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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
- The Minus-1st Law: The conservation of information and how it leads to chaos, George Hrabovsky, Madison Area Science and Technology
- Wednesday, January 23rd
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- Dark Matter Results from XENON100 and Scintillation Response of LXe to Low Energy Particles, Kyungeun Lim, Columbia University
- Dark Matter Results from XENON100 and Scintillation Response of LXe to Low Energy Particles, 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
- AGN as Multi-Messenger Probes of the High-Energy Universe: Observations with the HAWC Observatory, Asif Imran, Los Alamos National Lab
- Friday, January 25th
- 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
- Quantum Coherence in Biology, K. Birgitta Whaley, University of California, Berkeley
- Monday, January 28th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:30 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- 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
- Measuring top-quark polarization in top-pair + missing-energy events, Hao Zhang, Argonne National Laboratory/Illinois Institute of Technology
- What do smiles mean and how do we know?, Paula M. Niedenthal, UW Department of Psychology
- 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
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Unambigious tests of general relativity with Xray Spectroscopy of AGN, Guido Risaliti, Harvard Smithsonian Cfa/Observatory of Florence
- Electronic Transport in Bi2Se3 Thin Films in the Topological Insulator Regime, Dohun Kim, University of Maryland
February 2013
- Friday, February 1st
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Femtosecond hard X-ray lasers for atomic structure and biodynamics, John Spence, Arizona State University
- Video: http://www.physics.wisc.edu/vod/2013/02/01.html
- Femtosecond hard X-ray lasers for atomic structure and biodynamics, John Spence, Arizona State University
- Monday, February 4th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:30 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- 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
- Are you thinking what I'm thinking?, Patricia B McConnell, UW Department of Zoology
- Thursday, February 7th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Topological Phases in Transition Metal Oxides, Gregory A. Fiete, University of Texas at Austin
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Galactic Winds: Lessons from Nearby Starbursts, Jay Gallagher, UW Astronomy Prof and Chair
- Topological Phases in Transition Metal Oxides, Gregory A. Fiete, University of Texas at Austin
- Friday, February 8th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:15 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Sister Higgs, Daniele Alves, Fermilab
- Sister Higgs, Daniele Alves, Fermilab
- 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
- Wonders of Physics; 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Sunday, February 10th
- Wonders of Physics; 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics; 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics; 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Monday, February 11th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:30 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Tuesday, February 12th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- Was 2012 a failure for the polls? Was Nate Silver exceptionally accurate?, Charles Franklin, UW Department of Political Science
- "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
- Higgs to di-photon decay with new vector fermions, Pedro Schwaller, Argonne National Laboratory
- Was 2012 a failure for the polls? Was Nate Silver exceptionally accurate?, Charles Franklin, UW Department of Political Science
- Wednesday, February 13th
- Department Meeting; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Careers for Physicists; 3:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Epic, Epic, Epic
- Careers for Physicists; 3:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Epic, Epic, Epic
- Careers for Physicists; 3:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, February 14th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Catch and release microwave photons with 99% fidelity, John Martinis, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Feedback in Faint Galaxies During the Peak Epoch of Star Formation, Dawn Erb, UW Milwaukee Physics Dept
- Catch and release microwave photons with 99% fidelity, John Martinis, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Friday, February 15th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Superconducting Quantum Computing , John Martinis, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Video: http://www.physics.wisc.edu/vod/2013/02/15.html
- Superconducting Quantum Computing , 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
- 6th Annual Physics Fair, , UW Department of Physics
- Sunday, February 17th
- Wonders of Physics; 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics; 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics; 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Monday, February 18th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:30 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Tuesday, February 19th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- Thom's catastrophe theory and Zeeman's model of the stock market, Joel Robbin, UW Department of Mathematics
- "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
- Interactions and width of the Higgs-like particle, Bogdan Dobrescu, Fermilab
- Thom's catastrophe theory and Zeeman's model of the stock market, Joel Robbin, UW Department of Mathematics
- Thursday, February 21st
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Spin-Orbit Tuned Ground States in Single-Crystal Iridates, Gang Cao, University of Kentucky, Lexington
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- "Evolution of Galaxy Populations in the Most Distant Galaxy Clusters", Mark Brodwin, University of Missouri- Kansas City
- Spin-Orbit Tuned Ground States in Single-Crystal Iridates, Gang Cao, University of Kentucky, Lexington
- Friday, February 22nd
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- The Brave Nu World, André de Gouvêa, Northwestern University
