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Events During the 2008 Spring Semester
January 2008
Tuesday, January 22nd: Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
Sleep need and synaptic homeostasis; Chiara Cirelli, UW Department of Psychiatry; "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
Ultrafast Phenomena in Solids; Marshall Onellion
Thursday, January 24th: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
"How Difficult is Quantum Many-Body Theory?"; Matthew Hastings, Physics, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Friday, January 25th: Phenomenology Seminar; 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
Very Energetic Top Quarks and the Search for New Physics at the LHC; Ulrich Baur, SUNY at Buffalo; Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
From ASDEX Upgrade to ITER: Preparing the Next Step in Fusion Research; Hartmut Zohm, Max Planck Institute
Monday, January 28th: Physics/ECE/NE 922 (Plasma) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
"Modern Magnetic Mirrors in Novosibirsk: New results and Their Implications for the Future"; Alexander Ivanov, Budker Institute, Noisibirsk, Russia; Medical Physics Seminar; 4:00 pm; 1345 Health Science Learning Center (refreshments will be served)
Evaluation of a Pressure Sensing Array for use with Ultrasound Strain Imaging; Lee Kiessel Research Assistant, Department of Medical Physics, UW-School of Medicine and Public Health
Tuesday, January 29th: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
Femtosecond Electron Diffraction:'Making the Molecular Movie'; Dwayne Miller Chemistry and Physics University of Tornonto; Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
Cluster optimization in protein docking; Julie Mitchell, UW Department of Mathematics; "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
Using physics to understand seashell growth; Sue Coppersmith
Thursday, January 31st: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
Physics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Evgeny Tsymbal, Physics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Astronomy Colloquium; 12:00 pm; 6515 Sterling Hall (coffee at 11:30 am in 6521 Sterling)
Not Your Grandmother's HII Regions: An X-ray Tour of Massive Star- forming Regions; Leisa Townsley, Penn State
February 2008
Monday, February 4th: Physics/ECE/NE 922 (Plasma) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
"Physics Results from the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX); Stan Kaye, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University; Medical Physics Seminar; 4:00 pm; 1345 Health Science Learning Center (refreshments will be served)
MRI - Molecular Imaging, from Vision to Reality; Hanns-Joachim Weinmann Ph.D., Bayer Healthcare, Berlin, Germany
Tuesday, February 5th: Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
Seeing with the mind as well as the eye; Bob Greenler, UW-Milwaukee, Department of Physics; "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
Experimental Neutrino Research; Karsten Heeger
Thursday, February 7th: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
Physics at the University of Colorado; Kyle McElroy, Physics, University of Colorado
Friday, February 8th: Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
Bringing Hearing to the Deaf; Ian Shipsey, Purdue University
Monday, February 11th: Physics/ECE/NE 922 (Plasma) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
(none); Jim Drake, University of Maryland; Medical Physics Seminar; 4:00 pm; 1345 Health Science Learning Center (refreshments will be served)
Title to be announced; Katie McMillian, Assistant Professor of Medical Physics and Radiology, UW-School of Medicine and Public Health; Materials Science & Engineering Seminar; 4:00 pm; 265 MSE
Structure, Processing, Properties, and Applications of Carbon-based Organic Semiconductors and Carbon Nanotubes; Michael S. Arnold, Post-doctoral research fellow University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Tuesday, February 12th: Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
Electoral dynamics in the 2008 presidential primaries; Charles Franklin, Political Science; "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
X-ray Astronomy; Dan McCammon; Plasma Seminar--Special Day; 2:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
Ion Pickup and Acceleration in Magnetic Reconnection Exhausts; Jim Drake, University of Maryland; Astonomy Colloquium; 3:45 pm; 6515 Sterling Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
