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Events During the 2016 Fall Semester

August 2016

   Monday, August 1st
NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
From Daya Bay to JUNO: Solving the Last Unknowns in Neutrino Physics, Wei Wang, JUNO Spokesperson, Sun Yat-sen Univeristy
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   Thursday, August 4th
R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 12:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
Condensed Matter Theory Thesis Defense
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   Wednesday, August 17th
 High Energy Seminar, * ROOM CHANGED*;
11:00 am; 4274 Chamberlin hall
Discovery of Sterile Neutrinos at the LHC, C.S. Kim
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   Wednesday, August 24th
High Energy Seminar; 8:30 am - 6:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
Multi-Boson Interactions, https://wp.physics.wisc.edu/mbi2016/, various
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   Thursday, August 25th
High Energy Seminar; 8:30 am - 6:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
Multi-Boson Interactions, https://wp.physics.wisc.edu/mbi2016/, various
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NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin hall
High-energy astrophysical neutrinos: testing ground for new physics, Mauricio Bustamante, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), The Ohio State University
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   Friday, August 26th
High Energy Seminar; 8:30 am - 6:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
Multi-Boson Interactions, https://wp.physics.wisc.edu/mbi2016/, various
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R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Atomic and nanoscale donor devices in silicon: Progress towards fabrication and characterisation, Dr. Neil Curson , University College London
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September 2016

   Friday, September 2nd
Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
Light from Darkness? Searching for Dark Matter in the Sky, Tracy Slatyer, MIT
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   Tuesday, September 6th
Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
Teaching science fiction: Milton College 1969-73, Jim Blair, Milton and Edgewood College
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Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
The Impact of Self-Interacting Dark Hydrogen on Structure Formation, Kimberly Boddy, University if Hawai I
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Graduate Introductory Seminar; 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hal
Biophysics , Coppersmith, Gilbert
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   Wednesday, September 7th
Department Meeting
12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin hall
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   Monday, September 12th
Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
An Introduction to Bayesian Analysis for Fusion Science, Lisa Reusch, UW Madison
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   Tuesday, September 13th
Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
Correspondence between intonation and expression in music, Trevor Stephenson, Madison Bach Musicians
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Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
Baryogenesis from Decaying Magnetic Helicity, Andrew Long, University of Chicago, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (KICP)
Presentation: ALong--UW_Seminar.pdf
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   Wednesday, September 14th
High Energy Seminar; 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin hall
An Effective Field Theory Analysis of LUX and Other Direct Dark Matter Searches , Nicole Larsen, Kalvi Institute for Cosmological Physics, Univ Chicago
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   Thursday, September 15th
R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Quantum annealing--advantages and pitfalls , Hari Krovi, BBN Technologies
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Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:30 pm, Talk starts 3:45 PM
Cosmic Rays in Galaxies - Drivers of Winds?, Joshua Wiener, UW Madison Astronomy Dept
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   Friday, September 16th
Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
The Signal Above the Noise: the Importance of Physics Policy and Advocacy, Gregory Mack , APS Physics
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   Monday, September 19th
Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
Overview of flow and radial electric field studies in LHD and the link to transport, Professor Ida, National Institute for Fusion Science Japan
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   Tuesday, September 20th
Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
Numerical modeling: Error, stability, and chaos, George Hrabovsky, Madison Area Science and Technology
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Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
(Fundamental) Composite Models at the TeV scale, Andrea Tesi, University of Chicago
Presentation: MadisonUW-Andrea.pdf
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   Wednesday, September 21st
Department Meeting
12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin hall
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   Thursday, September 22nd
Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and Cookies at 3:30 PM , Talk at 3:45 PM
Low Mass Galaxies and their Gas at the Peak Epoch of Star Formation, Dawn Erb, UW Milwaukee
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   Monday, September 26th
Graduate Introductory Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Lin, Lawler, Saffman, Walker, Yavuz
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Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
Turbulent Dynamo Amplification of Magnetic Fields in Laser-Produced Plasmas, Petros Tzeferacos, University of Chicago
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Astronomy Lunch Talk; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 4421 Sterling
Formation of low-mass helium white dwarfs orbiting millisecond pulsars , Alina Istrate, UW-Milwaukee
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   Tuesday, September 27th
Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
Forecasting change in U.S. breeding bird distributions, Brooke Bateman, UW Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology
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Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
Discovering or Falsifying sub-GeV Thermal Dark Matter , Gordan Krnjaic, Fermilab
Presentation: UW-Madison-Seminar .pdf
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   Thursday, September 29th
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
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Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:30 PM, Talk at 3:45 PM
Nuclear clusters and (supermassive) black holes, Fabio Antonini, Northwestern University
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   Friday, September 30th
R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
Engineering light-matter interactions with atom-like systems, Jennifer Choy, Draper Laboratory
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Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
Nuclei and Cosmos, Ani Aprahamian, Notre Dame University
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October 2016

