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Thursday, January 10th 2008
11:00 am:
Thesis Defense
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Sujeewa Kumaratunga, Univ. of Minnesota
Subject: Neutrino oscillations using quasielastic events in MINOS
This is the public portion of her thesis defense.
Friday, January 18th 2008
08:00 am:
Untitled
in Physics
Monday, January 21st 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: No seminar. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. University Closed.
2:30 pm:
Fine Theoretical Physics Institute Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: No seminar. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. University Closed.
Tuesday, January 22nd 2008
08:00 am:
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: There will be no seminar this week.
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
Speaker: There will be no seminar this week.
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: There will be no seminar this week.
Wednesday, January 23rd 2008
4:00 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
No Colloquium this week.
Thursday, January 24th 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: There will be no journal club this week.
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: There will be no seminar this week.
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: There will be no seminar this week.
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Organizational Meeting
Friday, January 25th 2008
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
There will be no Colloquium this week.
3:30 pm:
Physics Education Seminar
in 157
Speaker: Organizational Meeting
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Michael Strevens
Subject: What Is Empirical Testing?
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Monday, January 28th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Asad Aboobaker
Subject: New Results from the ACBAR CMB Experiment
2:30 pm:
Fine Theoretical Physics Institute Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Alexander Turbiner, Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, UNAM
Subject: About ground state of anharmonic oscillator(s)
Tuesday, January 29th 2008
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Mathew Loth, U of MN
Subject: Multiple Protons Biund by a Single Electron in a Strong Magnetic Field
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
Speaker: Organizational Meeting
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Wednesday, January 30th 2008
2:30 pm:
Condensed Matter Speaker
in Physics 435
Speaker: Volodymyr Turkowski, Missouri
4:00 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Seth Shostak, SETI Institute
Subject: When Will We Discover the Extraterrestrials?
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, January 31st 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Paul Edmon and Terry Jones, U Minnesota
Subject: TBA
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Mikhail Voloshin, University of Minnesota
Subject: "Unusual Peaks around the Open Charm Threshold"
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Speaker: Dr. M. Poggio, IBM Almaden Research Center
Subject: Ultrasensitive force detection applied to nuclear magnetic resonance
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
7:00 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Public Lecture
in 150 Physics
Speaker: Seth Shostak, SETI Institute
Subject: The Search for Intelligent Life in the Cosmos
This lecture is free and open to the general public. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Friday, February 1st 2008
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Richard Massey, Caltech
Subject: Viewing Dark Matter with Weak Gravitational Lensing
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Christian Fleck, Institute of Sociology, University of Graz, Austria
Subject: Austrian and German Émigré and Homeguard Social Scientists during the Nazi Period: A Prosopography
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Monday, February 4th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: NO SEMINAR TODAY
Tuesday, February 5th 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Paul Knutson, Univ of MN
Subject: Measuring students' qualitative analysis skill levels with respect to problem solving in introductory physics labs: Approaches and obstacles.
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: DR. M. Warusawithana, Pennsylvania State University
Subject: New Electronic Functionality and Quantum Devices through Nanostructured Interfaces
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
Seminar is cancelled. participants in the space physics seminar should attend the physics colloquium on Wednesday.
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Jim Napolitano, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Subject: Neutrino Oscillations, theta_13, and the Daya Bay Experiment
6:00 pm:
Art Exhibit
in Coffman Union Art Gallery, First Floor
Subject: Deep Underground Sky: An Exhibit Explaining the MINOS Mural
Exhibit runs from January 30 through March 27
Wednesday, February 6th 2008
12:30 pm:
Astronomy Grad Student Colloquium
in 358 Physics, Astro Reading Room
Speaker: Peter Mendygral
4:00 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Cary Forest, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Subject: Turbulent Liquid Metal Dynamo Experiments
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 7th 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Jessica Ennis and Evan Skillman, U Minnesota
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Masahiro Ibe, SLAC
Subject: "Sweet Spot Supersymmetry and LHC"
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Joe Kapusta, University of Minnesota
Subject: Determination of Vector Meson Properties in Dense Matter via Relativistic Nuclear Collisions
Friday, February 8th 2008
2:30 pm:
Special Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Rachel Kolman Marshak, Director, Convertible Bond Trading, Credit Suisse
Subject: Careers in Finance for Science/Tech Majors"
Rachel will also present the Financial Mathematics Seminar in 570 Vincent
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. David Yuen, U Minnesota, Geology
Subject: Tsunami Waves Along the Chinese Coast from Earthquakes Along Nearby Subducting Zones
Refreshments served in 358 Physics at 4:00pm
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Susan D. Jones, Program in History of Science and Technology, University of Minnesota
Subject: Tracing Anthrax: History, Ecology, and Phylogenetics
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Monday, February 11th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Liliya Williams
Subject: Substructure and lumpiness in dark matter halos (multiple-image lensing)
Tuesday, February 12th 2008
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Abhay Pasupathy, Princeton University
Subject: Visualizing Superconducting Pair Formation at the Atomic Scale
1:00 pm:
Propagation of Alfven waves in density cavities
in Physics 143
Speaker: Bob Lysak
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: No Seminar This Week.