- Video: http://www.physics.wisc.edu/vod/2013/02/22.html
- The Brave Nu World, André de Gouvêa, Northwestern University
- Monday, February 25th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:30 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 4:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Orthogonal Metals - the simplest non-Fermi liquids, Rahul Nandkishore, Princeton University
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 4:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Tuesday, February 26th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Gate control of single electron spin in III-V semiconductor quantum dots: Anisotropy effects , Sanjay Prabhakar, Wilfrid Laurier University
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- The brave cyberworld of science communication, Dominique Brossard, UW Department of Life Sciences and Communication
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
- Recent Discoveries in Neutrino Physics, Karsten Heeger, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Gate control of single electron spin in III-V semiconductor quantum dots: Anisotropy effects , Sanjay Prabhakar, Wilfrid Laurier University
- 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
- Engineering Synthetic Quantum Materials from Cold Atoms: Mott Insulators to Emergent Polariton Crystals, Jonathan Simon, University of Chicago
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- "Prospects for X-ray constraints on the local super-massive black hole occupation Fraction", Elena Gallo, Universtiy of Michigan
- Engineering Synthetic Quantum Materials from Cold Atoms: Mott Insulators to Emergent Polariton Crystals, Jonathan Simon, University of Chicago
March 2013
- Friday, March 1st
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:15 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Indirect Probes of the MSSM after the Higgs Discovery, Felix Yu, Fermilab
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Life after Lorentz: Quantum Mechanics, Gravity, and the Crisis of Falsifiability, Niayesh Afshordi, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics & the University of Waterloo
- Video: http://www.physics.wisc.edu/vod/2013/03/01.html
- Indirect Probes of the MSSM after the Higgs Discovery, Felix Yu, Fermilab
- Monday, March 4th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:30 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Tuesday, March 5th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Analysis of high-fidelity gate design and error thresholds for fault-tolerant superconducting quantum computing architectures, Joydip Ghosh, University of Georgia
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- How are complex adaptations built? Using cultural and genetic convergence to understand evolving systems, John Hawks, UW Department of Anthropology
- "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
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- A Metastable Vacuum and the Higgs to Diphoton Rate, Stefania Goris, University of Chicago
- Analysis of high-fidelity gate design and error thresholds for fault-tolerant superconducting quantum computing architectures, Joydip Ghosh, University of Georgia
- Thursday, March 7th
- Special Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- The two sides of a semiclassical spin, Feifei Li, Northwestern University
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Stellar Mergers and Interactions: Yes, Virginia, Stars Do Collide. , Alison Sills, McMaster University
- The two sides of a semiclassical spin, Feifei Li, Northwestern University
- Friday, March 8th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Meeting the Energy needs of a Growing Population, Timothy Donohue, UW-Madison Dept. of Bacteriology & Director, Great Lakes Bioenergy
- Video: http://www.physics.wisc.edu/vod/2013/03/08.html
- Meeting the Energy needs of a Growing Population, Timothy Donohue, UW-Madison Dept. of Bacteriology & Director, Great Lakes Bioenergy
- Monday, March 11th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:30 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Condensed Matter Theory Group Seminar; 4:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Waiting time distribution and switching rate of a microwave photon detector based on a current–biased Josephson junction, Amrit Poudel, UW-Madison
- Condensed Matter Theory Group Seminar; 4:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Tuesday, March 12th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Climate change, disturbance, and forest resilience, Brian Harvey, UW Department of Zoology
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
- X-ray Astronomy, Dan McCammon, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Same-sign Dilepton Signatures of RPV SUSY, Joshua Berger, SLAC, Stanford University
- Climate change, disturbance, and forest resilience, Brian Harvey, UW Department of Zoology
- Wednesday, March 13th
- Department Meeting; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Careers for Physicists; 2:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Scott Converse, Scott Converse, UW-Madison, School of Business
- Careers for Physicists; 2:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, March 14th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Non-equilibrium many-body dynamics with cold atoms in optical lattices, Andrew Daley, University of Pittsburgh
- Non-equilibrium many-body dynamics with cold atoms in optical lattices, Andrew Daley, University of Pittsburgh
- Friday, March 15th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 11:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Instantons on R^3 x S^1 and a semi-classical realization of IR renormalons, Phillip Argyres, Cincinnati
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- New perspectives on quark confinement, Philip Argyres, University of Cincinnati
- Video: http://www.physics.wisc.edu/vod/2013/03/15.html
- Instantons on R^3 x S^1 and a semi-classical realization of IR renormalons, Phillip Argyres, Cincinnati
- Monday, March 18th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:30 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Tuesday, March 19th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- The textual structure of REM dreaming, Art Schmaltz, Prairie State College