   Monday, October 3rd
Graduate Introductory Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5280 Chamberln Hall
Astrophysics, McCammon, Timbie
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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
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   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
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Council Meeting
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin hall
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Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
Flavorful UV Instantons and the Strong CP Problem, Kiel Howe, Fermilab
Presentation: FlavorfulInstantons-Madison.pdf
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PUMP: Prospective Undergraduate Majors In Physics; 4:00 pm; 2241 CHAMBERLIN HALL
PUMP, Physics Faculty
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   Wednesday, October 5th
Department Meeting
**CANCELLED**
12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin hall
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   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
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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
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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
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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
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   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
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   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
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Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; no seminar
no seminar, no seminar
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   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
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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
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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
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   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
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   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
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 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
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 Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology), *SPECIAL TIME*;
3:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
Flavoured squark signatures at the LHC, Gabriel Lee
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   Friday, October 14th
R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
Nanostructured topological superconductors, Ying Liu , Penn State
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Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
New Possibilities for Ultra-high Field Superconducting Magnets, David Larbalestier, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
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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
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   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,
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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
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   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
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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
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Council Meeting
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin hall
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Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
N=3 four dimensional field theories, Diego Regalado, University of Munich
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   Wednesday, October 19th
Department Meeting
12:15 pm; ******5280 Chamberlin Hall*******
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   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
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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
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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
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   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
Presentation: ABridgeTooFar_Abstract.doc, MRhead.jpg, MRbriefbio.doc
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   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
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Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
Simulation study of FRC stability, Elena Belova, PPPL
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   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
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Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
Exploring El Dorado with intersecting D6-branes, Wieland Staessens, IFT, Madrid
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   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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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   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
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   Monday, October 31st
Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
no seminar, no seminar
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November 2016

   Tuesday, November 1st
Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
The mathematics of taffy pulling, Jean-Luc Thiffeault, UW Department of Mathematics
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Council Meeting
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin hall
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Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
Open string moduli and multi-branched potentials, Gianluca Zoccarato, Hong Kong IAS
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   Wednesday, November 2nd
Department Meeting
12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin hall
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   Thursday, November 3rd
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
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High Energy Seminar; 3:30 pm; 4272 Chamberlin Hall
Realizing large-field inflation with stabilizer fields in string theory, Aitor Landete
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Whitford Lecturer Ken Sembach Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and Cookies 3:30 pm. Talk begins at 3:45 PM
Astrophysics Flagships, Present & Future, Dr. Ken Sembach, Director, STSci
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   Friday, November 4th
R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 11:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Interfacing cold atoms and superconductors, Dr. József Fortágh, Universität Tübingen
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   Monday, November 7th
Graduate Introductory Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
WIPAC: IceCube, HAWC, CTA, ARA, Halzen, Hanson, Karle, Vandenbroucke, Westerhoff
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Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
Development and applications of Veri cation and Validation procedures, Fabio Riva, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
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   Tuesday, November 8th
Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
Simulating reality: Using virtual reality to explore the complexities of the world around us, Kevin Ponto, UW Department of Design Studies
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Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
Capture and Decay of Electroweak Wimponium, Matthew Baumgart, Rutgers university
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   Thursday, November 10th
R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
Quantum FM radio for Quantum Computing, David Schuster, University of Chicago
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 Physics Education Innovation Seminar, *Coffee and Cookies at 10:15 AM;
10:15 am - 11:30 am; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
Using Learning Assistants in introductory STEM Courses, Tor Odden, UW - Madison Departments of Physics and Curriculum and Instruction
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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
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NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
The AMS experiment on the International Space Station after 5 years in Space, Valerio Vagelli, University of Perugia
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Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:30 PM. Talk begins at 3:45 PM
How Can Observations of Earth Guide the Search of Exoplanets?, Tristan L’Ecuyer, UW Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
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   Monday, November 14th
Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
Continuum-kinetic approach to sheath simulations, Bhuvana Srinavasan, Virginia Tech
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Graduate Introductory Seminar; 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin hall
Plasma Physics , Boldyrev, Den Hartog, Egedal, Forest, Sarff, Terry, Zweibel
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   Tuesday, November 15th
Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
Macro-evolution: A new model emerging from modern genome data, Periannan Senapathy, Genome International Corporation
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Council Meeting
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm; 5290 Chamberlin hall
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Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
Lighting Up Collider Searches for Electroweak States, Ahmed Ismail, University of Pittsburgh
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   Wednesday, November 16th
Department Meeting
**CANCELLED**
12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin hall
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NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall (coffee)
Multi-Messenger Astronomy with Neutrinos, Anna Franckowiak, DESY, Germany
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PUBLIC BAUTZ LECTURE AT WID BY EVA GREBEL; 5:00 pm - 6:00 am; Hector Deluca Forum Room, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Galactic Archeology, Eva Grebel, University of Heidelberg
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   Thursday, November 17th
R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Measurement of superconducting qubits, Mostafa Khezri , UC Riverside
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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
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NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
A novel on-chip, mm-wavelength spectrometer for mapping the high-redshift universe., Erik Shirokoff, University of Chicago
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 Astronomy Colloquium, Bautz Lecture;
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and Cookies 3:30 pm, Talk starts at 3:45 pm
Dwarf Galaxies: Fossils of Galaxy Evolution, Professor Eva Grebel, Bautz Lecturer, University of Heidelberg
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   Friday, November 18th
NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
The Fermi view of Gamma-Ray Bursts & the curious case of GW 150914, Elisabetta Bissaldi , Politecnico & INFN Bari
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Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
Countdown to Solar Probe, Justin Kasper, University of Michigan
Presentation: Untitled.png
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   Monday, November 21st
NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
Recent highlights from the VERITAS gamma-ray observatory, Marcos Santander , Barnard College - Columbia University
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   Tuesday, November 22nd
Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
Asleep or awake? Local sleep in health and disease, Stephanie Jones, UW Department of Medicine and Public Health
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NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin hall
An overview of FBK Silicon Photomultipliers characterization, Daniela Simone, INFN Bari
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Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
Neutrino Masses: First Signal From SUSY!, Seyda Ipek, Fermilab
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   Monday, November 28th
R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 11:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
High-fidelity entangling gate for double-quantum-dot spin qubits, John Nichol, University of Rochester
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Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
TBD, Alex Ivanov
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   Tuesday, November 29th
Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
The chemistry of primes, Melanie Matchett Wood, UW Department of Mathematics
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Council Meeting
1:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin hall
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Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
Title to be announced, Angelo Monteux, Rutgers University
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   Wednesday, November 30th
Department Meeting
12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin hall
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December 2016