Wednesday, February 13th 2008
09:05 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 157 Physics (**Note change in day/time/location**)
Speaker: Michael Marder, University of Texas, Austin
Subject: UTeach and its implications for Minnesota: A discussion
12:30 pm:
Astronomy Graduate Student Journal Club
in 358 Physics
Speaker: Steve Warren
4:00 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Michael Marder, University of Texas, Austin
Subject: Rising above the gathering storm with U Teach
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 14th 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Damon Farnsworth and Chick Woodward
Subject: TBA
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Alyosha Yung, University of Minnesota
Subject: "Heterotic flux tubes"
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. M. Grobis, Stanford University
Subject: Quantum Wave Functions: Decoherence and Spatial Characteristics
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Jeremiah Mans, University of Minnesota
Subject: Status of the LHC Collider and the CMS Detector
3:35 pm:
Space Physics Seminar -- Special Space Physics Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Professor Dong-Hun Lee, Kyung-Hee University, Korea
Subject: Effects of heavy ions on ULF wave resonances near the equatorial region
4:00 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 125 Nolte
Speaker: Pamela Smith, Department of History, Columbia University
Subject: Making and Knowing: Lived Experience and the Written Word in Early Modern 'Europe'
*** NOTE Different Day, Time, and Place ***
Friday, February 15th 2008
12:00 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 712 Social Sciencse Bldg (Ford Room) West Bank
Speaker: Pamela Smith, Department of History, Columbia University
Subject: Book Discussion: The Body of the Artisan: Art and Experience in the Scientific Revolution
*** NOTE Different Time and Place **
2:30 pm:
Special Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Rachel Kolman Marshak, Director, Convertible Bond Trading, Credit Suisse
Subject: Careers in Finance for Science/Tech Majors"
Rachel will also present the Financial Mathematics Seminar in 570 Vincent
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Juri Toomre, U Colorado, Boulder
Subject: Unfolding the Sources of Solar Magnetism with Helioseismology and Simulations
Refreshments will be in Physics 358 at 4:00pm
Monday, February 18th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Jong-Zhong Qian
Tuesday, February 19th 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in Physics 435
Speaker: Ken Heller & Yuichi Kubota, University of Minnesota
Subject: Graduate Education in Physics: Which Way Forward? A Report on the APS/AAPT Conference to Discuss the Status and Future of Graduate Education in Physics
Note change of place and time. This will be the new time and place for the seminar.
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Dr. T. Baturina, Institute for Solid State Physics, Russia
Subject: Two faces of Cooper pairing: Superconductor and Superinsulator
This seminar is part of the condensed matter experiment faculty search
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
Speaker: Bela Fejer, Utah State University
Subject: Multi-satellite studies of the ionosphere-thermosphere system
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Wednesday, February 20th 2008
4:00 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Richard Ellis, Cal Tech
Subject: The Case for a Significant Population of Sub-Luminous Star Forming Galaxies at Redshift 10
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 21st 2008
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Will Kinney, University at Buffalo
Subject: "Inflationary Cosmology and Upcoming Observational Programs"
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in B 75 Amundson Hall
Speaker: Dr. R. Myers, University of California, Santa Barbara
Subject: Engineering Spin Landscapes in Semiconductors: From Bulk Ferromagnetism to Single Moments
Notice, change of the building
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Pasi Huovinen, Purdue University
Subject: Ideal fluid hydrodynamics at RHIC - is there really support for perfect fluid?
