Events During November, 2012
- Thursday, November 1st
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Nonlinear and nonreciprocal effects in magnetic garnet films; Pradeep Kumar, Michigan Technological University
- Careers in Physics; 3:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 5:45 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
Neutrinos, Dark Matter, and Fundamental Interactions; Balantekin, Heeger, Maruyama, Ramsey-Musolf, UW Madison
- Friday, November 2nd
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
Anticipating sudden transitions in biological populations: Cooperation, cheating, and collapse; Jeff Gore, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Monday, November 5th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 1310 Sterling Hall
- Tuesday, November 6th
- Atomic Physics Seminar; 11:00 am; 5280 Chamberlin
Long Range, Cold Rydberg Atom Molecules and Interactions; James Shaffer, University of Oklahoma
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
Food waste, hunger and the environment: the solution is a pile of garbage; Jed Colquhoun, UW Department of Horticulture
- High Energy Seminar; 3:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
W Mass From CDF; Ashutosh Kotwal, Duke University
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
Recent MiniBooNE Results and the Status of Sterile Neutrinos; Christina Ignarra, MIT
- Wednesday, November 7th
- Physics Department Colloquium, Special Colloquium;
3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
Electronic Liquid Crystalline Phases in Highly Correlated Electronic Systems; Steven Kivelson, Stanford University
- Thursday, November 8th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Observation of fractional ac Josephson effect: the signature of Majorana particles; Leonid Rokhinson, Purdue University
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 5:45 pm; IceCube Offices at 222 W. Washington Avenue
Astrophysics II: IceCube, ARA, DM-Ice; Halzen, Karle, Maruyama, UW Madison
- Friday, November 9th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
Overview of System Identification applications to MHD control: How to control MHD activity without using the MHD equations in the feedback model [Note room change]; James Drake, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm [NOTE room change]
- Physics Department Colloquium, Canceled;
3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
Unexpected, new Particle Physics presenting itself in UHECR air showers; Glennys Farrar, New York University
- Monday, November 12th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 1310 Sterling Hall
RMP-Flutter-Induced Plasma Transport in DIII-D; James Callen, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Condensed Matter Theory Group Seminar; 4:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
Quantum Optics with Quantum Dots and Microwave Resonators: Photon and Electron Statistics; Maxim Vavilov
- Tuesday, November 13th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
Role of biofuels in meeting our future energy demands; Natalie Hunt, UW Department of Forest Ecology and Management
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
Cosmological Perturbations: Isocurvature, Vorticity and Magnetic Fields; Adam Christopherson, University of Nottingham
- Wednesday, November 14th
- Department Meeting; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, November 15th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
On-chip cavity quantum phonodynamics; Charles Tahan, Laboratory for Physical Science
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
Neutrino Oscillations: Present Status and Future Plans; Jenny Thomas, University College London
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 5:45 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
Plasma Physics; Boldyrev, Forest, Sarff, Schnack, Terry, Zweibel, UW Madison
- Friday, November 16th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
Physics at the edge: Plasmas with dynamic sheaths; Uwe Czarnetzki, Ruhr University Bochum
- Monday, November 19th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 1310 Sterling Hall
Fast Ion Confinement and Stability of an NBI-heated RFP; Jay Anderson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Condensed Matter Theory Group Seminar; 4:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
The Anderson-Higgs mechanism in Condensed Matter Physics; Dushko Kuzmanovski & Saurabh Maiti
- Tuesday, November 20th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
Searching for the earliest life on Earth; Clark Johnson, UW Department of Geoscience
- Thursday, November 22nd
- Thanksgiving Recess
- Friday, November 23rd
- Thanksgiving Recess
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Monday, November 26th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 1310 Sterling Hall
Observing the acceleration of suprathermal electrons by Alfven waves using the diagnostic of whistler-mode wave absorption; Fred Skiff, University of Iowa
- Tuesday, November 27th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
The prospects for extraterrestrial life; Jim Blair, Milton and Edgewood College
- Special ASTRONOMY TALK; 3:45 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
"The Cosmological Challenges of Dwarf Galaxies"; Julio Navarro, University of Victoria
- Wednesday, November 28th
- Department Meeting; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Astronomy Colloquium, Special Colloquium;
4:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
A screening of "Hubble's Diverse Universe"; Dr. Jarita Holbrook
- Thursday, November 29th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
Microwave Detection of Cosmic Ray Air Showers; Christopher Williams, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, The University of Chicago
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
"Revealing the origins and environments of Mg II absorbers with the SDSS and 3D-HST"; Britt Lundgren, Astronomy Department
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 5:45 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
Astrophysics III: HAWC/CTA/Fermi; Westerhoff, Vandenbrouke, UW Madison
- Friday, November 30th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
Emergent phases of correlated electrons in materials with spin-orbit coupling and magnetic frustration.; Natalia Perkins, UW-Madison
