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Events During the 2014 Spring Semester
January 2014
- Tuesday, January 21st
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
- Can entropy be thought of as a fluid in biological systems?, Jim Reardon, UW Department of Physics
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
- Introduction/The Higgs Boson, Wesley Smith, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Atomic Physics Seminar, Faculty Candidate Seminar;
4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Searching for Extraordinary Physics in Ordinary Places, Michael Hohensee, UC Berkeley
- Can entropy be thought of as a fluid in biological systems?, Jim Reardon, UW Department of Physics
- Wednesday, January 22nd
- ; 7:00 pm; Marquee Theater, Union South
- Chasing the Ghost Particle Madison Premiere, Albrecht Karle, UW Dept of Physics, Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC)
- Chasing the Ghost Particle Madison Premiere, Albrecht Karle, UW Dept of Physics, Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC)
- Thursday, January 23rd
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- A trillion times beyond visible: Astronomy with the Cherenkov Telescope Array, Prof Justin Vandenbroucke, UW Physics Department
- A trillion times beyond visible: Astronomy with the Cherenkov Telescope Array, Prof Justin Vandenbroucke, UW Physics Department
- Friday, January 24th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Majorana Physics Through the Cabibbo Haze, Jue Zhang, University of Florida
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Validation of Quantum Devices, Matthias Troyer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
- Majorana Physics Through the Cabibbo Haze, Jue Zhang, University of Florida
- Monday, January 27th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 5310
- Topological insulators driven by an electron spin, Maxim Dzero, Kent State University
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 5310
- Tuesday, January 28th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
- Fractals for kids, Clint Sprott, UW Department of Physics
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
- High Energy Neutrinos with Ice Cube, Albrecht Karle, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Fractals for kids, Clint Sprott, UW Department of Physics
- Wednesday, January 29th
- Department Meeting; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, January 30th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Understanding Nature's Particle Accelerators Using Multi-wavelength Signatures, Udara Abeysekara, Michigan State
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- "Baryonic physics in galaxy evolution as seen by the CALIFA survey", Jakob Walcher, Astrophysical Institute Potsdam
- Understanding Nature's Particle Accelerators Using Multi-wavelength Signatures, Udara Abeysekara, Michigan State
- Friday, January 31st
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2441 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- “Circinus X-1 - A puzzle solved”, Sebastian Heinz, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- “Circinus X-1 - A puzzle solved”, Sebastian Heinz, University of Wisconsin-Madison
February 2014
- Monday, February 3rd
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Faculty Candidate Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- CANCELED--Mechanics and self-organization of motor-driven filamentous assemblies: from swimming sperm to active gels, Daniel Chen, Brandeis University
- Faculty Candidate Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Tuesday, February 4th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
- Predicting fate, Jim Blair, Milton and Edgewood College
- Special Plasma Physics Seminar; 12:05 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Spectral Line Profile Modeling Under the Action of Dynamic Electric and Static Magnetic Fields, Elijah Martin, North Carolina State University
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
- Garage Physics Projects, Duncan Carlsmith, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Faculty Candidate Seminar; 4:00 pm; Chamberlin Hall 4274
- Searching for dark matter with bubble chambers, Hugh Lippincott
- Predicting fate, Jim Blair, Milton and Edgewood College
- Wednesday, February 5th
- Faculty Candidate Seminar; 4:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- From colloids to bacteria: anisotropy in self-organizing systems at the mesoscopic scale, Kun Zhao, UCLA
- From colloids to bacteria: anisotropy in self-organizing systems at the mesoscopic scale, Kun Zhao, UCLA
- Thursday, February 6th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Electrically controlled spin qubits in coupled quantum dot systems, Vanita Srinivasa, UMD
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Searching for Q-balls with the High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory, Peter Karn, UC Irvine
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Measuring Magnetic Fields Near and Far via the Zeeman Effect, Tim Robishaw, Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory
- Electrically controlled spin qubits in coupled quantum dot systems, Vanita Srinivasa, UMD
- Friday, February 7th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Top Portal Dark Matter, Christopher Jackson, University of Texas at Arlington
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Quantum Optics with Microwave Photons, Maxim Vavilov, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Top Portal Dark Matter, Christopher Jackson, University of Texas at Arlington
- Saturday, February 8th
- Wonders of Physics; 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Sunday, February 9th
- Wonders of Physics; 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics; 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics; 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Monday, February 10th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Faculty Candidate Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Notes from Underground: Direct Dark Matter Searches and Single Phase Liquid Argon Detectors, Kim Palladino, MIT
- Faculty Candidate Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Tuesday, February 11th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- How does dark matter interact with us?, Yang Bai, UW Department of Physics
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
- Counting Microwave Photons, Maxim Vavilov, UW Madison Department of Physics
- How does dark matter interact with us?, Yang Bai, UW Department of Physics
- Wednesday, February 12th
- Department Meeting; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Faculty Candidate Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Exploring Fundamental Physics through Measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background, Bradford Benson, University of Chicago
- Faculty Candidate Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, February 13th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Hadronic Interaction Models and the Interpretation of Astroparticle Data, Dimitra Atri, Blue Marble Space Institute of Science
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Asymmetries in Protoplanetary Transition Disks, Hui Li, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Faculty Candidate Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Engineering New Electronic States in Graphene Heterostructures: Massive Dirac Fermions, Hofstadter’s Butterfly and the Quantum Spin Hall Effect, Benjamin Hunt, MIT
- Hadronic Interaction Models and the Interpretation of Astroparticle Data, Dimitra Atri, Blue Marble Space Institute of Science
- Friday, February 14th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:15 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- First Evidence for Energetic Cosmic Neutrinos with IceCube, Albrecht Karle, University of Wisconsin Department of Physics
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Saturday, February 15th
- Physics Fair; 11:00 am; Chamberlin Hall
- Wonders of Physics; 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics; 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics; 7:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics; 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Sunday, February 16th
- Wonders of Physics; 1:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics; 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Wonders of Physics; 4:00 pm; 2103 Chamberlin
- Monday, February 17th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Tuesday, February 18th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Direct imaging of the nearest habitable planets , Margaret Turnbull, Global Science Institute
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
- The Early Universe, Peter Timbie, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Tim Linden, University of Chicago
- Faculty Candidate Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Emerging spin-orbit interaction driven phenomena in magnetic heterostructures, Xin Fan, University of Deleware
- Direct imaging of the nearest habitable planets , Margaret Turnbull, Global Science Institute
- Wednesday, February 19th
- Physics Education Innovation Seminar; 11:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Faculty Candidate Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- The Riddle of the Invisible Universe, Matthew Szydagis, UC Davis
- Faculty Candidate Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, February 20th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Two- and three-dimensional spin liquid and interacting Majorana systems, Zohar Nussinov, Washington University
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- "Four Problems in Trying to Form Galaxies(and how ISM Physics can Save US)", Desika Narayanan, Haverford College
- Two- and three-dimensional spin liquid and interacting Majorana systems, Zohar Nussinov, Washington University
- Friday, February 21st
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- A light Higgs boson from a composite Higgs theory, Hsin-Chia Cheng, University of California, Davis
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Equilibrium and Driven Mesoscopic Dynamics in Complex Oxides, Paul Evans, UW Materials Science & Engineering
- A light Higgs boson from a composite Higgs theory, Hsin-Chia Cheng, University of California, Davis
- Monday, February 24th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- Transport Properties of Strongly Coupled Plasmas, Scott Baalrud, University of Iowa
- Condensed Matter Theory Group Seminar; 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 5310
- Valleytronics in Silicon: the Principles and the Practice, Andre Saraiva, University of Wisconsin
- Transport Properties of Strongly Coupled Plasmas, Scott Baalrud, University of Iowa
- Tuesday, February 25th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Roving the Red Planet: A field geologist explores gale crater on Mars, Rebecca Williams, Planetary Science Institute
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
- Dark Matter Searches, Yang Bai, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Roving the Red Planet: A field geologist explores gale crater on Mars, Rebecca Williams, Planetary Science Institute
- Wednesday, February 26th
- Department Meeting; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, February 27th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Topological phases, Majorana fermions and disorder in superconductors, Smitha Vishveshwara , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Atomic Physics Seminar; 2:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Coherent control of strongly interacting Rydberg gases in thermal vapor cells, Prof. Tilman Pfau, University of Stuttgart
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- "Scaling Computational Astrophysics", Matthew Turk, Columbia University
- Topological phases, Majorana fermions and disorder in superconductors, Smitha Vishveshwara , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Friday, February 28th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Pure Gravity Mediation, Jason Evans, University of Minnesota