Friday, February 22nd 2008
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Annick Pouquet, High Altitude Obs., Boulder, CO
Subject: Interactions of Eddies and Waves in MHD Turbulence
Refreshments will follow in Physics 358
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Mark Walker, Department of History, Union College
Subject: Why Do We Care about 'Hitler's Bomb,' and Should We?
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Monday, February 25th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Prisca Cushman
Subject: Latest CDMS results
Tuesday, February 26th 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Jon Anderson & Nancy Bresnahan, University of Minnesota
Subject: PhysTEC at the University of Minnesota: Start-up and Implementation
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Dr. J. Bao, Harvard University
Subject: Nanophotonics, Nanofabrication and Nanomaterials
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
Speaker: Lei Dai, University of Minnesota
Subject: Alfven eigenmodes in the plasma neutral sheet
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
7:00 pm:
Panel Discussion
in Coffman Union Art Gallery, First Floor
Speaker: Bill Miller, Soudan Lab Supervisor, Joseph Giannetti, Artist, Marvin L. Marshak, Professor
Subject: Deep Underground Sky: Three Perspectives
Wednesday, February 27th 2008
12:30 pm:
Astronomy Graduate Student Journal Club
in 358 Physics
Speaker: Paul Edmon
4:00 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Ray Bishop, University of Manchester
Subject: Confronting The Quantum Many-Body Problem: An Overview Of The Coupled Cluster Method And Its Applications In Physics
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 28th 2008
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Antigone Nounou, University of Minnesota
Subject: "One Real Gauge Potential is One too Many"
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. V. Sih, Stanford University
Subject: Manipulating spins and photons in semiconductors
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Jim Kneller, University of Minnesota
Subject: Three Flavor Monte Carlo Neutrino Oscillations
Friday, February 29th 2008
2:30 pm:
Fine Theoretical Physics Institute Seminar
in Physics 435
Speaker: Stanley J. Brodsky, Stanford University
Subject: AdS/QCD and Hadronic Phenomena
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. David Brain, U.C. Berkeley
Subject: Aurora in the Lumpy Magnetic Fields of Mars
Refreshments will follow in Physics 358
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Michael D. Root, Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota
Subject: Stratifying a Population by Race
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Saturday, March 1st 2008
12:30 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in 358 Physics
Monday, March 3rd 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Hannes Hubmayer
Subject: New Measurements of CMB Polarization Power Spectra from CAPMAP
Tuesday, March 4th 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Jennifer Docktor, Univ. of Minnesota
Subject: Robust assessment instrument for student problem solving
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Student practice talks
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Andreas Keiling, UC Berkeley
Subject: First results on substorm physics with THEMIS
Wednesday, March 5th 2008
12:20 pm:
Special Many Body Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Prof. Raymond Bishop, University of Manchester
Subject: Thermal and More General Mixed Coherent States for Open Systems and Quantum Information Theory
12:30 pm:
Astronomy Grad Student Journal Club
in 358 Physics
Speaker: Jessica Ennis
4:00 pm:
Van Vleck Public Lecture
in 150 Physics
Speaker: David Gross, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB
Subject: The Coming Revolutions in Fundamental Physics
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 6th 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Attila Kovacs, Max Planck Institute for Radioastronomy
Subject: Extragalactic Science from the CSO and APEX Telescopes
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Graham Kribs, University of Oregon
Subject: "Supersymmetric Flavor Problem, R-Symmetry, and the LHC"
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Student practice talks
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Yong Qian, University of Minnesota
Subject: New developments in flavor transformation of supernova neutrinos
4:00 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: David Gross, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB
Subject: The Future of Physics
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:30 p.m.
