Events During the 2013 Spring Semester
January 2013
- Tuesday, January 22nd
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
The Minus-1st Law: The conservation of information and how it leads to chaos; George Hrabovsky, Madison Area Science and Technology
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
The Higgs Boson; Wesley Smith, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Wednesday, January 23rd
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
XENON100; Kyungeun Lim, Columbia University
- Thursday, January 24th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
AGN as Multi-Messenger Probes of the High-Energy Universe: Observations with the HAWC Observatory; Asif Imran, Los Alamos National Lab
- WIPAC Seminar; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
Exploring Fundamental Physics with the Cosmic Microwave Background: New Results from the South Pole Telescope; Bradford Benson, University of Chicago
- Friday, January 25th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
Quantum coherence in biology; K. Birgitta Whaley, University of California, Berkeley
- Tuesday, January 29th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
What do smiles mean and how do we know?; Paula M. Niedenthal, UW Department of Psychology
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
TeV Gamma-ray Astronomy with HAWC; Stefan Westerhoff, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
Title to be announced; Hao Zhang, Argonne National Laboratory/Illinois Institute of Technology
- Wednesday, January 30th
- Department Meeting; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, January 31st
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Electronic Transport in Bi2Se3 Thin Films in the Topological Insulator Regime; Dohun Kim, University of Maryland
February 2013
- Friday, February 1st
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
Femtosecond diffraction of single proteins or protein micro-crystals; John Spence, Arizona State University
- Tuesday, February 5th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
Are you thinking what I'm thinking?; Patricia B McConnell, UW Department of Zoology
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
High Energy Neutrinos with Ice Cube; Albrecht Karle, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Thursday, February 7th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Title to be announced; Gregory A. Fiete, University of Texas at Austin
- Friday, February 8th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
Title to be announced; Niayesh Afshordi, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics & the University of Waterloo
- Saturday, February 9th
- Wonders of Physics; 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics; 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics; 7:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Sunday, February 10th
- Wonders of Physics; 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics; 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Tuesday, February 12th
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
The Origin of Matter; Michael Ramsey-Musolf, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
Title to be announced; Pedro Schwaller, Argonne National Laboratory
- Wednesday, February 13th
- Department Meeting; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, February 14th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Title to be announced; John Martinis, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Friday, February 15th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
Title to be announced; John Martinis, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Saturday, February 16th
- Physics Fair; 11:00 am; Chamberlin Hall (1150 University Avenue)
6th Annual Physics Fair; , UW Department of Physics
- Wonders of Physics; 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics; 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics; 7:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Sunday, February 17th
- Wonders of Physics; 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics; 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Tuesday, February 19th
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
Quantum Computing; Sue Coppersmith, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
Title to be announced; Bogdan Dobrescu, Fermilab
- Thursday, February 21st
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Title to be announced; Gang Cao, University of Kentucky, Lexington
- Friday, February 22nd
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
Title to be announced; André de Gouvêa, Northwestern University
- Tuesday, February 26th
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
Recent Discoveries in Neutrino Physics; Karsten Heeger, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Wednesday, February 27th
- Department Meeting; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, February 28th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Title to be announced; Jonathan Simon, University of Chicago
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 4274
Reactor Antineutrino Flux & The Anomaly; Anna Hayes, Los Alamos National Laboratory
March 2013
- Friday, March 1st
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:15 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
Title to be announced; Felix Yu, Fermilab
- Tuesday, March 5th
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
Spin Quantum Dots for Spin Qubit; Mark Eriksson, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Thursday, March 7th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Title to be announced; Min Yu, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
- Friday, March 8th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
Title to be announced; Timothy Donohue, UW-Madison Dept. of Bacteriology & Director, Great Lakes Bioenergy
- Tuesday, March 12th
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
X-ray Astronomy; Dan McCammon, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Wednesday, March 13th
- Department Meeting; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, March 14th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Title to be announced; Andrew Daley, University of Pittsburgh
- Friday, March 15th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
Title to be announced; Phillip Argyres, Cincinnati
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
Title to be announced; Philip Argyres, University of Cincinnati
- Tuesday, March 19th
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
Chaos; Clint Sprott, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Friday, March 22nd
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
Title to be announced; Adam Burrows, Princeton University
- Thursday, March 28th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Title to be announced; Belita Koiller, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
- Friday, March 29th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
Title to be announced; David Nygren, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
April 2013
- Tuesday, April 2nd
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
Askaryan Radio Array at the South Pole; Michael DuVernois, University of Wisconsin IceCube
- Friday, April 5th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
Title to be announced; Leonid Glazman, Yale University
- Tuesday, April 9th
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
Dark Matter: Here, There & Everywhere; Yang Bai, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Wednesday, April 10th
- Department Meeting; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, April 11th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Title to be announced; Yong-Baek Kim, Toronto University
- Friday, April 12th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
Title to be announced; Andrew Millis, Columbia University
- Tuesday, April 16th
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
Quantum Information Science with Neutral Atom; Mark Saffman, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Thursday, April 18th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Title to be announced; Vladimir Manucharyan, Harvard University
- Friday, April 19th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
Title to be announced; Mark Raizen, University of Texas at Austin
- Tuesday, April 23rd
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
Photovoltaics; Franz Himpsel, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Wednesday, April 24th
- Department Meeting; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Friday, April 26th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Physics Department Colloquium; 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
- Tuesday, April 30th
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
Quantum Control & Quantum Measurement; Maxim Vavilov, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
May 2013
- Thursday, May 2nd
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Title to be announced; Vadim Smelyanskiy, NASA, Ames Quantum Laboratory
- Friday, May 3rd
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Physics Department Colloquium, 2013 Alumni Award Winner;
4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
Title to be announced; TBA
- Tuesday, May 7th
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
Magnetic Confinement in Plasma Physics; Karsten McCollam, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Wednesday, May 8th
- Department Meeting; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Friday, May 10th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
