, Elena Belova, PPPL
- Tuesday, October 25th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Footprints on Black Mountain: science and the subtlety of influence, Marjorie Senechal, Mathematics and History of Science and Technology, Smith College
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Exploring El Dorado with intersecting D6-branes, Wieland Staessens, IFT, Madrid
- Thursday, October 27th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 11:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Suppression of energy relaxation in a superconducting qubit by the spectrum engineering, Vladimir Manucharyan, University of Maryland
- Cosmology Journal Club ; 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- Careers for Physicists; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall; Post-presentation informal gathering in Room 5294 with refreshments
- IF I CAN DO PHYSICS, SO CAN YOU : Excerpts from the diary of a journeyman physicist, Harold Persing, Applied Materials, Glouchester, MA
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Phenomenology of Enhanced Light Quark Yukawa Couplings and the Wh Charge Asymmetry, Felix Yu
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies at 3:30, Talk starts at 3:45 PM
- Milky Way Archaeology with APOGEE and Kepler, Jennifer Johnson, Ohio State University
- Friday, October 28th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
- 2016 Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics, Ellen Zweibel, UW-Madison
- Monday, October 31st
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
- no seminar, no seminar
November 2016
- Tuesday, November 1st
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- The mathematics of taffy pulling, Jean-Luc Thiffeault, UW Department of Mathematics
- Council Meeting
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin hall
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Open string moduli and multi-branched potentials, Gianluca Zoccarato, Hong Kong IAS
- Wednesday, November 2nd
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin hall
- Thursday, November 3rd
- Cosmology Journal Club ; 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- High Energy Seminar; 3:30 pm; 4272 Chamberlin Hall
- Realizing large-field inflation with stabilizer fields in string theory, Aitor Landete
- Whitford Lecturer Ken Sembach Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and Cookies 3:30 pm. Talk begins at 3:45 PM
- Astrophysics Flagships, Present & Future, Dr. Ken Sembach, Director, STSci
- Friday, November 4th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 11:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Interfacing cold atoms and superconductors, Dr. József Fortágh, Universität Tübingen
- Monday, November 7th
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- WIPAC: IceCube, HAWC, CTA, ARA, Halzen, Hanson, Karle, Vandenbroucke, Westerhoff
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Development and applications of Veri cation and Validation procedures, Fabio Riva, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
- Tuesday, November 8th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Simulating reality: Using virtual reality to explore the complexities of the world around us, Kevin Ponto, UW Department of Design Studies
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Capture and Decay of Electroweak Wimponium, Matthew Baumgart, Rutgers university
- Thursday, November 10th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum FM radio for Quantum Computing, David Schuster, University of Chicago
- Physics Education Innovation Seminar, *Coffee and Cookies at 10:15 AM;
10:15 am - 11:30 am; 5280 Chamberlin Hall - Using Learning Assistants in introductory STEM Courses, Tor Odden, UW - Madison Departments of Physics and Curriculum and Instruction
- Cosmology Journal Club ; 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- The AMS experiment on the International Space Station after 5 years in Space, Valerio Vagelli, University of Perugia
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:30 PM. Talk begins at 3:45 PM
- How Can Observations of Earth Guide the Search of Exoplanets?, Tristan L’Ecuyer, UW Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
- Monday, November 14th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Continuum-kinetic approach to sheath simulations, Bhuvana Srinavasan, Virginia Tech
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin hall
- Plasma Physics , Boldyrev, Den Hartog, Egedal, Forest, Sarff, Terry, Zweibel
- Tuesday, November 15th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Macro-evolution: A new model emerging from modern genome data, Periannan Senapathy, Genome International Corporation
- Council Meeting
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm; 5290 Chamberlin hall
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Lighting Up Collider Searches for Electroweak States, Ahmed Ismail, University of Pittsburgh
- Wednesday, November 16th
- Department Meeting
- **CANCELLED**
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin hall
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall (coffee)
- Multi-Messenger Astronomy with Neutrinos, Anna Franckowiak, DESY, Germany
- PUBLIC BAUTZ LECTURE AT WID BY EVA GREBEL; 5:00 pm - 6:00 am; Hector Deluca Forum Room, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
- Galactic Archeology, Eva Grebel, University of Heidelberg
- Thursday, November 17th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Measurement of superconducting qubits, Mostafa Khezri , UC Riverside