Friday, March 7th 2008
11:00 am:
Special Nuclear Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Matt Braby, Washington University
Subject: Particle Physics and Neutron Stars: Transport Properties of High Density Quark Matter
2:30 pm:
Fine Theoretical Physics Institute Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Yutaka Hosotani, University of Osaka
Subject: "Gauge-Higgs Unification in Electroweak Interactions"
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Mordecai-Mark Mac Low
Subject: Control of Star Formation by Gravitational Instability and Supersonic Turbulence
Refreshments will follow in Physics 358
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Brian A. Woodcock, Department of Philosophy, Carleton College
Subject: Quantum State Collapse Along a Light Cone: History and Objections
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Monday, March 10th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Larry Rudnick
Subject: A Smorgasbord of Ultra-High Energy Particles
Tuesday, March 11th 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Jennifer Docktor, Univ. of Minnesota
Subject: Robust Assessment Instrument for Student Problem Solving - Part II
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
Speaker: Lynn Wilson, University of Minnesota
Subject: The Phenomenology of Small Scale Waves in Collisionless Shocks
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Xinjie Qiu, University of Minnesota
Subject: New Results of Searching for Dark Matter with CDMS-II Five Towers
Wednesday, March 12th 2008
12:30 pm:
Astronomy Grad Student Journal Club
in 358 Physics
Speaker: Dan Weisz
4:00 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: David Charbonneau (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
Subject: The Era of Comparative Exoplanetology
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 13th 2008
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: David Tucker-Smith, Williams
Subject: "Mixed sneutrinos at the LHC"
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
The seminar will take place on Monday
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Friday, March 14th 2008
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. John Monnier, U. Michigan
Subject: Young Stellar Objects: The Inner AU
Refreshments will follow in Physics 358
There will be no seminar this week.
Monday, March 17th 2008
11:00 am:
Special Condensed Matter Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Phan Nam Hai, University of Tokyo
Subject: Rich spin-dependent transport phenomena in semiconductor nanostructures with ferromagnetic nanoparticles
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: NO SEMINAR - Spring Break
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: TBA
Tuesday, March 18th 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 435 Physics
No seminar--Spring Break
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
No seminar--Spring Break
Wednesday, March 19th 2008
4:00 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
No Colloquium - Spring Break
Thursday, March 20th 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
No Journal Club
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: No Speaker This Week!
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Seminar is on Monday this week.
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
No seminar--Spring Break
Friday, March 21st 2008
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: The Astronomy Colloquium will not be held this week.
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
No Colloquium this week--Spring Break
Monday, March 24th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Terry Jones, U of MN
Subject: WMAP, 5 Year Foregrounds and Polarimetry
Tuesday, March 25th 2008
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Xiang Leng, University of Minnesota
Subject: Interfacial Effect in Oxides
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
Speaker: Adam Hupach, University of Minnesota
Subject: To be announced.
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Prof. Vuk Mandic, University of Minnesota
Subject: Searching for Stochastic Gravitational Radiation with LIGO: New Results Implications
Wednesday, March 26th 2008
12:30 pm:
Astronomy Grad Student Journal Club
in 358 Physics
There will be no journal club this week.
4:00 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: J.V. Porto, NIST
Subject: Controlled exchange interactions in a double-well optical lattice
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 27th 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Jennifer Delgado and Robert Gehrz
Subject: TBA
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Scott Dodelson, FermiLab
Subject: "Dark Matter v. Modified Gravity"
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: J.V. Porto, NIST
Subject: Cold atoms in optical lattices: the 2D Mott insulator and a new approach to optical lattice engineering
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Evan Frodermann, Ohio State University
Subject: Brightness of the Quark Gluon Plasma
4:00 pm:
FTPI Seminar
in Physics 435
Speaker: Lev Cofman, CITA, University of Toronto
Subject: "Probing Inflation"
Friday, March 28th 2008
2:30 pm:
Fine Theoretical Physics Institute Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Emil Akhmedov, ITEP
Subject: "Quantum instability of the deSitter space"
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Brad Peterson, Ohio State U
Subject: Masses of Black Holes in Active Galactic Nuclei
Refreshments will follow in Physics 358
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Jonathan Kahn, School of Law, Hamline University
Subject: Race, Medicine, and Money: Contextualizing the Emergence of 'Ethnic' Drugs
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Monday, March 31st 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Chris Savage, University of Minnesota
Subject: Hadronic uncertainties in the elastic scattering of supersymmetric
Tuesday, April 1st 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Charles Campbell, University of Minnesota
Subject: Using Learning Assistants During Lectures
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Feng Guo, University of Minnesota
Subject: Low Frequency Noise in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
Speaker: John Wygant, University of Minnesota
Subject: The RBSP Electric Field Instrument: An experimental investigation of the collisionless energization and loss of relativistic particles in the inner magnetosphere of the Earth
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Wednesday, April 2nd 2008
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Raymond F. Bishop, The University of Manchester
Subject: Thermal and More General Mixed Coherent States for Open Systems and Quantum Information Theory II
4:00 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Saskia Fischer, University of Bochum
Subject: Coupling of quantum conductors
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 3rd 2008
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Howard Baer, Flordia State University
Subject: SO(10) SUSY GUTs: consequences for cosmology and collider searches
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Saskia Fischer, University of Bochum
Subject: Spin-splitting and magneto-oscillations of mode-coupling
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Projjwal Banerjee, University of Minnesota
Subject: Testing Supernova Explosion Mechanism by Neutrino Signals in SNO
Friday, April 4th 2008
2:30 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics *** NOTE DIFFERENT TIME ***
Speaker: SPEAKER 1: John Doris, Department of Philosophy, Washington University
Subject: On Reflection (...more or less)
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:30 p.m.