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- A single Rydberg electron in a Bose-Einstein Condensate, Prof. Tilman Pfau, University of Stuttgart
- Pure Gravity Mediation, Jason Evans, University of Minnesota
March 2014
- Monday, March 3rd
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- Recent Highlights in Low Temperature Plasmas, Mark Kushner, University of Michigan
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- Tuesday, March 4th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- The relationship between obesity, genetics, nutrition, environment and metabolic diseases , James M. Ntambi, UW Departments of Biochemistry and of Nutritional Sciences
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
- Chaos, Clint Sprott, UW Madison Department of Physics
- The relationship between obesity, genetics, nutrition, environment and metabolic diseases , James M. Ntambi, UW Departments of Biochemistry and of Nutritional Sciences
- Thursday, March 6th
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- "How Stars Move in Galactic Disks", Carlos Vera-Ciro, UW Madison Astronomy Dept
- "How Stars Move in Galactic Disks", Carlos Vera-Ciro, UW Madison Astronomy Dept
- Friday, March 7th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; Chamberlin Hall
- Experimental review on the disordered-driven superconductor to insulator transition, Daniel Sherman, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Verner Suomi’s Vision with a Spotlight on Benchmarking the Earth’s Climate from Space, Hank Revercomb, UW-Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center
- Experimental review on the disordered-driven superconductor to insulator transition, Daniel Sherman, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
- Monday, March 10th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Faculty Candidate Seminar; 4:00 pm; Chamberlin Hall 4274
- How, when and where in pattern formation: Spying on embryonic development one molecule at a time, Hernan Garcia, Princeton
- Condensed Matter Theory Group Seminar; 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 5310
- Evolution of the magnetic ordering in iron-chalcogenide Fe(1+y)Te as a function of the level of interstitial Fe excess, y Time, Samuel Ducatman, University of Wisconsin
- Faculty Candidate Seminar; 4:00 pm; Chamberlin Hall 4274
- Tuesday, March 11th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Variability, uncertainty, and vulnerability in our chaotic climate , John Young, UW Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
- X-ray Astronomy from Sounding Rockets, Dan McCammon, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Faculty Candidate Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Photonic topological insulators and pseudomagnetism, Mikael Rechtsman, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology,
- Variability, uncertainty, and vulnerability in our chaotic climate , John Young, UW Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
- Wednesday, March 12th
- Department Meeting; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Faculty Candidate Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum Communications and Computation, Graeme Smith, IBM TJ Watson Research Center
- Faculty Candidate Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, March 13th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310
- Many body localization: a new frontier for quantum statistical physics, Rahul Nandkishore, Princeton University
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- "The secret lives of Galaxy Clusters", Brian O'shea, Michigan State University
- Faculty Candidate Seminar; 4:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- tbd, Wei-bo Gao, Institute of Quantum Electronics - ETH Zurich
- Many body localization: a new frontier for quantum statistical physics, Rahul Nandkishore, Princeton University
- Friday, March 14th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Prateek Agrawa, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Status and prospects for achieving thermonuclear ignition on the National Ignition Facility, Riccardo Betti, Rochester
- Title to be announced, Prateek Agrawa, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- Monday, March 17th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Friday, March 21st
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Title to be announced, Elise Jennings, University of Chicago
- Physics Department Colloquium, No Event--Spring Break;
3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Title to be announced, Elise Jennings, University of Chicago
- Monday, March 24th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Tuesday, March 25th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Managing complexity at the molecular scale, Tehshik Yoon, UW Department of Chemistry
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
- Quantum Computing, Sue Coppersmith, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Managing complexity at the molecular scale, Tehshik Yoon, UW Department of Chemistry
- Wednesday, March 26th
- Department Meeting; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, March 27th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- TBD, Professor Britton Plourde, Syracuse University
- Faculty Candidate Seminar; 1:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- tbd, Kael Hanson, Université Libre de Bruxelles
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- "Sizing up Kepler's exoplanets with Asteroseismology", Travis Metcalfe, Space Science Institute
- Van Vleck Lecture ; 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- tbd, Professor Wai-Yim Ching, University of Missouri at Kansas City
- TBD, Professor Britton Plourde, Syracuse University
- Friday, March 28th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Realism and the epistemic view of quantum states, Terry Rudolph
- Realism and the epistemic view of quantum states, Terry Rudolph
- Monday, March 31st