The Evolution of the Earliest Stages of Low-mass Star Formation; Yancy Shirley, University of Arizona
Thursday, February 14th: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
Electronic transport in inhomogeneous quantum wires; Jerome Rech, Argonne National Laboratory; Astronomy Colloquium; 3:45 pm; 6515 Sterling Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm in 6521 Sterling)
Stellar Archaeology: Galaxy Evolution from the Ground Up; Jason Harris University of AZ - Steward Observatory; Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
How Does A Thing Like That Work?; David Willey, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
Friday, February 15th: Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
Hot On The Trail of Particle Dark Matter; Dan Hooper, Fermilab; Math Colloquium; 4:00 pm; B239 Van Vleck
Geometry of boundary shear turbulence: a stroll through 61,506 dimensions; Predrag Cvitanovic, Center for Nonlinear Sciences, Georgia Tech
Monday, February 18th: Physics/ECE/NE 922 (Plasma) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
Validation in Fusion Research: Toward Guidelines and Best Practices; Terry, Department of Physics/Plasma, University of Wisconsin; Medical Physics Seminar; 4:00 pm; 1345 Health Science Learning Center (refreshments will be served)
Brachytherapy Facility Shielding; Glenn P. Glasgow, M.S. Ph.D., F.A.A.P.M., F.A.C.R Professor Emeritus, Department of Radiation Oncology Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Tuesday, February 19th: Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
Acceleration of human evolution: interactions of genes with culture and geography; John Hawks, Anthropology; "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
Baryogenesis: The Origin of Matter; Michael Ramsey-Musolf; Astronomy Colloquium; 3:45 pm; 6515 Sterling Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm in 6521 Sterling)
Illuminating the Glowing Magnetospheres of Massive, Luminous Stars; Richard Townsend, University of Delaware- Bartol Research Institute
Thursday, February 21st: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
Anderson localization transitions, multifractal wave functions, and conformal invariance; Ilya Gruzberg, Physics Dept. University of Chicago
Friday, February 22nd: Special Atomic Physics Seminar; 10:00 am; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
Engineering a Quantum Information Processor; Professor Jungsang Kim, Duke University; Phenomenology Seminar; 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
Matching NLO Calculations with Parton Shower: the POsitive-Weight Hardest Emission Generator; Carlo Oleari, Univ. di Milano-Bicocca; Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
Visualizing Pair Formation and the Riddle of High-Temperature Superconductivity; Ali Yazdani, Princeton University
Monday, February 25th: Physics/ECE/NE 922 (Plasma) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
Magnetic Fields in HIgh Intensity-Laser Produced Plasmas; Karl Krushelnick, University of Michigan
Tuesday, February 26th: Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
Generalising the Reynolds number from turbulence to sand-piles(S.O.C.) to ecosystems; George Rowlands, University of Warwick; "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
Chaos; Clint Sprott; Astronomy Colloquium; 3:45 pm; 6515 Sterling Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm in 6521 Sterling)
The Stellar Populations of the Andromeda Spiral Galaxy; Jason Kalirai, University of California - Santa Cruz
Thursday, February 28th: String Theory Seminar; 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
Title to be announced; Yu Nakayama, Berkeley; Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; Room TBA
Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxies; Josh Simon, CALTECH; Special Plasma Physics Seminar; 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
Testing Gyrokinetic Turbulence Simulations; Dr. Robert Budny, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Friday, February 29th: Physics Department Colloquium; 1:20 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 1:00)
Topological defects in nanomagnets; Oleg Tchernyshyov, Johns Hopkins University; Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
Probing the sources of solar magnetism with helioseismology and simulations; Juri Toomre, JILA and Dept Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado
March 2008
Monday, March 3rd: Physics/ECE/NE 922 (Plasma) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
Anomalous Diffusion in Satellite Data and Tokamaks; George Rowlands, University of Warwick, United Kingdom; High Energy Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (coffee & cookies at 3:30 pm)
Low Mass Higgs Searches at CDF; Ben Kilminster, Ohio State University; Medical Physics Seminar; 4:00 pm; 1345 Health Science Learning Center (refreshments will be served)
Protons; Rockwell Mackie, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Medical Physics, UW-School of Medicine and Public Health
Tuesday, March 4th: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
Title to be announced; Larry Schulman, Clarkson University; Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
How does your garden grow: the complex nature of plant growth below ground; Simon Gilroy, Botany; "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
Origin of Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays; Stefan Westerhoff; Astronomy Colloquium; 3:45 pm; 6515 Sterling Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
Gone with the Wind: Galactic Outflows driven by Stars and Quasars and their Impact on Galaxy Evolution; Christy Tremonti, University of AZ- Steward Observatory
Wednesday, March 5th: Undergraduate Resume Writing/Career Planning Workshop; 3:45 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
(none); Greg Iaccarino
Thursday, March 6th: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
Title to be announced; Klaus Molmer, University of Aarhus, Denmark; Physics Teaching Forum; 12:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
Women in Physics: Data and Strategies; Various Speakers; NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
The Heterotic Road to the MSSM; Stuart Raby, Ohio
Friday, March 7th: Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
Quantum Measurements: From a Philosophical Dilemma to a Technological Resource; Klaus Molmer, Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Aarhus, Denmark
Monday, March 10th: Galaxies Lunch!; 12:00 pm; 6515 Sterling
Loose Ends in Cosmic Rays; Pasquale Blasi, Arcetri & Fermliab; Physics/ECE/NE 922 (Plasma) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
Field Error Effects on Tokamak Plasmas; Andrew Cole, UW-Madison, Department of Engineering Physics; High Energy Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (coffee & cookies at 3:30 pm)
New Physics Search in Tau Decays; Sanjay Swain, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center; Medical Physics Seminar; 4:00 pm; 1345 Health Science Learning Center (refreshments will be served)
TBD; Sheridan Griffin-Meltsner, Assistant Professor of Medical Physics and Radiology, UW-School of Medicine and Public Health
Tuesday, March 11th: Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
Technological change and the global energy system; Gregory Nemet, La Follette School of Public Affairs; "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
Polymer Electronics; Micheal Winokur; Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 6515 Sterling Hall
Dark Matter Substructure in the Milky Way; Mike Kuhlen, Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton
Thursday, March 13th: NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
Finding Clusters of Galaxies Using the South Pole Telescope; Bradford Benson, UC Berkeley
Friday, March 14th: Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
The Quest for Spinning Glue; Bernd Surrow, MIT
Monday, March 24th: Physics/ECE/NE 922 (Plasma) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
LiWall Fusion (LiWF) and its Three Step Program Toward a Reactor Development Facility; Leonid Zakharov, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University; Medical Physics Seminar; 4:00 pm; 1345 Health Science Learning Center (refreshments will be served)
Title to be announced; Shuai Leng, student of Dr. Guang-Hong Chen, Assistant Professor of Medical Physics and Radiology, UW-School of Medicine and Public Health; High Energy Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Coffee and Cookies at 3:30 pm)
GammeV: Gamma to milli-eV Particle Search; William Wester, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Tuesday, March 25th: Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
Computational constraints in Hebbian learning: relationship to epileptogenesis and other neurological disorders; David Hsu, Neurology; "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
