Events at Physics |
Events During 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
- Monday, March 4th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:30 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- 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
- 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
- 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 - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Stellar Mergers and Interactions: Yes, Virginia, Stars Do Collide. , Alison Sills, McMaster 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
- Monday, March 11th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:30 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- 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
- 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
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Same-sign Dilepton Signatures of RPV SUSY, Joshua Berger, SLAC, Stanford University
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Monday, March 18th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:30 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- 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
- 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
- Thursday, March 21st
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- 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
- Sunday, March 24th
- Distinguished Lecture Series; 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 1310 Sterling Hall
- Cosmology on a Moving Mesh, Lars Hernquist, Harvard University
- Monday, March 25th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:30 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- 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