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Events During the 2016 Spring Semester
January 2016
-  Tuesday, January 19th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- The Universe: Yesterday, today, and tomorrow, Ed Churchwell, UW Department of Astronomy
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- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Discrete Abelian symmetries in the MSSM and its extensions, Volodymyr Takhistov, University of California, Irvine
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- The Universe: Yesterday, today, and tomorrow, Ed Churchwell, UW Department of Astronomy
-  Wednesday, January 20th
- Department Meeting
- CANCELLED
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
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- CANCELLED
-  Thursday, January 21st
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Transport coefficients of graphene: Interplay of impurity scattering, Coulomb interaction, and optical phonons, Hong-Yi Xie, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University
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- Transport coefficients of graphene: Interplay of impurity scattering, Coulomb interaction, and optical phonons, Hong-Yi Xie, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University
-  Tuesday, January 26th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (Refreshments will be served)
- urbulence, the manifestation of eddies and their role in conservation laws, George Hrabovsky, Madison Area Science and Technology
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- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Condensed Dark Matter: An Axion Story, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, MIT
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- urbulence, the manifestation of eddies and their role in conservation laws, George Hrabovsky, Madison Area Science and Technology
-  Wednesday, January 27th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Discovery of a Fast Radio Burst, Peter Timbie, UW - Madison, Department of Physics
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- Discovery of a Fast Radio Burst, Peter Timbie, UW - Madison, Department of Physics
-  Thursday, January 28th
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee at 3:15 PM
- The Past, Present, and Future of the Milky Way, Robert Benjamin, UW Whitewater
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- The Past, Present, and Future of the Milky Way, Robert Benjamin, UW Whitewater
-  Friday, January 29th
- Physics Department Colloquium, ****NOTE SPECIAL START TIME****;
3:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum trajectories and the quantum state of the past, Klaus Molmer, Aarhus University
- Video: https://vod.physics.wisc.edu/media/2016_01_29.m4v
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- Quantum trajectories and the quantum state of the past, Klaus Molmer, Aarhus University
February 2016
-  Tuesday, February 2nd
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (Refreshments will be served)
- Developing value-added biomaterials, Dani Zhu, UW Department of Food Science
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- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Oscillations and Baryogenesis, David McKeen, University of Washington
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- Developing value-added biomaterials, Dani Zhu, UW Department of Food Science
-  Wednesday, February 3rd
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
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- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
-  Thursday, February 4th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; Chamberlin 5310
- TBD, Ivar Martin, Argonne National Laboratory
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- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; Chamberlin 5310
- TBD, Ivar Martin, Argonne National Laboratory
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- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Dynamics of interacting disordered quantum spin systems, Ivar Martin, Argonne National Laboratory
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- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Forging the Heaviest Elements, Rebecca Surman, Notre Dame
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- Special Cosmology Seminar; 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Design and Deployment of the first Multichroic Polarimeter array on the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, Rahul Datta, University of Michigan
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- TBD, Ivar Martin, Argonne National Laboratory
-  Tuesday, February 9th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (Refreshments will be served)
- Making computer networks work (Part II), Aditya Akella, UW Department of Computer Sciences
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- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- High-Scale Axions without Isocurvature from Inflationary Dynamics, Dr. Jack Kearney , Fermilab
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- Making computer networks work (Part II), Aditya Akella, UW Department of Computer Sciences
-  Thursday, February 11th
- Special LIGO Press Conference; 9:30 am; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- LIGO Online Press Conference, LIGO online press conference
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- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Origin of the in-plane resistivity anisotropy of the iron pnictides: scattering rate or plasma frequency?, Michael Schuett, University of Minnesota
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- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- The Atacama B-mode Search: Cosmology at 17,000 Feet, Sara Simon, Princeton
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- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 3:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- The Next Generation Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST-TNG), Brad Dober, University of Pennsylvania
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- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and Cookies at 3:15 PM
- Gas dynamics and star formation in dwarf galaxies, Dr. Federico Lelli, Case Western Reserve University
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- LIGO Online Press Conference, LIGO online press conference
-  Friday, February 12th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- High- and intermediate-velocity clouds as a tracer of cosmic rays in the Galactic halo, Luigi Tibaldo, MPIK, Heidelberg
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- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Deciphering IceCube’s High-Energy Neutrinos, Marek Kowalski, Humboldt University Berlin & DESY Zeuthen
- Video: https://vod.physics.wisc.edu/media/2016_02_12.m4v
