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Events During the 2009 Fall Semester
August 2009
- Thursday, August 13th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Singlet-triplet qubits in silicon quantum dots, Dimi Culcer, Dept. of Physics, University of Maryland
September 2009
- Wednesday, September 2nd
- First Day of Class
- Thursday, September 3rd
- Special Atomic Physics Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Double beta decay of Zr-96 and the search for neutrinoless mechanisms., Matt Kauer, University College London
- Special Plasma Seminar; 12:00 pm; 106 ERB
- New Directions for Magnetic Mirror Fusion Research, Dr. Tom Simonen, Director DIII-D Tokamak Program, Retired
- Introductory Graduate Seminar; 5:30 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
- Atomic and Molecular, Lawler, Lin, Saffman, Walker, Wehlitz, Yavuz, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Friday, September 4th
- Theory/Phenomenology Seminar; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Recursive Methods for QCD Calculations, Jan Winter, Fermilab
- Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
- Hunt for the Last Neutrino Mixing Angle, Morgan Wascko
- Monday, September 7th
- Labor Day
- Tuesday, September 8th
- Atomic Physics Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Observation of ultra long-range Rydberg molecules, Johannes Nipper, Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- HIV/AIDS, What we know and how we learned it, Pete Cohen, UW Department of Medicine
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 3425 Sterling Hall
- NCG 205 and M32, Understanding Andromeda's Tidally Distorted Satellites, Kirsten Howley, Univeristy of California - Santa Cruz
- Thursday, September 10th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Emulating the dynamics of a quantum spin using a superconducting phase qudit, Matthew Neeley, University of California - Santa Barbara
- Introductory Graduate Seminar; 5:30 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
- Astrophysics I: Astrophysics and cosmology, Faculty, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Friday, September 11th
- Theory/Phenomenology Seminar; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Prospects for Supersymmetry during Year 1 of the LHC, Howie Baer, University of Oklahoma
- Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
- Anderson Localization: looking forward, Boris Altshuler, Columbia University
- Monday, September 14th
- Plasma Theory Seminar; 4:00 pm; 514 ERB
- Background and Recent Progress on Simulation of Giant Sawteeth in Tokamaks with NIMROD, Dalton Schnack, UW-Madison, Dept of Physics/Plasma
- Tuesday, September 15th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- Long-term cortical and subcortical neuromodulation induced by electrical tongue stimulation, Joe Wildenberg, UW Department of Neuroscience
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 3425 Sterling Hall
- "Using Numerical Simulations to Study the Formation and Evolution of Galaxies, Dr. T.J. Cox, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- Thursday, September 17th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Optimal quantum gates in imperfect qubits, Frank Wilhelm, University of Waterloo & ICQ
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- TeV Gamma-Ray Astronomy with Milagro and HAWC, Andrew Smith, University of Maryland, College Park
- Introductory Graduate Seminar; 5:30 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
- High Energy Experimental, Carlsmith, Dasu, Heeger, Herndon, Mellado, Pan, Pondrom, Smith, Wu, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Friday, September 18th
- Physics Department Colloquium, Mack Lecture;
4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm) - On the Verge of Umdeutung in Minnesota: John H. Van Vleck and the Transition from the Old Quantum Theory to Matrix Mechanics, Michel Janssen, University of Minnesota
- Monday, September 21st
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- "Recent Progress in Validating Simulations of Plasma Turbulence, Christopher Holland, University of California/San Diego
- Special Theory/Phenomenology Seminar; 1:20 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall - Note special location
- LHC Physics Simulation on a Graphic Card, Kaoru Hagiwara, KEK, Tsukuba
- Tuesday, September 22nd
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- Anti-Newtonian dynamics, Clint Sprott, UW Department of Physics
- Thursday, September 24th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Biot-Savart correlations in layered superconductors, Kumar Raman, University of California - Riverside
- Special Interest Presentation; 10:30 am; Grainger Hall Plenary Room
- Intersections Between Physics and the Movement Arts, Elizabeth Streb, MacArthur Genius Award winner and world-renowned choreographer
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum, Special Colloquium;
4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin (tentative) (coffee & cookies at 3:30) - Time-lapse seismic monitoring of reservoir deformation, Paul Hatchell, Shell International E&P, Research and Development, Houston, TX
- Introductory Graduate Seminar; 5:30 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
- Plasma, Boldyrev, Forest, Sarff, Schnack, Terry, Zweibel, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Friday, September 25th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee and cookies at 3:30 pm)
- New Phenomena at Oxide Interfaces, Jean-Marc Triscone, University of Geneva
- Math Colloquia; 4:00 pm; B239 Van Vleck
- Complexity Theory --- The World of P and NP, Jin-Yi Cai, UW Madison CS Dept.
