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Events During October, 2009
Thursday, October 1st: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Dephasing and disorder effects in quantum spin Hall effect; Xincheng Xie, Oklahoma State University; Introductory Graduate Seminar; 5:30 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
Biophysics; Coppersmith, Gilbert, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
Friday, October 2nd: Special Astronomy Colloquium; 2:00 pm; 3425 Sterling Hall
"The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer - WISE "; Professor Ned Wright, UCLA- Physics and Astronomy Department; Theory/Phenomenology Seminar; 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
Theoretical Constraints on the Higgs Effective Couplings; Ian Low, Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory; Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee and cookies at 3:30 pm)
Search for Time-Reversal-Symmetry-Breaking Effects in Unconventional Superconductors; Aharon Kapitulnik, Stanford University
Monday, October 5th: Physics/ECE/NE 922 (Plasma) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
"Magnetized Pinches: Magnetized Target Fusion to Astrophysics"; Tom Intrator, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Tuesday, October 6th: Women of Wisconsin Strengthening Astronomy and Physics Colloquium; 11:00 am; 3425 Sterling Hall (refreshments at 10:45)
The Two-Body Problem: Dual Career Couples in Science; Marc Sher, Department of Physics, The College of William and Mary; Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
Simulation of swarming behavior using anti-Newtonian forces; Vladimir Zhdankin, UW Department of Physics; Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 3425 Sterling Hall
Planetary Nebulae and the Structure and Kinematics of Galactic Disks; Robin Ciradullo, Penn State
Wednesday, October 7th: Recruiter Infosession; 4:30 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
Shell Exploration & Production Co. Infosession; David Schaper, Shell Exploration & Production Company
Thursday, October 8th: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Transport properties of superconductors near critical temperature: conductivity, magneto-tunneling, noise and relaxation; Alex Levchenko, Argonne National Lab; NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
Parity violation in low energy NN interactions; Roxanne Springer, Duke University; Introductory Graduate Seminar; 5:30 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
Nuclear Experimental/Theory; Balantekin, Heeger, Knutson, Ramsey-Musolf, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
Friday, October 9th: Theory/Phenomenology Seminar; 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
Theory/Phenomenology Seminar; Subhaditya Bhattacharya, Harish-Chandra Research Institute; Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee and cookies at 3:30 pm)
Protein Intrinsic Disorder and Developmental Biology; Keith Dunker, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine
Monday, October 12th: Physics/ECE/NE 922 (Plasma) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
"Laboratory Simulations of Astrophysical Jets and Solar Coronal Loops"; Paul Bellan, Cal Tech; R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar, Special Date and Time;
2:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
Weak compressibility of surface wave turbulence; Marija Vucelja, Weizmann Institute of Science; High Energy Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
MiniBooNE Oscillation Results and the Sterile Neutrino Mystery; Georgia Karagiorgi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tuesday, October 13th: Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
Conjectures on music, artistry and the brain; Russell Gardner, UW Department of Psychiatry; Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 3425 Sterling Hall
"Infrared Studies of Young Brown Dwarfs"; Katelyn Allers, Bucknell University
Wednesday, October 14th: MIT Lincoln Labs Recruitment Presentation; 6:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
MIT Lincoln Labs Seminar/Info-session; Matt Vanderhill, Ph.D., MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Thursday, October 15th: NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
The Search for the Schwinger Effect: Nonperturbative Vacuum Pair Production; Gerald Dunne, University of Connecticut; Introductory Graduate Seminar; 5:30 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
Condensed Matter Experimental; Eriksson, Himpsel, Lagally, McDermott, Onellion, Rzchowski, Winokur, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
Friday, October 16th: Theory/Phenomenology Seminar; 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
Extending the Higgs Effective Theory; Duff Neill, Carnegie Mellon University; Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee and cookies at 3:30 pm)
Gamma Ray Bursts and the Birth of Black Holes; Neil Gehrels, NASA Greenbelt, U-Maryland, Penn State U
Monday, October 19th: Physics/ECE/NE 922 (Plasma) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
"Turbulence, Structures, Thermal and Non-thermal Particle Transport in a Simple Toroidal Plasma"; Ambrogio Fasoli, EPFL Laussane
Tuesday, October 20th: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Delocalization by disorder: non-metallic transport in layered metals; Dmitrii Maslov, University of Florida; Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
High-Energy neutrino astronomy: Towards a kilometer-scale neutrino observatory.; Francis Halzen, UW Department of Physics
Thursday, October 22nd: R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Fluctuations, Response, Entropy, and "Temperature" in Granular Packings; Bulbul Chakraborty, Brandeis University; Whitford Lecture; 2:00 pm; 3425 Sterling Hall
WMAP and Beyond; Dr. David Spergel, Princeton University; NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
The Search for the Fundamental Nature of Dark Matter; Dan McKinsey, Yale University; Introductory Graduate Seminar; 5:30 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
Condensed Matter Theory; Bruch, Chubukov, Coppersmith, Joynt, Perkins, Vavilov, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
Friday, October 23rd: NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
Quantifying the Unknown in Astronomy: A Bayesian Approach; Brian Connolly, University of Pennsylvania; Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
The Good the Bad and the Awful–Scientific Simulation and Prediction; Leo Kadanoff, University of Chicago
Monday, October 26th: Physics/ECE/NE 922 (Plasma) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
"Electron Thermal Transport within Magnetic Islands in the RFP" and "Internal Electron Transport Barrier Due to Neoclassical Ambipolarity in the HSX Stellarator"; Hillary Stephens and Jeremy Lore, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tuesday, October 27th: Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
Title to be announced; Martin and Betsy David, Economics; String Theory Seminar; 3:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
New SUSY Breaking Backgrounds and Holographic Gauge Mediationy; Yoske Sumitomo, UW-Madison; String Theory Seminar; 3:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
New SUSY Breaking Backgrounds and Holographic Gauge Mediationy; Yoske Sumitomo, UW-Madison; Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 3425 Sterling Hall
The Dark Lives of Galaxies: Investigating Their Seedy Baryonic Underbellies with Ultraviolet Spectroscopy; Todd Tripp, University of MA- Amhearst
Thursday, October 29th: NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
The low-down on Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays: experimental results and theoretical puzzles; Glennys Farrar, New York University; Introductory Graduate Seminar; 5:30 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
String Theory; Hashimoto, Shiu, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
Friday, October 30th: Theory/Phenomenology Seminar; 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
Hidden Charged Dark Matter; Haibo Yu, University of California-Irvine; Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
50 Years of Fusion Research; Dale M. Meade, Fusion Innovation Research and Energy®, Princeton, NJ

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