Neutrino astronomy at the South Pole; Hagar Landsman; Astronomy Colloquium; 3:45 pm; 6515 Sterling Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm in 6521 Sterling)
"Smith's Cloud: The Most Interesting Hydrogen Cloud in the Local Universe"; Jay Lockman, NRAO
Wednesday, March 26th: Informal Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
If the WIMP will not come to the neutron star; the neutron star will go to the WIMP; Hakki B. Ogelman, UW-Madison
Thursday, March 27th: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
Title to be announced; Wolfram Brenig, Technishce Universitat Branuschweig; NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
Particle Acceleration in Supernova Remnant Shocks; Pat Slane, Harvard
Friday, March 28th: NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
Scale of Left-Right Symmetry from CP-violating Observables; Xiangdong Ji (TBC), University of Maryland; Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
Particle Acceleration and Explosive Energy Release by the Sun; Bob Lin, University of California - Berkeley
Monday, March 31st: Physics/ECE/NE 922 (Plasma) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
What about Fusion Reactors?; John Sheffield, Retired, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; High Energy Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (coffee & cookies at 3:30 pm)
Charmed Meson Mixing; Michael Sokoloff, University of Cincinnati; Medical Physics Seminar; 4:00 pm; 1345 Health Science Learning Center (refreshments will be served)
Prospects for Effective Uterine and Cervical Elastography; Maritza Hobson, Research Assistant, student of Dr. Ernest Madsen, Department of Medical Physics, UW-School of Medicine and Public Health
April 2008
Tuesday, April 1st: Special Plasma Seminar; 1:30 am; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
Experimental Investigation of Turbulence at the Transition from Closed to Open Field Lines; Ulrich Stroth, Universitat Stuttgart, Germany; Special Plasma Seminar; 2:30 am; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
Title to be announced; Gerhard Bonhomme, Universitat Stuttgart, Germany; Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
Title to be announced; Gabriela Cezar, Animal Science; "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
Superconductivity X; Bob Joynt; Astronomy Colloquium; 3:45 pm; 6515 Sterling Hall
"A Multiwavelength Study of Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies over 8 Billion Years"; D.J. Pisano, NRAO
Wednesday, April 2nd: Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
Set My Vortices Free: Observing the Kosterlitz-Thouless Crossover in an Optical Lattice; Nobel Prize Winner Eric Cornell, University of Colorado-JILA
Thursday, April 3rd: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Vortex dynamics in tailored superconducting channels: ratchets and circles; Britton Plourde, Syracuse University; NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
Searching for double beta decay with the Enriched Xenon Observatory; Carter Hall, University of Maryland
Monday, April 7th: Physics/ECE/NE 922 (Plasma) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
Recent Experimental Results from the Helicity Injected Torus with Steady Inductive Helicity Injection (HIT-SI); Aaron Redd, University of Wisconsin, Dept. of Engineering Physics; Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
Title to be announced; Sean Cornelius, Physics; Astronomy Colloquium; 3:45 pm; 6515 Sterling Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
Title to be announced; Roger Chevalier, University of Virginia; Medical Physics Seminar; 4:00 pm; 1345 Health Science Learning Center (refreshments will be served)
Title to be announced; RTingliang Zhuang (student of Dr. Guang-Hong Chen) Assistant Professor, Department of Therapeutic Radiology
Tuesday, April 8th: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
The Metal-Insulator Transition (MIT) in MgTi2O4 Spinel; Stefano Leoni, Max Planck - Dresden; "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
Atoms & media with negative index of refraction; Mark Saffman; Astronomy Colloquium; 3:45 pm; 6515 Sterling Hall (refreshments served in the library at 3:30 pm)
The Death and Afterlife of Massive Stars; Roger Chevalier, University of Virginia