   Thursday, December 1st
R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
Controlling Spin Qubits in Diamond with a Mechanical Resonator, Evan MacQuarrie, Cornell University
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Cosmology Journal Club ; 12:15 pm - 1:15 am; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
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NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin hall
STUDIES OF GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS WITH DIRECT AND INDIRECT MEASUREMENTS, Nahee Park, University of Chicago
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Astronomy Colloquium; 2:30 pm - 4:00 am; 4421 Sterling Hall, NOTE EARLIER TIME 2:30 PM
Do High Equivalent Width LAEs Exist in the Local Universe? Insights from a Flux-Limited GALEX LAE sample at z~0.3, Isak Wold, University of Texas - Austin
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   Friday, December 2nd
10:00 am - 12:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin Hall
Faculty Search Committee Meeting (PVL 88215)
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Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
Neutrinos from the Sky and Through the Earth, Kate Scholberg, Duke
Presentation: ks_photo.pdf
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   Monday, December 5th
Atomic Physics Seminar; 2:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
High Energy Lasers at the Extreme Light Infrastructure, Tyler Green, ELI project at the Czech Republic.
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   Tuesday, December 6th
Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
2016 Polling in Nation and State: A scorecard, Charles Franklin, Law and Public Policy and Director of the Marquette University Law School Poll
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Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
Search For Dark Matter In Terms of Dark Bound States, Yue Zhang, Northwestern
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   Wednesday, December 7th
Department Meeting
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
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   Thursday, December 8th
R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; Chamberlin 5310
Universal transport at the edge: Disorder, interactions, and topological protection, Matthew Foster, Rice University
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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
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Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 am; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:30 pm, Talk at 3:45PM
The Turbulent Origin of Stars, Phillip Chang, UW Milwaukee
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   Friday, December 9th
Plasma Theory Seminar; 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm; 5280 Chamberlin hall
tbd, Chad Williams
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Physics Department Colloquium; 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin Hall
Holiday Colloquium
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   Monday, December 12th
Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
TBD, Earl Scime, West Virginia University
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   Tuesday, December 13th
Plasma Theory Seminar; 11:50 am - 1:20 pm; 5280 Chamberlin hall
tbd, Xinxing Ma
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Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
Climate change and chaos: The impact on people through a human rights lens, Sumudu Atapattu, Director, Research Centers, UW Law School
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Council Meeting
1:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin hall
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   Wednesday, December 14th
Department Meeting
12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin hall
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NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
New opportunities with solar neutrinos, Shirley Li, Ohio State University
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   Thursday, December 15th
R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
The Superconductivity of Topologically Protected Surface States, Nicholas Sedlmayr, Michigan State University
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Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
TBD, Hartmut Zohm, IPP
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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
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NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
A feasibility study of detecting 1e18 eV neutrinos with a dedicated Cherenkov Telescope Array, Nepomuk Otte , Georgia Tech
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