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- High- and intermediate-velocity clouds as a tracer of cosmic rays in the Galactic halo, Luigi Tibaldo, MPIK, Heidelberg
-  Saturday, February 13th
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
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- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
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- Wonders of Physics
- 7:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
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- 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
-  Sunday, February 14th
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
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- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
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- 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
-  Monday, February 15th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 12:00 pm; 1003 Engineering Centers Building (Tong Auditorium)
- The Emergent Collective Behavior of Bacteria Under Stress, Robert Austin, Princeton
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- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 1153 Mechanical Engineering
- Sustainment of a field reversed configuration with high power neutral beam injection, Dr. Richard Magee, Tri-Alpha
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- The Emergent Collective Behavior of Bacteria Under Stress, Robert Austin, Princeton
-  Tuesday, February 16th
- Astronomy Colloquium; 12:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, SPECIAL LUNCH TALK
- Compact Neutron Star Binary Assembly n the Universe, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, UC Santa Cruz
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- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (Refreshments will be served)
- The dynamics of message-carrying between combatants, Joe Elder, UW Department of Sociology
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- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- The Unnatural (or Split) Composite Higgs, Tony Gherghetta, University of Minnesota
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- Compact Neutron Star Binary Assembly n the Universe, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, UC Santa Cruz
-  Wednesday, February 17th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
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- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Initial Results from HAWC on Gamma-Ray Bursts, Joshua Wood, University of Maryland
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- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
-  Thursday, February 18th
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and Cookies at 3:15 PM
- New Tools for Galactic Archaeology from the Milky Way, Gail Zasowski, Johns Hopkins University
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- New Tools for Galactic Archaeology from the Milky Way, Gail Zasowski, Johns Hopkins University
-  Friday, February 19th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Searching for Dark Matter with Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices, Kent Irwin, Stanford/SLAC
- Video: https://vod.physics.wisc.edu/media/2016_02_19.m4v
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- Searching for Dark Matter with Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices, Kent Irwin, Stanford/SLAC
-  Saturday, February 20th
- 9th Annual Physics Fair; 11:00 am; University Avenue Lobby
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- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
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- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
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- Wonders of Physics
- 7:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
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-  Sunday, February 21st
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
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- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
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- 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
-  Monday, February 22nd
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 1153 Mechanical Engineering
- Hall thrusters for space applications: Advanced concepts and research challenges, Yevgeny Raitses, Princeton University
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- Hall thrusters for space applications: Advanced concepts and research challenges, Yevgeny Raitses, Princeton University
-  Tuesday, February 23rd
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (Refreshments will be served)
- Walking and stroke: A delicate balance, Kreg Gruben, UW Department of Kenesiology
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- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- The Surprising Emergent Phenomena of Perturbative QCD, Andrew Larkoski, Harvard University
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- Walking and stroke: A delicate balance, Kreg Gruben, UW Department of Kenesiology
-  Wednesday, February 24th
- Department Meeting
- 12:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
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- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Scintillating v's, Adam Schreckenberger, Univ. of Texas-Austin
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- Engineering Physics Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 1025 Engineering Centers Building
- Nuclear Arms Control: An Overview of Nuclear WMD and Paths to Verification, Dr. Thomas Atwood, Sandia National Laboratories
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- 12:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
-  Thursday, February 25th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
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- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- MicroBooNE: Unlocking the Secrets of the Neutrino with Liquid Argon Detector Technology, Matt Toups, MIT
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- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:45 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies served 3:30 PM
- Thirty Meter Telescope Observatory: The next Generation ground based Optical/infra-Red Observatory", Warren Skidmore, Thirty Meter Telecope Observatory
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-  Friday, February 26th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Gamma-Ray Observations of Pulsars with Cherenkov Telescopes, Nepomuk Otte, Georgia Tech
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- Gamma-Ray Observations of Pulsars with Cherenkov Telescopes, Nepomuk Otte, Georgia Tech
-  Monday, February 29th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 1153 Mechanical Engineering
- Initial measurements of particle transport and self-ordering in the Magnetized Dusty Plasma Experiment (MDPX), Dr. Edward Thomas, Auburn
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- Initial measurements of particle transport and self-ordering in the Magnetized Dusty Plasma Experiment (MDPX), Dr. Edward Thomas, Auburn
March 2016
-  Tuesday, March 1st
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Higgs physics opportunities at future e+e- collider, Zhen Liu, Fermilab
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- Higgs physics opportunities at future e+e- collider, Zhen Liu, Fermilab
-  Wednesday, March 2nd
- Department Meeting
- CANCELLED- Rescheduled for next week: 03/09/16
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
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- CANCELLED- Rescheduled for next week: 03/09/16
-  Thursday, March 3rd
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- To a loophole-free test of local realism and beyond., Brad Christensen, University Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
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- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:15 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:15, Talk at 3:30 PM
- Quantitative Polarimetry: From Star Formation to Cosmological Studies, Thiem Hoang, CITA
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- Careers for Physicists; 4:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Careers at Epic, Sean Cotter (MS 2008), Epic
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- To a loophole-free test of local realism and beyond., Brad Christensen, University Illinois Urbana-Champaign
-  Friday, March 4th
- Atomic Physics Seminar; 11:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Quantum information with cold atom ensembles: beyond continuous variables, Tim Byrnes, NYU
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- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Understanding when we can trust climate models: Characterizing uncertainty in climate change from global to regional scales, Chris E. Forest, Penn State
- Video: https://vod.physics.wisc.edu/media/2016_03_04.m4v
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- Quantum information with cold atom ensembles: beyond continuous variables, Tim Byrnes, NYU
-  Monday, March 7th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 1153 Mechanical Engineering
- "Nonlinear Convective Transport in Magnetized Temperature Filaments: Theory, Simulation and Experiments, Dr. Richard Sydora, University of Alberta, University of Alberta
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- "Nonlinear Convective Transport in Magnetized Temperature Filaments: Theory, Simulation and Experiments, Dr. Richard Sydora, University of Alberta, University of Alberta
-  Tuesday, March 8th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
- Cultural-responsivity, education, and health in Anishinaabe communities, Tim Frandy, UW Department of Medicine and Public Health
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- Cultural-responsivity, education, and health in Anishinaabe communities, Tim Frandy, UW Department of Medicine and Public Health
-  Wednesday, March 9th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
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- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
-  Thursday, March 10th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; Chamberlin 5310
- Phonon-mediated decay of singlet-triplet qubits in double quantum dots in GaAs/AlGaAs and Si/SiGe heterostructures, Viktoriia Kornich, University of Basel
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- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
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- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and Cookies 3:30 PM, Talk at 3:45 PM
- "Toward a physically-predictive theory of galaxy formation: resolved stellar and black hole feedback", Claude-Andre Faucher-Giguere, Northwestern University
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- Phonon-mediated decay of singlet-triplet qubits in double quantum dots in GaAs/AlGaAs and Si/SiGe heterostructures, Viktoriia Kornich, University of Basel
-  Friday, March 11th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Microwave response and photon emission of a voltage baised Josephson junction, Salha Jebari, CEA Grenoble
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- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 1:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Compactifying M-theory on a G2 manifold to describe our world, Gordon Kane, University of Michigan
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- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Status and Future of Tau physics at the LHC , Isobel Ojalvo, University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Video: https://vod.physics.wisc.edu/media/2016_03_11.m4v
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- Microwave response and photon emission of a voltage baised Josephson junction, Salha Jebari, CEA Grenoble
-  Monday, March 14th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 1153 Mechanical Engineering
- Magnetic pumping of the solar wind, and new results from the Terrestrial Reconnection Experiment (TREX), Jan Egedal, UW Madison
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- Magnetic pumping of the solar wind, and new results from the Terrestrial Reconnection Experiment (TREX), Jan Egedal, UW Madison
-  Tuesday, March 15th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
- Coping with climate change and environmental degradation science, universities, and a great American challenge, Bernard Z. Friedlander and Noah M. Friedlander, University of Hartford
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- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Galaxy-galaxy lensing for cosmology in the Dark Energy Survey, Juliana Kwan, University of Pennsylvania
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- Coping with climate change and environmental degradation science, universities, and a great American challenge, Bernard Z. Friedlander and Noah M. Friedlander, University of Hartford
-  Wednesday, March 16th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
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- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- New results from RENO, Seon-Hee Seo, Seoul National University
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- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
-  Thursday, March 17th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
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- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies at 3:30 PM, Talk at 3:45 PM
- The Role of Dwarf-Dwarf Galaxy Interactions in Galaxy Assembly, Sabrina Stierwalt, NRAO
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- Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:45 pm)
- From Bell's inequalities to quantum information: a new quantum revolution, Alain Aspect, CNRS, Institut d’Optique