- Cosmology Journal Club ; 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- A novel on-chip, mm-wavelength spectrometer for mapping the high-redshift universe., Erik Shirokoff, University of Chicago
- Astronomy Colloquium, Bautz Lecture;
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and Cookies 3:30 pm, Talk starts at 3:45 pm - Dwarf Galaxies: Fossils of Galaxy Evolution, Professor Eva Grebel, Bautz Lecturer, University of Heidelberg
- Friday, November 18th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- The Fermi view of Gamma-Ray Bursts & the curious case of GW 150914, Elisabetta Bissaldi , Politecnico & INFN Bari
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
- Countdown to Solar Probe, Justin Kasper, University of Michigan
- Monday, November 21st
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Recent highlights from the VERITAS gamma-ray observatory, Marcos Santander , Barnard College - Columbia University
- Tuesday, November 22nd
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Asleep or awake? Local sleep in health and disease, Stephanie Jones, UW Department of Medicine and Public Health
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin hall
- An overview of FBK Silicon Photomultipliers characterization, Daniela Simone, INFN Bari
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Neutrino Masses: First Signal From SUSY!, Seyda Ipek, Fermilab
- Monday, November 28th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 11:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- High-fidelity entangling gate for double-quantum-dot spin qubits, John Nichol, University of Rochester
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- TBD, Alex Ivanov
- Tuesday, November 29th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- The chemistry of primes, Melanie Matchett Wood, UW Department of Mathematics
- Council Meeting
- 1:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin hall
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Title to be announced, Angelo Monteux, Rutgers University
- Wednesday, November 30th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin hall
December 2016
- Thursday, December 1st
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Controlling Spin Qubits in Diamond with a Mechanical Resonator, Evan MacQuarrie, Cornell University
- Cosmology Journal Club ; 12:15 pm - 1:15 am; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin hall
- STUDIES OF GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS WITH DIRECT AND INDIRECT MEASUREMENTS, Nahee Park, University of Chicago
- Astronomy Colloquium; 2:30 pm - 4:00 am; 4421 Sterling Hall, NOTE EARLIER TIME 2:30 PM
- Do High Equivalent Width LAEs Exist in the Local Universe? Insights from a Flux-Limited GALEX LAE sample at z~0.3, Isak Wold, University of Texas - Austin
- Friday, December 2nd
- 10:00 am - 12:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin Hall
- Faculty Search Committee Meeting (PVL 88215)
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
- Neutrinos from the Sky and Through the Earth, Kate Scholberg, Duke
- Monday, December 5th
- Atomic Physics Seminar; 2:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- High Energy Lasers at the Extreme Light Infrastructure, Tyler Green, ELI project at the Czech Republic.
- Tuesday, December 6th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- 2016 Polling in Nation and State: A scorecard, Charles Franklin, Law and Public Policy and Director of the Marquette University Law School Poll
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Search For Dark Matter In Terms of Dark Bound States, Yue Zhang, Northwestern
- Wednesday, December 7th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, December 8th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; Chamberlin 5310
- Universal transport at the edge: Disorder, interactions, and topological protection, Matthew Foster, Rice University
- Cosmology Journal Club ; 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 am; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:30 pm, Talk at 3:45PM
- The Turbulent Origin of Stars, Phillip Chang, UW Milwaukee
- Friday, December 9th
- Plasma Theory Seminar; 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm; 5280 Chamberlin hall
- tbd, Chad Williams
- Physics Department Colloquium; 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
- Holiday Colloquium
- Monday, December 12th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- TBD, Earl Scime, West Virginia University
- Tuesday, December 13th
- Plasma Theory Seminar; 11:50 am - 1:20 pm; 5280 Chamberlin hall
- tbd, Xinxing Ma
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Climate change and chaos: The impact on people through a human rights lens, Sumudu Atapattu, Director, Research Centers, UW Law School
- Council Meeting
- 1:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin hall
- Wednesday, December 14th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin hall
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- New opportunities with solar neutrinos, Shirley Li, Ohio State University
- Thursday, December 15th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- The Superconductivity of Topologically Protected Surface States, Nicholas Sedlmayr, Michigan State University
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- TBD, Hartmut Zohm, IPP
- Cosmology Journal Club ; 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- A feasibility study of detecting 1e18 eV neutrinos with a dedicated Cherenkov Telescope Array, Nepomuk Otte , Georgia Tech