- Monday, September 28th
- Yum Kippur
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Helical Equilibria and Magnetic Structures in Reversed Field Pinch, Maria Ester Puiatti, Conzorio RFX, Italy
- Tuesday, September 29th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- Some possible regulatory changes for U.S. financial markets, Don Hester, UW Department of Economics
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 3425 Sterling Hall
- Spatially-resolved studies of super star cluster feedback in Starburst Galaxies, Mark Westmoquette, University College - London
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
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) 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 - 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- , 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
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) 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 - 5:00 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 - 5:00 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 - 3:30 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
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) 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 - 3:30 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
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) 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 - 5:00 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 - 3:30 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
November 2009
- Tuesday, November 3rd
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 5310 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- Poetry, mathematics, and science, Robin Chapman, UW Department of Communicative Disorders
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm; 3425 Sterling Hall
- Can Quasars Quench Star Formation?, Christy Tremonti, UW Astronomy Dept
- String Theory Seminar; 4:00 pm; 2301 Sterling Hall
- Toward a Holographic Model of Color Flavor Locking, Heng-Yu Chen, UW-Madison
- Thursday, November 5th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Invariant form of spin-transfer switching condition, Yaroslaw Bazaliy, University of South Carolina
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- The Baryon Resonance Spectrum and the 1/Nc Expansion, Richard Lebed, Arizona State University
- Introductory Graduate Seminar; 5:30 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
- Astrophysics II: Astroparticle Physics and Neutrinos, Faculty, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Friday, November 6th
- Theory/Phenomenology Seminar; 2:30 pm; 2301 Sterling Hall
- Rapidity Gap Events in Squark Pair Production at the LHC, Sascha Bornhauser, University of New Mexico
- Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
- Precision Muon Physics: Capturing a Moment in a Lifetime, David Hertzog, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Monday, November 9th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2301 Sterling
- Lithium Experiments on the T-11M Tokamak: Development of Plasma Facing Components for a Steady-State fusion Reactor, Sergei Mirnov, TRINITI Laboratory, Troitsk, Russia
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- The first year of the Fermi Large Area Telescope in space, Markus Ackermann
- High Energy Seminar; 4:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Search for active neutrino disappearance in MINOSSearch for active neutrino disappearance in MINOS, Brian Rebel, FNAL
- Tuesday, November 10th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 5310 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- The stability of oscillators, George Hrabovsky, Madison Area Science and Technology
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 3425 Sterling Hall
- What sets the Maximum Spin Rate of Neutron Stars?, Ira Wasserman, Cornell University, Astronomy Department
- Thursday, November 12th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Oxide Nanoelectronics, Jeremy Levy, University of Pittsburgh
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Galactic cosmic ray anisotropy : origin and implications and the role of IceCube, Paolo Desiati, University of Wisconsin at Madison
- Introductory Graduate Seminar; 5:30 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
- Phenomenology, Barger, Everett, Halzen, Han, Petriello, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Friday, November 13th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 2301 Sterling Hall
- Lepton) Flavor Violation in SUSY GUT and Randall-Sundrum Models, Mu-Chun Chen, U. C. Irvine
- Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
- Inward Turbulent Diffusion of Plasmas in a Levitated Dipole, Michael Mauel, Columbia University
- Monday, November 16th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2301 Sterling
- New Directions in Stellarator Optimization/Design, Donald Spong, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- High Energy Seminar; 4:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- An Inclusive Search for H->WW at CDF, Dr. Matthew Herndon, Wisconsin
