Department Colloquia Spring 2008

Chem-Phys 155
Fridays 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Refreshments are served in Chem-Phys 155 at 3:15 PM

Colloquia distinguished by a shift in time or place are indicated by an *. Please see the accompanying links for details.

Some links may not be active until the week of the talk.

January 10*
Reserved
Faculty Host: Mike Cavagnero

January 14*
Reserved
Faculty Host: Mike Cavagnero

January 18
Dr. James R. Thompson
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Materials Science and Technology Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Superconductivity and Large Macroscopic Currents in Nanoscale Metallic Films, Formed by Quantum Confinement
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Lance DeLong

January 22*
Reserved
Faculty Host: Mike Cavagnero

February 4*
Reserved
Faculty Host: Mike Cavagnero

February 7*
Reserved
Faculty Host: Mike Cavagnero

February 15
Dr. Elizabeth Jenkins
Department of Physics
University of California, San Diego
Understanding Baryon Masses in QCD
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Susan Gardner

February 22
Dr. Michael Schmitt
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Northwestern University
Tevatron Highlights
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Susan Gardner

February 29
Dr. Steve Elliott
Neutron Science and Technology Group, P-23
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Double Beta Decay and the Neutrino
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Susan Gardner

March 6* • Public Lecture
Dr. Yervant Terzian
Department of Astronomy
Cornell University
The Magnificent Universe
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Moshe Elitzur

March 7
Dr. Yervant Terzian
Department of Astronomy
Cornell University
The Square Kilometer Array
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Moshe Elitzur

March 14
Academic Recess -- Spring Break
No Colloquium

March 21
Dr. Mike Romalis
Department of Physics
Princeton University
Precision Measurements with Alkali-Metal Atoms
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Wolfgang Korsch

March 28
``Cosmic Agitator'' Workshop
No Colloquium

April 3* • Joint with Earth and Environmental Sciences
Dr. Dhananjay (Tiku) Ravat
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Kentucky, Lexington
The Magnetic Mystery of Mars
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Mike Cavagnero

April 4
Dr. Charles Clark
Electron and Optical Physics Division
NIST, Gaithersburg
Condensed matter physics at nanograms/cubic centimeter
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Mike Cavagnero

April 7* • Van Winter Lecture
Dr. Joel Lebowitz
Department of Physics
Rutgers University
Time's Arrow and Boltzmann Entropy
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Joe Straley

April 11
Dr. Sarah Church
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC), SLAC
Department of Physics, Stanford University
Observations of Cosmic Microwave Background polarization with the QUaD experiment
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Susan Gardner

April 16*
Dr. John (Jan) L. Hall
JILA
NIST, Boulder
Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder
The Optical Frequency Comb --- A Versatile Tool With Many Applications
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Mike Cavagnero

April 18
Dr. Werner Vogelsang
Physics Division
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Exploring the Proton Spin
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Wolfgang Korsch

April 25
Dr. (Tracey) Jane Turner
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Joint Center for Astrophysics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
X-ray Spectroscopy of Local AGN: What is Really Coming from the Inner Disk?
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Moshe Elitzur