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
- Chaos, Clint Sprott, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- WIPAC Seminar; 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Ultra-high energy neutrino events at the IceCube and the Glashow resonance, Atri Bhattacharya, Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, India
- The textual structure of REM dreaming, Art Schmaltz, Prairie State College
- Thursday, March 21st
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Thad Walker, U. Wisconsin-Madison
- Title to be announced, Thad Walker, U. Wisconsin-Madison
- Friday, March 22nd
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:15 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Solution-generating techniques in supergravity and their applications to AdS/CFT, Jerome Gaillard, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Core-Collapse Supernova Explosions: The Theoretical Challenge, Adam Burrows, Princeton University
- Solution-generating techniques in supergravity and their applications to AdS/CFT, Jerome Gaillard, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Sunday, March 24th
- Distinguished Lecture Series; 4:00 pm; 1310 Sterling Hall
- "Cosmology on a Moving Mesh", Lars Hernquist, Harvard University
- "Cosmology on a Moving Mesh", Lars Hernquist, Harvard University
- Monday, March 25th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:30 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, March 28th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Control and possible applications of valley degree of freedom: Valleytronics?, Belita Koiller, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
- Control and possible applications of valley degree of freedom: Valleytronics?, Belita Koiller, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
April 2013
- Monday, April 1st
- Department Meeting; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:30 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Condensed Matter Theory Group Seminar; 4:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Manifestations of electronic nematic degrees of freedom in the high-temperature iron-based superconductors, Rafael Fernandes, University of Minnesota
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:30 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Tuesday, April 2nd
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- The effects of human capital depreciation on occupational gender segregation, Hsueh-Hsiang (Cher) Li, UW Department of Economics
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
- Askaryan Radio Array at the South Pole, Michael DuVernois, University of Wisconsin IceCube
- The effects of human capital depreciation on occupational gender segregation, Hsueh-Hsiang (Cher) Li, UW Department of Economics
- Wednesday, April 3rd
- Department Meeting; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- The Variable High-Energy Gamma-Ray Sky, Julie McEnery, Goddard GSFC, Maryland
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- Thursday, April 4th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Specific heat and magnetization studies of Dy2Ti2O7, Jan Kycia, University of Waterloo
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Time-Domain informatics and Smart Data Analytics in the Era of Large Astronomical Surveys, Hakeem Oluseyi, Florida Institute of Technology
- Specific heat and magnetization studies of Dy2Ti2O7, Jan Kycia, University of Waterloo
- Friday, April 5th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Nonlinear Quantum Liquids in One Dimension, Leonid Glazman, Yale University
- Nonlinear Quantum Liquids in One Dimension, Leonid Glazman, Yale University
- Monday, April 8th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:30 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 4:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Fluctuation effects in disordered superconducting films above Tc, Alexander Finkelstein, Weizmann Institute of Science
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 4:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Tuesday, April 9th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Why do people believe crazy things?, Tim Rogers, UW Department of Psychology
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
- Dark Matter: Here, There & Everywhere, Yang Bai, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Why do people believe crazy things?, Tim Rogers, UW Department of Psychology
- Wednesday, April 10th
- Department Meeting; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, April 11th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 11:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- The Objective Indefiniteness Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: Partition logic, logical information theory, and quantum mechanics, David Ellerman, University of California, Riverside
- Quantum Theory Seminar; 2:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- A Common Fallacy in Quantum Mechanics: Why Delayed Choice Experiments do NOT imply Retrocausality, David Ellerman, UC-Riverside
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- The Fermi Large Area Telescope, Astrophysics, Dark Matter Searches and the 130GeV Line, Eric Charles, SLAC
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- "Examining Galaxy Formation and Evolution with the Milky Way and Its Satellites", David Nidever, University of MI
- The Objective Indefiniteness Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: Partition logic, logical information theory, and quantum mechanics, David Ellerman, University of California, Riverside
- Friday, April 12th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:15 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Radiatively-driven Natural Supersymmetry, Howard Baer, University of Oklahoma
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Superconductivity and the Pseudogap in theory and in copper-oxide based superconductors, Andrew Millis, Columbia University
- Radiatively-driven Natural Supersymmetry, Howard Baer, University of Oklahoma
- Monday, April 15th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:30 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Tuesday, April 16th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- The Ascaris nervous system - a simple nervous system. Hah!, Tony Stretton, UW Department of Zoology