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Pauline Barmby, U. Western Ontario
Subject: Big and Little Pictures of M31
Refreshments will follow in Physics 358
4:00 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics *** NOTE DIFFERENT TIME ***
Speaker: SPEAKER 2: Robert Kohler, Department of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania
Subject: Wildlife Ecology: A Residential Science
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:30 p.m.
Monday, April 7th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: TBA
Tuesday, April 8th 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Vazgen Shekoyan, Rutgers University
Subject: Using Ill-structured or Multiple-Possibility Physics Problems in Introductory Physics Courses
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Eric Garlid, University of Minnesota
Subject: Bias Dependence of Electrical Spin Injection and Detection in Lateral Fe/GaAs Devices
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
Speaker: Scott Thaller, University of Minnesota
Subject: Magnetic Reconnection in Astrophysical Systems.
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Wednesday, April 9th 2008
08:00 am:
Special Cosmology Seminar
in Physics
Speaker: Martin White - UC Berkeley
Subject: To be announced.
2:30 pm:
Fine Theoretical Physics Institute Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Nikolai Sinitsyn, Los Alamos National Lab
Subject: "Geometric phases in dissipative and stochastic kinetics"
4:00 pm:
Untitled
in Physics
Speaker: Martin White - UC Berkeley
4:00 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Martin White , UC Berkeley
Subject: The echo of Einstein's greatest blunder
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 10th 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Andrew Helton and Sebastian Hidalgo
Subject: TBA
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Sally Dawson, Brookhaven National Lab
Subject: "b's and Higgs Physics"
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Scott Bowman, University of Minnesota
Subject: Phase Diagram of the Linear Sigma Model with Quarks at Finite Temperature and Density
Friday, April 11th 2008
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Alex Lazarian, U Wisconsin, Madison
Subject: Quantitative Theory of Grain Alignment and its Implications
Refreshments will follow in Physics 358
There will be no seminar this week.
Monday, April 14th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Eric Grashorn
Subject: Cosmic Rays and MINOS: Physics in the Background
Tuesday, April 15th 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Joel Donna, Univ. of Minnesota
Subject: TPACK and the RAT - Frameworks for Exploring Technology for the Teaching and Learning of Physics
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Yen Hsiang Lin, University of Minnesota
Subject: Tuning the Superconductor-insulator Transition by Magnetic Fields
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
Speaker: Jesse Woodroffe, University of Minnesota
Subject: MHD wave modification by plasma inhomogeneities in the magnetosphere-ionosphere system
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Wednesday, April 16th 2008
4:00 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: John Martinis, UCSB
Subject: Entanglement of Josephson-Junction Quantum Bits
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 17th 2008
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Brian Batell, University of Minnesota
Subject: Elementary/composite mixing in Randall-Sundrum models
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: John Martinis, UCSB
Subject: Magnetism in Superconducting Devices at Millikelvin Temperatures
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Friday, April 18th 2008
10:00 am:
Thesis Defense
in 4-101 Hasselmo Hall
Speaker: Mohac Tekmen, University of Minnesota
Subject: Single Molecule Fluorescence Techniques: Spectroscopy and Imaging
1:30 pm:
Thesis Defense
in 220 Physics
Speaker: Bin Wu, University of Minnesota
Subject: Fluorescence Cumulant Analysis in Fluorescence Fluctuation Spectroscopy
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Henric Krawcyznski, Washington U, St. Louis, MO
Subject: Gamma-ray Astronomy with the VERITAS Experiment
Refreshments will follow in Physics 358
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: John K. Brown, Department of Science, Technology, and Society, University of Virginia
Subject: Professional Imperatives in Engineering Communities: A Contest in Constructing the St. Louis Bridge, 1867 - 1874
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Monday, April 21st 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: NO SEMINAR - External Review
Tuesday, April 22nd 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Ramon Lopez, University of Texas, Arlington
Subject: Visual representation in space and geoscience
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
No seminar this week.