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- Exploring Boundary Plasma and PMI Research at MIT with New Diagnostics and Experiments, Dennis Whyte, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
April 2014
- Tuesday, April 1st
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Modeling issues in emergency medical services and their implications, Laura McLay, UW Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
- Designing Interfaces at the Atomic Scale, Mark Rzchowski, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Modeling issues in emergency medical services and their implications, Laura McLay, UW Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
- Wednesday, April 2nd
- Physics Education Innovation Seminar; 11:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, April 3rd
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; Chamberlin 5310
- TBD, Michael Kolodrubetz, Boston University
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- Cosmic Voids, Paul Sutter, IAP
- TBD, Michael Kolodrubetz, Boston University
- Friday, April 4th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Monday, April 7th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- The Plasma Physics of Fusion Indirectly Driven with a Laser, Bob Kirkwood, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- Tuesday, April 8th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Algorithms, complex systems and chaos, Jerry Tutsch, UW Department of Computer Sciences
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
- South Pole Ultra-high-energy neutrinos with ARA, John Kelly, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Algorithms, complex systems and chaos, Jerry Tutsch, UW Department of Computer Sciences
- Wednesday, April 9th
- Department Meeting; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Friday, April 11th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Title to be announced, Jean-François Pinton, École normale supérieure de Lyon, CNRS
- Title to be announced, Jean-François Pinton, École normale supérieure de Lyon, CNRS
- Monday, April 14th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- UCLA In-Situ and Remote Observations of Magnetotail Reconnection, Andrei Runov, University of California, Los Angeles
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- Tuesday, April 15th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Criticality and information flow in an adaptive system, Bryan Daniels, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
- Quantum noise in magnetometers, Thad Walker, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Criticality and information flow in an adaptive system, Bryan Daniels, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
- Friday, April 18th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- New Physics from the Sky: Cosmic Rays, Gamma Rays and the Hunt for Dark Matter, Stefano Profumo , UC Santa Cruz
- New Physics from the Sky: Cosmic Rays, Gamma Rays and the Hunt for Dark Matter, Stefano Profumo , UC Santa Cruz
- Monday, April 21st
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- Presssure Anistopy in Reconnection, Paul Cassak, West Virginia University
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- Tuesday, April 22nd
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Now you see him, now you don’t — a hitchhiker’s guide to high dimensional data analysis, Ming Yuan, UW Department of Statistics
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
- Superconductivity, Bob Joynt, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Now you see him, now you don’t — a hitchhiker’s guide to high dimensional data analysis, Ming Yuan, UW Department of Statistics
- Wednesday, April 23rd
- Department Meeting; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, April 24th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin
- TBD, Albert Stebbins, FermiLab
- TBD, Albert Stebbins, FermiLab
- Friday, April 25th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Title to be announced, Michael Williams , MIT
- Title to be announced, Michael Williams , MIT
- Monday, April 28th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- Title to be announced, Hui Shan Cai, University of Science and Technology, China
- Condensed Matter Theory Group Seminar; 4:30 pm; Chamberlin 5310
- Title to be announced, Daniel Khomskii , University of Cologne, Germany
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- Tuesday, April 29th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Event detection in the Twittersphere, Adel Ardalan, UW Department of Computer Science
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
- LHC Dark Matter Searches, Sridhara Dasu, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Event detection in the Twittersphere, Adel Ardalan, UW Department of Computer Science
- Wednesday, April 30th
- Physics Education Innovation Seminar; 11:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
May 2014
- Friday, May 2nd
- Physics Department Colloquium, Annual Awards Banquet Speaker;
3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Title to be announced, Annual Awards Banquet Speaker
- Title to be announced, Annual Awards Banquet Speaker
- Monday, May 5th
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- HIT-SI Results, Brian Nelson, University of Washington, Seattle
- Condensed Matter Theory Group Seminar; 4:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Seminar, Artem Abanov, TAMU
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin
- Tuesday, May 6th
- "Physics Today" Undergrad Colloquium (Physics 301); 1:20 pm; 2223 Chamberlin
- First Light with HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory, Stefan Westerhoff, UW Madison Department of Physics
- First Light with HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory, Stefan Westerhoff, UW Madison Department of Physics
- Wednesday, May 7th
- Department Meeting; 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, May 8th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am;
- Title to be announced, Peter Wolfle
- Title to be announced, Peter Wolfle
- Friday, May 9th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)