- Tuesday, November 17th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 5310 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- Age Related Macular Degeneration Through the Eye of the Fly, Nansi Colley, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
- Theory/Phenomenology Seminar; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 2301 Sterling Hall
- Jets and Jet Substructure at the LHC, David Krohn, Princeton University
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 3425 Sterling Hall
- The subtle Physics of Black Hole Accrection", Chris Reynolds, University of Maryland
- Wednesday, November 18th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 11:00 am - 12:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Small Josephson Arrays as Protected Qubits, Michael Gershenson, Rutgers University
- Thursday, November 19th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Silicon metal insulator semiconductor nanostructures for solid-state quantum computing, Malcolm Carroll, Sandia National Laboratory
- Introductory Graduate Seminar; 5:30 pm; 2223 Chamberlin Hall
- Medical Physics, Meyerand, Nickles, Christian, University of Wisconsin Department of Medical Physics
- Friday, November 20th
- Theory/Phenomenology Seminar; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 2301 Sterling Hall
- Collider and Flavor Phenomenology in the Scalar Sector of Warped Extra Dimensions, Manuel Toharia, University of Maryland
- Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
- Superconductivity at the Dawn of the Iron Age, Zlatko Tesanovich, John Hopkins University
- Monday, November 23rd
- High Energy Seminar; 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- A New High-Sensitivity Search for Muon-to-Electron Conversion at Fermilab, Dr. Robert Bernstein, FNAL, Mu2e Co-Spokesperson
- Tuesday, November 24th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- Directed evolution of ionizing radiation resistance in Escherichia coli, Michael Cox, UW Department of Biochemistry
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 3425 Sterling Hall
- The Evolution of Red Galaxies in Clusters Over Half of Cosmic Time, Dr. Greg Rudnick, University of Kansas
- String Theory Seminar; 4:00 pm; 2301 Sterling Hall
- Stanford Holographic Lattices, Dimers, and Glasses, Sho Yaida, Stanford University
- Thursday, November 26th
- Thanksgiving
- 10:00 am
- No Seminar--Thanksgiving Recess
- Friday, November 27th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm
- No Colloquium--Thanksgiving Recess
- Monday, November 30th
- High Energy Seminar; 4:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Fully Leptonic Charged B Decays at Babar., Dr. Luke Corwin, Indiana University
December 2009
- Tuesday, December 1st
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 5310 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- Health Care Reform: what are we reforming?, Linda Reivitz, UW School of Nursing
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 3425 Sterling Hall
- The Invisibles: Revealing dark matter and the lower limit on galaxy Formation, Beth Willman, Haverford College
- Thursday, December 3rd
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Recent Experiments to Probe Individual Spins of Few-Electron Silicon Quantum Dots, HongWen Jiang, UCLA
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Acoustic Detection of Ultra-high Energy Neutrinos, Naoko Kurahashi, Stanford
- Friday, December 4th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
- The Very High Energy Universe, Rene Ong, UCLA
- Monday, December 7th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2301 Sterling
- High-Power Laser Experiments at the Large Plasma Device, Chris Niemann, University of California/Los Angeles
- Tuesday, December 8th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 5310 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- Living the unknown: A dancer's perspective, Choi Myo-Young, UW Department of Dance
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 3425 Sterling Hall
- The Ins and Outs of Stellar Oscillations, Richard Townsend, UW Astronomy Dept
- String Theory Seminar; 4:00 pm; 2301 Sterling Hall
- String Universality in Six Dimensions, Vijay Kumar, MIT
- Thursday, December 10th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Dark Energy and Dark Matter from Gravitational Symmetry Breaking, Andre Fuzfa, GAMASCO, University of Namur (FUNDP) and LUTH, Observatory of Paris.
- Friday, December 11th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Holliday Colloquium--Evidence for Colloquium Posters Having Nothing to do with Colloquium, Holliday Colloquium
- Monday, December 14th
- High Energy Seminar; 4:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Model Independent Searches in Leptonic Final States at D0, Joel Piper, Michigan State University
- Tuesday, December 15th
- Last Day of Class
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 5310 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- The cosmic history of supermassive black holes, Amy Barger, UW Department of Astonomy
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 3425 Sterling Hall
- Advances in Galactic Cartography, Dr. Robert Benjamin, UW- Whitewater