3:20 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
Speaker: Ramon Lopez, University of Texas, Arlington
Subject: The Current-Driven Magnetosphere
Note: Change of time This week only.
7:30 pm:
IEEE Distinguished Lecture Series
in 101 Walter Library
Speaker: Professor Paul Freitas, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon
Subject: Spintronic Biochips for Biomolecular Recognition
Wednesday, April 23rd 2008
12:20 pm:
Special Many Body Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Raymond Bishop, University of Manchester
Subject: Journeys to and in quantum phase space: extended quantum phase space formulations of Quantum Many Body Theory and Quantum Information Theory
12:30 pm:
Astronomy Grad Student Journal Club
in 358 Physics
Speaker: Martha Boyer
Subject: AGB stars in the Local Group
4:00 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Ramon Lopez, University of Texas, Arlington
Subject: Space Weather
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 24th 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Atilio Ferrari
Subject: LAUNCHING MECHANISMS OF ASTROPHYSICAL JETS, WINDS AND OUTFLOWS
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Richard Holman, Carnegie Melon University
Subject: "Enhanced Non-Gaussianity from Excited Initial States"
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: LiDong Pan, University of Minnesota
Subject: Surface induced ordering effect in a smectic liquid crystal compound
Note: Change of date, time and room. This week only.
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Tom Kelley, University of Minnesota
Subject: Towards an AdS/QCD Model that Incorporates Chiral Symmetry Breaking
Friday, April 25th 2008
2:30 pm:
Fine Theoretical Physics Institute Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Claudia de Rham, Perimeter Institute
Subject: "Field theory on codimension-two branes and the Hierarchy problem"
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Ben Davies, Rochester Institute of Technology
Subject: The Scutum Red-Supergiant Clusters
Refreshments will follow in Physics 358
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Lisa Downing, Department of Philosophy, Ohio State University
Subject: Maupertuis on Attraction as an Inherent Property of Matter
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Monday, April 28th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Burak Himmetoglu
Subject: Anisotropic inflation: motivations and consistency checks'
Tuesday, April 29th 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Tamara Moore, University of Minnesota
Subject: Getting Students Interested in STEM Through Realistic Nanotechnology Modeling Problems
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Tanner Schulz, University of Minnesota
Subject: Examining Hysteresis Loop Criticality Using Co/CoO Thin Films
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
Speaker: Paul Kellogg, University of Minnesota
Subject: To be announced
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Wednesday, April 30th 2008
12:20 pm:
Special Many Body Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Raymond Bishop, University of Manchester
Subject: EXACT RESULTS FOR SOME NON-INTEGRABLE MODELS OF INTERACTING SPINS AND BOSONS
12:30 pm:
Astronomy Grad Student Journal Club
in 358 Physics
Speaker: Daniel Polsgrove
4:00 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Kam-Biu Luk, University of California, Berkeley
Subject: Reactor Experiments for Neutrino Oscillations
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 1st 2008
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Zackaria Chacko, University of Maryland
Subject: Folded Supersymmetry and the LEP Paradox
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Friday, May 2nd 2008
08:00 am:
Speaker: www.ftpi.umn.edu/quantummag08/index.html
1:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Todd Springer, University of Minnesota
Subject: Transport Coefficients from the Gravity Dual
Note change of date and time, this week only.