- Video: https://vod.physics.wisc.edu/media/2016_03_17.m4v
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-  Friday, March 18th
- ; 10:30 am; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Informal meeting with Fleming Crim, Fleming Crim, NSF
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- Atomic Physics Seminar; 11:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Atomic Hong-Ou-Mandel effect: a mile-stone in Quantum Atom Optics, Alain Aspect, Institut d’Optique
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- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:15 pm)
- Gene Surfing and Survival of the Luckiest, David Nelson, Harvard University
- Video: https://vod.physics.wisc.edu/media/2016_03_18.m4v
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- Informal meeting with Fleming Crim, Fleming Crim, NSF
-  Monday, March 28th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 1153 Mechanical Engineering
- Magnetic Reconnection Onset, Prof. Nuno Loureiro, MIT
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- Magnetic Reconnection Onset, Prof. Nuno Loureiro, MIT
-  Tuesday, March 29th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
- Star-beings and stones: Origins and legends, Herman Bender, Freelance Geologist
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- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Type Ia Supernovae and Heavy Metals From Dark Matter, Joseph Bramante, University of Notre Dame
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- Star-beings and stones: Origins and legends, Herman Bender, Freelance Geologist
-  Wednesday, March 30th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Cooling and stabilization of levitated graphite nanoplatelets, Pavel Nagornykh, University of Maryland
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- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
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- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Accelerating the Search for Cosmic Accelerators, Amanda Weinstein, Iowa State University
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- Cooling and stabilization of levitated graphite nanoplatelets, Pavel Nagornykh, University of Maryland
-  Thursday, March 31st
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
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- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:30 pm, Talk 3:45 PM
- Supernovae as Drivers of Dust Evolution in Galaxies, Tea Temim, NASA
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April 2016
-  Friday, April 1st
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- New Satellite Galaxies of Our Milky Way, Keith Bechtol, UW - Madison, Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center
- Video: https://vod.physics.wisc.edu/media/2016_04_01.m4v
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- New Satellite Galaxies of Our Milky Way, Keith Bechtol, UW - Madison, Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center
-  Tuesday, April 5th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
- Toward an atlas of the physical internet, Paul Barford, UW Department of Computer Sciences
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- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280
- Lepton Jets from Radiating Dark Matter, Malte Buschmann, Fermilab
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- Toward an atlas of the physical internet, Paul Barford, UW Department of Computer Sciences
-  Wednesday, April 6th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
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- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
-  Thursday, April 7th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Clearly witnessing the quantum fluctuations of a mechanical oscillator, Dr. Ray Simmonds , NIST, Boulder
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- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
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- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and Cookies 3:30 PM, Talk at 3:45 PM
- 'A Walk on the Warped Side: Searches for Gravitational Waves from Compact Objects in Advanced LIGO', Sarah Caudill, UW Milwaukee - Physics Dept
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- SPECIAL TOPIC SEMINAR; 4:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Intellectual Property, Commercialization of Innovation at UW-Madison, and an Introduction to D2P, Robert Pozner , Discovery to Product, UW Madison
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- Clearly witnessing the quantum fluctuations of a mechanical oscillator, Dr. Ray Simmonds , NIST, Boulder
-  Friday, April 8th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Fermion masses and mixings in F-theory GUTs, Gianluca Zoccarato, Instituto de Fisica Teorica, Madrid
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- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger, Daniel Holz, University of Chicago
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- Fermion masses and mixings in F-theory GUTs, Gianluca Zoccarato, Instituto de Fisica Teorica, Madrid
-  Monday, April 11th
- Condensed Matter Theory Group Seminar; 10:00 am; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Non-ergodicity in many body systems and the phase diagram of Josephson junction chains, Lev Ioffe, Rutgers
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- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 1153 Mechanical Engineering
- Generation and Reconnection of Magnetic Field in Colliding Laser High Energy-Density Plasmas, Dr. Gennady Fiksel, University of Michigan
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- Department Meeting
- 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
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- Non-ergodicity in many body systems and the phase diagram of Josephson junction chains, Lev Ioffe, Rutgers
-  Tuesday, April 12th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Out-of -time-order correlators in solid state physics, Lara Faoro, CNRS
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- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
- Data centric computing in emerging nonvolatile memory technologies, Jing Li, Department of Computer Sciences
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- Out-of -time-order correlators in solid state physics, Lara Faoro, CNRS
-  Wednesday, April 13th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
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- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
-  Thursday, April 14th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Dynamically corrected entangling gates for spin qubits , Jason Kestner, UMBC
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- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
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- Dynamically corrected entangling gates for spin qubits , Jason Kestner, UMBC
-  Friday, April 15th
- Department Meeting
- 12:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
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- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- D6-branes, axion monodromy inflation and moduli backreaction, Aitor Landete, Instituto de Fisica Teorica, Madrid
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- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Probing the Accelerating Universe with the Dark Energy Survey, Josh Frieman, Fermilab and the University of Chicago
- Video: https://vod.physics.wisc.edu/media/2016_04_15.m4v
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- 12:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
-  Monday, April 18th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm;
- Fast Reconnection and Self-Generated Turbulence Mediated by the Plasmoid Instability, Dr. Amitava Bhattacharjee,, PPPL
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- Fast Reconnection and Self-Generated Turbulence Mediated by the Plasmoid Instability, Dr. Amitava Bhattacharjee,, PPPL
-  Tuesday, April 19th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Semiconductors for Superconducting Qubits, Karl Petersson, University of Copenhagen
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- Astronomy Colloquium, TUESDAY TALK;
12:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- A Philosophically-Informed Appraisal of the Schmidt-Sanduleak Law of Star Formation: "Not Even Wrong", Barry F. Madore, Carnegie Observatories and Dept of Astronomy & Astrophysics University of Chicago
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- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
- Novel-writing as a way to organize data, Russell Gardner, Jr., Freelance scholar
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- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Evading non-linearities: Baryon Acoustic Oscillations at the linear point, Stefano Anselmi, Case Western Reserve University
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- Semiconductors for Superconducting Qubits, Karl Petersson, University of Copenhagen
-  Wednesday, April 20th
- Physics Education Innovation Seminar; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Best Practices in Large Introductory Physics Courses at the University of Maryland, Rosemary Russ, UW - Madison Department of Curriculum and Instruction
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- Best Practices in Large Introductory Physics Courses at the University of Maryland, Rosemary Russ, UW - Madison Department of Curriculum and Instruction
-  Thursday, April 21st
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; Chamberlin 5310
- Quantum optics with ultra-cold atoms, Alex Kuzmich, University of Michigan
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- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
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- Quantum optics with ultra-cold atoms, Alex Kuzmich, University of Michigan
-  Friday, April 22nd
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- First Results from Hitomi, Richard Mushotzky, University of Maryland/Goddard Space Flight Center
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- First Results from Hitomi, Richard Mushotzky, University of Maryland/Goddard Space Flight Center
-  Monday, April 25th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 1153 Mechanical Engineering
- Simulation of energetic particle driven instabilities in 3D configurations, Dr. Donald Spong, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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- Simulation of energetic particle driven instabilities in 3D configurations, Dr. Donald Spong, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
-  Tuesday, April 26th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
- Green flexible electronics and the potential impact to our society and environment, Jack Zhenqiang, UW Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Simulating the neutrino sky: Cosmological probes of neutrino mass, JD Emberson, Argonne National Laboratory
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- Green flexible electronics and the potential impact to our society and environment, Jack Zhenqiang, UW Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
-  Wednesday, April 27th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
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- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
-  Thursday, April 28th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
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-  Friday, April 29th
- Special Physics 208 Lecture; 8:50 am; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
- SHINE and Medical Radioisotopes, Greg Piefer, SHINE Medical Technologies
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- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (Coffee & Cookies at 3:15pm)
- When Magnetic Field Lines Break, Paul Cassak, West Virginia University
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- SHINE and Medical Radioisotopes, Greg Piefer, SHINE Medical Technologies
May 2016
-  Monday, May 2nd
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 1153 Mechanical Engineering
- Pedestal-to-wall 3D plasma edge modeling using EMC3-EIRENE, Dr. Jeremy Lore, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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- Pedestal-to-wall 3D plasma edge modeling using EMC3-EIRENE, Dr. Jeremy Lore, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
-  Tuesday, May 3rd
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
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-  Thursday, May 5th
- Cosmology Journal Club ; 12:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
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- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:30, Talk begins 3:45
- "Precision Stellar Astrophysics: Asteroseismology and Large Spectroscopic Surveys", Dr. Marc Pinsonneault, Ohio State University
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- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Electroweak inos, natural SUSY and HL-LHC, Howard Baer
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- Careers for Physicists; 4:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Career Panel with Physics Board of Visitors Members, Various BOV members
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-  Friday, May 6th
- Physics Department Colloquium, Distinguished Alumni Award Winner;
4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
- A Search for Space-Time Correlations from the Planck Scale with the Fermilab Holometer, Steve Meyer, The University of Chicago
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- A Search for Space-Time Correlations from the Planck Scale with the Fermilab Holometer, Steve Meyer, The University of Chicago