- "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
- The Ascaris nervous system - a simple nervous system. Hah!, Tony Stretton, UW Department of Zoology
- Thursday, April 18th
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- "Profiling Massive Black Holes through Stellar Tidal Disruption", Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, UC Santa Cruz
- "Profiling Massive Black Holes through Stellar Tidal Disruption", Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, UC Santa Cruz
- Friday, April 19th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:15 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Gravity Duals of Dynamical Supersymmetry Breaking, William Cottrell, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Breaking Barriers with Maxwell's Demon, Mark Raizen, University of Texas at Austin
- Gravity Duals of Dynamical Supersymmetry Breaking, William Cottrell, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Monday, April 22nd
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:30 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Tuesday, April 23rd
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
- Photovoltaics, Franz Himpsel, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Flavor and CP violation in Higgs Decays, Roni Harnik, Fermilab
- Photovoltaics, Franz Himpsel, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Wednesday, April 24th
- Department Meeting; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- SPECIAL TALK; 1:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- The Galactic Magnetic Field, Glennys Farrar, New York University
- Careers for Physicists; 3:30 pm; 2124 Chamberlin
- Becoming a Professor, Segev BenZvi and Naoko Kurahashi Neilson, UW-Madison
- Distinguished Lecture Series; 4:00 pm; 1310 Sterling Hall
- "Cosmology on a Moving Mesh", Lars Hernquist, Harvard University
- SPECIAL TALK; 1:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Thursday, April 25th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- Search for Neutrino-less Double Beta Decay with EXO-200, Delia Tosi, Stanford University
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:45 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- What did we learn about the Milky Way during the last decade, and what shall we learn using Gaia and LSST?, Zeljko Ivezic, University of Washington
- Search for Neutrino-less Double Beta Decay with EXO-200, Delia Tosi, Stanford University
- Friday, April 26th
- WID Distinguished Lecture Series; 9:00 am; H.F. Deluca Forum & Atrium, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
- Wisconsin Festival of Ideas Lecture, Sridhara Dasu, UW Physics
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:15 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- On The Way To A Systematic Study of (Radiative) Neutrino Mass Generation, Michael Schmidt, University of Melbourne
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Physics and Astrophysics from Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Ray observations, Glennys Farrar, New York University
- Wisconsin Festival of Ideas Lecture, Sridhara Dasu, UW Physics
- Monday, April 29th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:30 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Tuesday, April 30th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Aldo Leopold, phenology and climate change, Stan Temple, Nelson Institute
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
- Quantum Control & Quantum Measurement, Maxim Vavilov, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Double Disk Dark Matter, Andrey Katz, Harvard University
- Aldo Leopold, phenology and climate change, Stan Temple, Nelson Institute
May 2013
- Thursday, May 2nd
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Bulk Phononic Crystal as Quantum Information Bus between Shallow Donor Spins, Vadim Smelyanskiy, NASA, Ames Research Center
- Bulk Phononic Crystal as Quantum Information Bus between Shallow Donor Spins, Vadim Smelyanskiy, NASA, Ames Research Center
- Friday, May 3rd
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:15 pm; 2335 Sterling Hall
- Low-Mass Higgs Bosons in the NMSSM and Their LHC Implications, Shufang Su, University of Arizona
- Physics Department Colloquium, 2013 Alumni Award Winner;
4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
- Pursuing Climate Science: From Small Particles to Large Airplanes, David Fahey, Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
- Low-Mass Higgs Bosons in the NMSSM and Their LHC Implications, Shufang Su, University of Arizona
- Monday, May 6th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:30 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Tuesday, May 7th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Lessons learned from 19 years of chaos and complexity, Clint Sprott, UW Department of Physics
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
- Magnetic Confinement in Plasma Physics, Karsten McCollam, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Lessons learned from 19 years of chaos and complexity, Clint Sprott, UW Department of Physics
- Wednesday, May 8th
- Department Meeting; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, May 9th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Magnetization dynamics and semi-metal-insulator transition on the surface of a topological insulator, Ilya Eremin, Ruhr University Bochum
- WHITFORD LECTURE ; 3:45 pm; Van Vleck B102 - Coffee served at 3:30 outside 4421 Sterling Hall
- The Virgo Cluster of Galaxies, Laura Farrarese, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Univ of British Columbia
- Magnetization dynamics and semi-metal-insulator transition on the surface of a topological insulator, Ilya Eremin, Ruhr University Bochum
- Friday, May 10th
- Senior Sendoff Pizza Party; 11:30 am; Courtyard Between Chamberlin and Sterling
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:15 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Very Light Stops at the LHC, David Morrissey, TRIUMF
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Gas-filled detectors: the Darwinian Champions of Particle Physics , David Nygren, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:15 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall