Events at Physics |
Events During February, 2017
- Thursday, February 2nd
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and Cookies 3:30 pm, Talk begins at 3:45 PM
- Gas and Star Formation In Minor Mergers: Molecular gas feeding the central starbursts in NGC 1614 and the Medusa mergers, Sabine Koenig, Chalmers University
- Friday, February 3rd
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Lab Astro and the Origins of the Chemical Elements, James E. Lawler, introduced by UW Emeritus Prof. Wilmer Anderson, UW-Madison
- Monday, February 6th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 12:55 pm; 2317 Engineering Hall
- An Overview of the DIII-D Metal Tile Mini-Campaign: Initial Result Highlighting the Characterization of Different Divertor Tungsten Sources, Migration and Impact on the Core in H-mode Conditions, Dr. Ezekial Unterberg, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
- 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
- Council Meeting
- 5:15 pm; 2314 Chamberlin hall
- Tuesday, February 7th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Child poverty in the United States, Julia Isaacs, UW Urban Institute
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Cosmology with the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array, Daniel Jacobs, Arizona State
- Wednesday, February 8th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin hall
- Thursday, February 9th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Two-dimensional epitaxial superconductor-semiconductor heterostructures: A platform for topological superconducting networks, Javad Shabani , City College, City University of New York
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 am; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and Cookies 3:30 pm. Talk Begins 3:45 PM
- Insights into Galaxies using Dynamical Modeling, Shravan Shetty, UW Madison Astronomy Department
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Neutrinos: From idea to discovery to precision measurements, Minerba Betancourt, Fermilab
- Friday, February 10th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- The Science Driving Particle Physics, JoAnne Hewett, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Monday, February 13th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 12:55 pm; 2317 Engineering Hall
- Plasma Material Interaction in Radiation Environments - the Next Grand Challenge- CANCELLED, Dr. Juergen Rapp, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
- 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
- Tuesday, February 14th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Functional integration and split in the brain, Shun Sasai, UW Department of Psychiatry
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Studying Neutrino Oscillations at NOvA: From Experimental Design to Pioneering Analysis, Alexander Radovic, William and Mary
- Thursday, February 16th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 11:00 am; Chamberlin 5310
- Exploring the analogy between atoms and optical nanoresonators -- atomic metasurfaces, super-scattering, and super-radiant thermal emission, Zongfu Yu, UW-Madison
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 1:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Physics with a 10-year Color Movie of 40 Billion Stars and Galaxies, Keith Bechtol, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:30 PM, Talk Begins 3:45 PM
- Systematic Serendipity: Novel Discoveries in Astronomical Surveys, Lucianne Walkowicz, Chicago Planetarium
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Unlocking neutrino mysteries with the NOvA experiment, Chris Backhouse, Caltech
- Friday, February 17th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
- The basic physics of collisionless magnetic reconnection, Michael Hesse, NASA & Birkeland Centre for Space Science
- Monday, February 20th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 12:55 pm; 2317 Engineering Hall
- Optimizing 3-D Configurations, Dr. Andrew Ware, University of Montana, USA
- 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
- 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin Hall
- Faculty Search Committee Meeting, Dasu
- Tuesday, February 21st
- Council Meeting
- 12:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin hall
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- A Deep Look for New Physics with Neutrino Oscillations, Taritree Wongjirad, MIT
- 5:15 pm - 6:30 pm; 2314 Chamberlin Hall
- Faculty Search Committee Meeting, Dasu
- 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
- Semi-classical limit for the Schrodinger equation with lattice potential, and band-crossing, Qin Li , UW-Madison
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Monday, February 27th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 12:55 pm; 2317 Engineering Hall
- Plasma Stability and Impurity Radiation Physics, Dr. Luis Delgado-Aparicio, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, USA
- 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
- Tuesday, February 28th
- Council Meeting
- 12:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin hall
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- The future of nuclear energy in a carbon constrained world, Mike Corradini, UW Department of Engineering Physics
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter with Supersymmetry, Bibhushan Shakya, University of Cincinnati/University of Michigan