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Events During February, 2010
- Monday, February 1st
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 Chamberlain
- Simulations of the global-dynamo in stars like the Sun, Ben Brown, University of Wisconsin Department of Astronomy
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Tuesday, February 2nd
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Coherent transport in driven optical lattices, Andrea Alberti, European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Complex Families: Some Implications of Multiple Partner Fertility for Research and Policy, Marie Cancian, UW-Madison La Folette School of Public Affairs
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 3425 Sterling Hall
- Infrared Astronomy at 45,000 Feet, Pam Marcum, NASA
- Wednesday, February 3rd
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Friday, February 5th
- Theory/Phenomenology Seminar; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Holography and the Speed of Sound at High Temperature, Paul Hohler, University of Illinois at Chicago
- SPECIAL ASTRONOMY TALK; 2:30 pm - 4:15 pm; 3425 Sterling Hall
- Breaching the Eddington Limit in the Most Massive, Most Luminous Stars", Professor Stan Owocki, University of Delaware
- Monday, February 8th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Nonlinear Evolution of Resistive Tearing Mode with Sub-Alfvenic Shear Flow, Zheiwei Ma, Zhejiang University
- Plasma Theory Seminar; 4:00 pm; 514 ERB
- An Update on Two-fluid Single-Helicity Tearing Mode Relaxation in a Cylindrical Pinch: Larger Lindquist Number and Helical Flow Visualization, Jake King, UW-Madison, Dept of Physics/CPTC
- Tuesday, February 9th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Elegant Chaos: Algebraically Simple Chaotic Flows, Clint Sprott, UW-Madison, Dept of Physics/Plasma
- Thursday, February 11th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Biomimetic Color Detection Using Chromophore-Nanotube Hybrid Devices, Dr. Francois Leonard & Dr. Andy Vance, Sandia National Laboratory, CA
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- Electroweak Baryogenesis in Supersymmetric U(1)' Models, Tao Liu, University of Chicago
- Friday, February 12th
- Theory/Phenomenology Seminar; 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Boosting BSM Higgs Discovery with Jet Substructure, Adam Martin, Fermilab
- Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
- Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence, Stanislav Boldyrev, University of Wisconsin, Department of Physics
- Saturday, February 13th
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
- Wonders of Physics
- 7:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
- Sunday, February 14th
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
- Monday, February 15th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Electron Gyroscale Fluctuations in the National Spherical Torus Experiment, David Smith, UW-Madison Dept of Engineering Physics
- Plasma Theory Seminar; 4:00 pm; 514 ERB
- Kinetic Theory of Instability-Enhanced Collective Interactions in Plasmas, Scott Baalrud, CPTC
- Tuesday, February 16th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Mike Arnold, UW-Madison, Dept. of Material Science and Engineering
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 3425 Sterling Hall
- A Life for Stars, Alexander Heger, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
- Wednesday, February 17th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, February 18th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- From quantum electronics to quantum nanofluidics, Guillaume Gervais, McGill University
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- The Axis of Evil - Large Scale Anomalies in Maps of the CMB, Ted Bunn, University of Richmond
- Friday, February 19th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
- Turning Photons into Polarized Nuclei, Thad Walker, University of Wisconsin, Department of Physics
- Saturday, February 20th
- Physics Fair; 11:00 am; Chamberlin Hall - Various Labs
- 3rd Annual Physics Fair - Open House, Open House, University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
- Wonders of Physics
- 7:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
- Sunday, February 21st
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
- Monday, February 22nd
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Measurements of Core Turbulence Suppression on DIII-D, Morgan Shafer, UW-Madison Dept of Engineering Physics/General Atomics
- Plasma Theory Seminar; 4:00 pm; 514 ERB
- Multiple Mirror Effects in Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas, Vladimir Mirnov, UW-Madison Dept of Physics/Plasma
- Tuesday, February 23rd
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Pictures fro Piles of Data, Michael Gleicher, UW-Madison, Dept. of Computer Science
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 3425 Sterling Hall
- The MiMeS Project: Magnetism in Massive Stars, Gregg Wade, Royal Military College of Canada
- Thursday, February 25th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:30 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- FFLO and pair density wave superconductivity, Daniel Agterberg, UW-Milwaukee
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Friday, February 26th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum, Joint with Phenomenology;
2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin - Comprehensive Solution to the Cosmological Constant, Zero-Point Energy, and Quantum Gravity Problems, Philip Mannheim, University of Connecticut
- Physics Department Colloquium, Special Joint Physics/Astronomy Colloquium Talk;
4:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm) - Confronting the Dark Energy Crisis in Fundamental Physics, Christopher Stubbs, Harvard University, Physics and Astronomy