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Events During February, 2012
- Wednesday, February 1st
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- Ambipolar ion acceleration from plasma expansion through a magnetic nozzle and near-term spacecraft propulsion applications, Dr. Benjamin Longmier, University of Houston
- Thursday, February 2nd
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Recent Results from the COUPP Dark Matter Search, Andrew Sonnenschein, Fermilab
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- A (Re) Introduction to the Milky Way (AAS Reprise), Bob Benjamin, UW Whitewater
- Friday, February 3rd
- Atomic Physics Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Atomic dipole traps formed in the diffraction pattern of a circular aperture for use in neutral atom quantum computing, Katharina Gillen, California Polytechnic State University
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Beyond the Standard Model: The Particle Physics Frontier, Michael Ramsey-Musolf, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Monday, February 6th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- High energy density plasmas generated by radial foils on COBRA, Dr. Pierre-Alexandre Gourdain, Cornell University
- Condensed Matter Theory Group Seminar; 4:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Quantum efficiency of a microwave photon detector based on a current-biased Josephson junction, Amrit Poudel, UW-Madison
- Tuesday, February 7th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- Social networking sites and adolescent health, Megan A. Moreno, UW School of Medicine and Public Health
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Matt Buckley, Fermilab
- Wednesday, February 8th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- The evolution of the edge pedestal structure and turbulence during the edge localized mode (ELM) cycle on NSTX, Dr. Ahmed Diallo, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboatory
- Department Meeting
- CANCELED
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, February 9th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- The Empirical Case For 10 GeV Dark Matter, Dan Hooper, Fermilab / University of Chicago
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- A New Look at Stellar Evolution: Chi-by-Eye Evolves to Bayesian Statistics, Ted von Hippel, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Cosmic Accelerators: Pulsars and Pulsar Wind Nebulae, Aous Abdo, George Mason University
- Friday, February 10th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Brock Tweedie, Boston University
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Reinventing the Accelerator, Prof. James B. Rosenzweig, UCLA Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
- Saturday, February 11th
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics
- 7:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Sunday, February 12th
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Monday, February 13th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- Complex Plasma - A Potential Field for Interdisciplinary Research Using Laboratory and Space Experiments, Dr. Uwe Kokopka, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching
- Condensed Matter Theory Group Seminar; 4:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Magnetic penetration depth of iron-pnictides in case of coexistence between superconducting and spin-density wave orders, Dushko Kuzmanovski, UW-Madison
- Tuesday, February 14th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- Energy harvesting for mobile electronics, Ashley Taylor, UW Department of Mechanical Engineering
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Ghosts in the ice - Searching for the Universe's most elusive particles at the South Pole, Darren Grant, University of Alberta
- Wednesday, February 15th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 11:00 am; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Hunting for Dark Matter in Antarctica, Carsten Rott, Ohio State University
- Thursday, February 16th
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Through a Glass Darkly: Galaxy Clusters and Strong Lensing, Michael Gladders, University of Chicago
- Friday, February 17th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Plasma Techniques Used to Trap Antihydrogen[1], Joel Fajans, University of California, Berkeley
- Saturday, February 18th
- Physics Fair; 11:00 am; Chamberlin Hall
- The 5th Annual Physics Fair
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics
- 7:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Sunday, February 19th
- Wonders of Physics
- 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics
- 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Monday, February 20th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 11:00 am; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- High-Energy Astrophysics with the High Altitude Water Cherenkov Experiment, John Pretz, Los Alamos National Lab
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- Impulsive Fast Reconnection via Flux Rope Dynamics, Hantao Ji, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
- Condensed Matter Theory Group Seminar; 4:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin
- Topology of Quantum Discord, Nga Nguyen, UW-Madison
- Tuesday, February 21st
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- Evolution of intelligence, David Krakauer, Director, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- W+jj: collider physics on the wild frontier, Adam Martin, Fermilab
- Wednesday, February 22nd
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, February 23rd
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Seeing and Sculpting Nematic Liquid Crystal Textures with the Thom construction, Bryan Chen, University of Pennsylvania
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- Studying Fast Magnetic Reconnection with Laboratory Plasmas, William Fox, University of New Hampshire
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Star Formation, gas loss, and the molecular gas in simulations of evolving galaxies, Charlotte Christensen, University of Arizona
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- The Pierre Auger Observatory: the highest energy frontier, Ines Valino Rielo, University of Santiago de Compostela
- Friday, February 24th
- Special NOON Astronomy Talk; 12:00 pm - 1:10 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- The early Evolution of the Milky Way Satellite Galaxies, Professor Gerhard Hensler, Institute of Astronomy, University of Vienna
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, JiJi Fan, Princeton University
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- FT-IR spectrochemical imaging: Design and applications with Focal Plane Array and multiple beam synchrotron radiation source, Carol Hirschmugl, UW-Milwaukee
- Monday, February 27th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 11:00 am; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Neutrino Oscillation Physics at the South Pole, David Jason Koskinen, Penn State
- Tuesday, February 28th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- Dreaming and language evolution, Art Schmaltz, Prairie State College
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Yang Bai, SLAC
- Wednesday, February 29th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 11:00 am; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Tests of Lorentz Invariance with Neutrinos, Teppei Katori, MIT