Wednesday, April 9th: Atomic Physics Seminar; 11:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Reconstructing the Wigner function of a photonic Schrodinger cat in a cavity: a movie of decoherence; Serge Haroche, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel
Thursday, April 10th: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Quantum computation using tunable flux qubits; Matthias Steffen, IBM Yorktown Heights; NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
The role of SUSY flat directions in reheating; Marco Peloso, University of Minnesota
Friday, April 11th: Seminar; 8:30 am; MSC Room 281
Temporal resolution and bandwidth of human hearing; Milind N. Kunchur, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina; NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum, Joint NPAC and Pheno Seminar;
2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
Dark-matter sterile neutrinos from decays of a gauge-singlet Higgs; Kalliopi Petraki, UCLA; Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
Trapping and Counting Photons without Destroying Them: A New Way to Look at Light; Serge Haroche, Ecole Normale Superieure
Monday, April 14th: Physics/ECE/NE 922 (Plasma) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
D retentions in a Tokamak with High-Z Plasma Facing Components--Implications for ITER and Reactors; Bruce Lipschultz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Medical Physics Seminar; 4:00 pm; 1345 Health Science Learning Center (refreshments will be served)
Title to be announced; A. Sam Bedder, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; High Energy Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Coffee and Cookies at 3:30 pm)
Single Top at CDF; Kevin Lannon, The Ohio State University
Tuesday, April 15th: Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
Chaotic dynamics on large networks; Clint Sprott, UW Department of Physics; "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
Silicon, Spin, and Quantum Electronics; Mark Eriksson; Astronomy Colloquium; 3:45 pm; 6515 Sterling Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm in 6521 Sterling)
"Globular Clusters, Galaxy Formation, Dark Matter, and Black Holes"; Kathy Rhode, University of Indiana
Thursday, April 17th: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Dynamic Nuclear Polarization in Double Quantum Dots; Jason Petta, Princeton University; Special Joint Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics Seminar; 2:45 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
Polarized Antiprotons; Hans-Otto Meyer, Indiana University; NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
Colliders to the Cosmos: Dark Matter and Electroweak Phase Transition; Maxim Perelstein, Cornell
Friday, April 18th: Phenomenology Seminar; 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
Title to be announced; Antonio Delgado, Univ. of Notre Dame; Physics Department Colloquium, H. H. Barschall Lecture;
4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
Recent Developments in Neutron Radiography; Hans Otto Meyer, Indiana University
Monday, April 21st: Physics/ECE/NE 922 (Plasma) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
"Kinetic Studies of Low Temperature Non-Equilibrium Weakly Ionized Air Plasmas"; Walter Lempert, Ohio State University; Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
A Complex Systems Engineering approach to software development in large organizations; Jacob Jesson, Shared Context Inc.; "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
Origin of Mass; Matt Herndon; Astronomy Colloquium; 3:45 pm; 6515 Sterling Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm in 6521 Sterling)
Outflows from massive (proto) stars and evidence for an 'improved' evolutionary sequence; Debra Shepherd, NRAO; Medical Physics Seminar; 4:00 pm; 1345 Health Science Learning Center (refreshments will be served)
Title to be announced; Brian Nett, Resarch Assistant, student of Dr. Guang-Hong Chen, Department of Medical Physics, UW-School of Medicine and Public Health; High Energy Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Coffee and Cookies at 3:30 pm
Mixing and CP Violation in Bs Meson Decays; Hal Evans, Indiana University
Tuesday, April 22nd: Astronomy Colloquium; 3:45 pm; 6515 Sterling Hall
"Outflows from massive (proto) stars and evidence for an 'improved' evolutionary sequence"; Debra Shepherd, NRAO; Educational Technology in Physics Seminar; 4:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
Mathematica 6 in Education and Research; Josh Lietz, Wolfram Research, Inc.
Thursday, April 24th: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Rare events and phase transitions in reaction-diffusion systems; Alex Kamenev, University of Minnesota; Special Atomic Physics Seminar; 3:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
Quantum memory for sqeezed light; Dmitry Korystov, Institute for Quantum Information Science, University of Calgary; NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
Minimal Flavor Violation: from quarks to leptons; Vincenzo Cirigliano, Los Alamos
Friday, April 25th: High Energy Seminar, Joint High Energy and Neutrino Physics Seminar;
11:00 am; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
NuMI Muon Monitor Studies and First Results from the MINOS Sterile Neutrino Search; Jason Koskinen, University College, London; NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum, Joint Pheno and NPAC Seminar;
2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
Disentangling the Strong Interactions in Two-Jet Event Shapes; Chris Lee, LBL
Monday, April 28th: Physics/ECE/NE 922 (Plasma) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
Toward the Ultimate Goal of Radwaste-Free Fusion: Recycling and Clearance, Avoiding Geological Disposal; Laila A. El-Guebaly, UW-Madison, Fusion Technology Institute; Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
Title to be announced; John Moreau, Geology and Geophysics; "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
Coulomb blockade in metallic nanoparticles; Maxim Vavilov; Astronomy Colloquium; 3:45 pm; 6515 Sterling Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
Title to be announced; Michelle J. Creech-Eakman, New Mexico Tech - Department of Physics, Socorro; Medical Physics Seminar; 4:00 pm; 1345 Health Science Learning Center (refreshments will be served)
A Comparison of Computational Methods to Calculate Effective Connectivity from fMRI Time Series Data; Suzanne Witt, Research Assistant, student of Dr. M. Elizabeth Meyerand, Department of Medical Physics, UW-School of Medicine and Public Health; High Energy Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (coffee & cookies at 3:30 pm)
Neutrino-less double-beta decay, WIMPs, and Xenon: Will the Quest Converge?; David Nygren, LBNL and Stockholm University
Tuesday, April 29th: Astronomy Colloquium; 3:45 pm; 6515 Sterling Hall
"Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer - A Fully Optimized Aperature Synthesis Array"; Michelle J. Creech-Eakman, New Mexico Tech - Department of Physics, Socorro
May 2008
Thursday, May 1st: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Magnetic 1/f noise from the semiconductor/oxide interface and spin-dependent scattering in silicon transistors; Rogerio de Sousa, University of Victoria; NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
Effective Field Theory of Light Nuclei; Bira van Kolck, University of Arizona; Physics Department Colloquium, Winner of the Distinguished Alumni Award 2008;
5:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
Exoplanet Detection and Characterization: Status and Prospects; Wesley A. Traub, Jet Propulsion Lab
Friday, May 2nd: Physics Department Colloquium, H.T. Richard Lecture;
4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
Neutrino Oscillations: Recent Triumphs and Future Challenges; Bob McKeown, Caltech
Monday, May 5th: Physics/ECE/NE 922 (Plasma) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
Magnetic Reconnection, a Celestial Phenomenon in the Laboratory; Jan Egedal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; High Energy Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Coffee and Cookies at 3:30 pm)
Seach for SM Higgs with H to tautau and 2 Jets; Kohei Yorita, University of Chicago
Tuesday, May 6th: Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
Addressing complex challenges by engaging groups; Darin Harris and Harry Webne-Behrman, UW Office of Quality Improvement; "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
Galaxy Ecology: Black Holes & Outflows; John Everett; Astronomy Colloquium; 3:45 pm; 6515 Sterling Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm in 6521 Sterling)
"Molecular Gas in High-Redshift Galaxies"; Andrew Baker, Rutgers University; String Theory Seminar; 4:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
Title to be announced; Timo Weigand, University of Pennsylvania
Wednesday, May 7th: NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum, Joint NPAC/Pheno Seminar;
3:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
Dirac Leptogenesis in Extended nMSSM; Eung Jin Chun, KIAS
Thursday, May 8th: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Force-Producing Machines in Living Cells; Ben OShaughnessy, Columbia University; NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
The South Pole Telescope: Beyond Clusters; Tom Crawford, University of Chicago
Friday, May 9th: Phenomenology Seminar; 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
Title to be announced; Terrance Figy, University of Durham; Department of Geology & Geophysics General Talk; 3:30 pm; Room AB20 Weeks Hall
Exploring Mercury by Spacecraft: Seeking clues to the formation and evolution of the inner planets; Sean C Solomon, Director, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC; Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
Climate Change: Local to Global and Back Again; John Magnuson, Emeritus Professor of Zoology and Limnology, UW-Madison
Saturday, May 10th: Physics Department; 9:30 am; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
Huber-Fest; Multiple Speakers

Questions? Contact seminars@physics.wisc.edu

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