Events at Physics |
Events During October, 2016
- Monday, October 3rd
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5280 Chamberln Hall
- Astrophysics, McCammon, Timbie
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Magnetic Mirror Fusion Game Changing Discoveries, Tom Simonen, Michigan Tech
- Tuesday, October 4th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
- Making sense of the 2016 presidential election, David Canon, UW Department of Political Science
- Council Meeting
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin hall
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Flavorful UV Instantons and the Strong CP Problem, Kiel Howe, Fermilab
- PUMP: Prospective Undergraduate Majors In Physics; 4:00 pm; 2241 CHAMBERLIN HALL
- PUMP, Physics Faculty
- Wednesday, October 5th
- Department Meeting
- **CANCELLED**
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin hall
- Thursday, October 6th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamerlin Hall
- Scaling analysis and instantons for quantum spin tunneling and Quantum Monte Carlo simulations, Vadim Smelyanskyi, Google
- Cosmology Journal Club ; 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and Cookies 3:30 pm, Talk at 3:45 PM
- The Central Molecular Zone of the Galaxy: Dense Molecular Clouds, Massive Stars and Magnetic Fields, Cornelia Lang, University of Iowa, Department of Physics and Astronomy
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall ***Note New Time****
- High Energy Neutrinos from pulsar wind nebulae, Dafne Guetta, ORT Braude College
- Friday, October 7th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
- In silico extreme plasmas: from plasma based accelerators to pair plasmas, Luis Silva, University of Lisbon
- Monday, October 10th
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5280 Chamberln Hall
- Quantum Computing, Coppersmith, Eriksson, Joynt, McDermott, Saffman, Vavilov, Walker, Yavuz
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; no seminar
- no seminar, no seminar
- Tuesday, October 11th
- CHEMISTRY EVENT; 11:00 am; 1315 Chemistry
- What Can Molecular Spectroscopy Tell Us About the Big Bang?, Eric A. Cornell, JILA| University of Colorado at Boulder | NIST
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Categorizing and visualizing basins of attraction, Anda Xiong, UW Department of Physics
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- What can we learn from particle physics to study cosmological perturbation theory?, Min-Seok Seo, IBS, Korea
- Wednesday, October 12th
- 2016-17 Hilldale Lecture in the Physical Sciences, Free and Open to the Public; 6:00 pm - 7:00 am; WID, H.F. Deluca Forum, 330 North Orchard Street, Madison Reception follows in the Atrium 7-8 pm
- Reversing Climate Change Economically, Frank Shu, University Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley and San Diego
- Thursday, October 13th
- Cosmology Journal Club ; 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- Astronomy Colloquium, Hilldale Lecturer Frank Shu;
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, 3:30 pm Coffee and Cookies, Talk starts 3:45 - Six Decades of Spiral Density-Wave Theory, Frank Shu, Hilldale Lecturer, University Professor Emeritus UC Berkely and San Diego
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology), *SPECIAL TIME*;
3:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall - Flavoured squark signatures at the LHC, Gabriel Lee
- Friday, October 14th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Nanostructured topological superconductors, Ying Liu , Penn State
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
- New Possibilities for Ultra-high Field Superconducting Magnets, David Larbalestier, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
- Careers for Physicists; 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Discussion of Non-Academic Career Paths w/BOV members, Dr. Jennifer Sebby-Strabley and Dr. Olivia Castellini, Honeywell and the Museum of Science & Industry
- Monday, October 17th
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- High Energy Physics, Bai, Balantekin, Barger, Carlsmith, Chung, Dasu, Everett, Hashimoto, Herndon, Palladino, Pan, Shiu, Smith, Wu,
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- APS Invited Speakers talks, Imene Goumiri/James Duff, UW Madison
- Tuesday, October 18th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Everyone is Listening for Something”, a musical celebration of the nature writings of Aldo Leopold, Sigurd F. Olson, Henry David Thoreau, and August Derleth., Douglas Hill, UW School of Music
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
- Everyone is Listening for Something”, a musical celebration of the nature writings of Aldo Leopold, Sigurd F. Olson, Henry David Thoreau, and August Derleth, Douglas Hill, UW School of Music
- Council Meeting
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin hall
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- N=3 four dimensional field theories, Diego Regalado, University of Munich
- Wednesday, October 19th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; ******5280 Chamberlin Hall*******
- Thursday, October 20th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Building a quantum annealing processor, Dr. Emile Hoskinson , D-Wave Systems
- Cosmology Journal Club ; 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:30 PM, Talk at 3:45 PM
- A Connection Between Stellar Coronae and Black-Hole Accretion-Disk Coronae, Prof. Ehud Behar, Department of Physics and Asher Space Research Institute Technion, Visiting Professor Department of Astronomy University of Maryland, College Park
- Friday, October 21st
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- A Bridge Too Far? The Demise of the Superconducting Super Collider, Michael Riordan, UC Santa Cruz, Emeritus
- Monday, October 24th
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Condensed Matter Physics, Brar, Coppersmith, Eriksson, Joynt, Levchenko, McDermott, Onellion, Rzchowski, Vavilov, Winokur
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Simulation study of FRC stability, Elena Belova, PPPL
- Tuesday, October 25th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Footprints on Black Mountain: science and the subtlety of influence, Marjorie Senechal, Mathematics and History of Science and Technology, Smith College
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Exploring El Dorado with intersecting D6-branes, Wieland Staessens, IFT, Madrid
- Thursday, October 27th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 11:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Suppression of energy relaxation in a superconducting qubit by the spectrum engineering, Vladimir Manucharyan, University of Maryland
- Cosmology Journal Club ; 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- Careers for Physicists; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall; Post-presentation informal gathering in Room 5294 with refreshments
- IF I CAN DO PHYSICS, SO CAN YOU : Excerpts from the diary of a journeyman physicist, Harold Persing, Applied Materials, Glouchester, MA
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Phenomenology of Enhanced Light Quark Yukawa Couplings and the Wh Charge Asymmetry, Felix Yu
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies at 3:30, Talk starts at 3:45 PM
- Milky Way Archaeology with APOGEE and Kepler, Jennifer Johnson, Ohio State University
- Friday, October 28th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
- 2016 Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics, Ellen Zweibel, UW-Madison
- Monday, October 31st
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
- no seminar, no seminar