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Ben Williams, U. Washington
Subject: The Chandra View of M31 and M33
Refreshments will follow in Physics 358
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Thomas Zeller, Department of History, University of Maryland
Subject: Consuming Landscapes: Parkways and Driving Cultures in the United States and Germany, 1920-1970
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Saturday, May 3rd 2008
08:00 am:
Speaker: www.ftpi.umn.edu/quantummag08/index.html
Sunday, May 4th 2008
08:00 am:
Speaker: www.ftpi.umn.edu/quantummag08/index.html
Monday, May 5th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: G. J. Wasserburg, Caltech
Tuesday, May 6th 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Brita L. Nellermoe, Univ. of Minnesota
Subject: Faculty Development and Teacher Training in Post-secondary Physics Departments
12:20 pm:
Special Condensed Matter Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Prof. M. Greven, Stanford University
Subject: Crystal Growth, Neutron Scattering and Spin Correlations: A Tale of two Complex Oxides
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Craig Dukes, Univeristy of Virginia
Subject: A High-Sensitivity Search for Charged Lepton Flavor Violation at Fermilab
Wednesday, May 7th 2008
12:20 pm:
Special Condensed Matter Theory Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Jan Bording, University of Stavenger, Norway
Subject: Chemically detailed tight binding model of high Tc YBCO
4:00 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: G. J. Wasserburg, Cal Tech
Subject: Imagination, pulp fiction, science & exploration
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 8th 2008
10:00 am:
Thesis Defense
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Beth Masimore, University of Minnesota
Subject: Fluctuation Phenomena in Neurological Local Field Potentials.
This is the public portion of Ms. Masimore's Oral Examination.
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Mu-Chun Chen, UCI
Subject: Tri-bimaximal Neutrino Mixing and Quark CKM Matrix from Finite Group (d)T
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
The seminar will be held in the Sack Lunch time slot, this week only.
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Mikhail Shifman, University of Minnesota
Subject: Highly Excited Mesons, Linear Regge Trajectories and the Pattern of the Chiral Symmetry Realization
Friday, May 9th 2008
10:00 am:
Thesis Defense
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Tao Hu, University of Minnesota
Subject: How proteins search for their targets on DNA.
This is the public portion of Mr. Hu's Oral Examination.
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. John Moustakas, New York U.
Subject: Ten Billion Years of Chemical Evolution in Star-Forming Galaxies
Refreshments will follow in Physics 358
3:35 pm:
First Annual Science Studies Symposium:
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Alan C. Love, Department of Philosophy; Arun Saldanha, Department of Geography; J. B. Shank, Department of History; C. Kenneth Waters, Department of Philosophy
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
4:30 pm:
Department Graduation Reception
in 216 Physics
Faculty, Staff and Students invited. Please RSVP by May 2nd.
Monday, May 12th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
2:30 pm:
Fine Theoretical Physics Institute Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Tuesday, May 13th 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Boris Spivak, University of Washington, Seattle
Subject: Theory of disordered d-wave superconductors
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Wednesday, May 14th 2008
4:00 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
No Colloquium - Finals Week
Thursday, May 15th 2008
Speaker: www.ftpi.umn.edu/qcd08/
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: TBA
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Friday, May 16th 2008
Speaker: www.ftpi.umn.edu/qcd08/
1:00 pm:
Thesis Defense
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Brian Batell, University of Minnesota
Subject: Unraveling strong dynamics with the fifth dimension
This is the public portion of Mr. Batell's Oral Examination.
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
There will be no Colloquium this week.
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
There will be no Colloquium this week.
Saturday, May 17th 2008
Speaker: www.ftpi.umn.edu/qcd08/
08:00 am:
Sunday, May 18th 2008
Speaker: www.ftpi.umn.edu/qcd08/
Monday, May 19th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
The seminar has ended for the semester. It will return in September 2008
2:30 pm:
Fine Theoretical Physics Institute Seminar
in 435 Physics
The seminar has ended for the semester. It will return in September 2008
Tuesday, May 20th 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 435 Physics
The seminar has ended for the semester. It will return in September 2008
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
The seminar has ended for the semester. It will return in September 2008
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
The seminar has ended for the semester. It will return in September 2008
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
The seminar has ended for the semester. It will return in September 2008
Wednesday, May 21st 2008
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Theory Simulation Lunch Talk
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Professor Kai-Lun Yao, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Subject: Organic Magnets: Modeling, Design and Mechanism
There will be two talks presented at this seminar
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Theory Simulation Lunch Talk
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Professor Zu Li Liu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Subject: Preparation, Characterization and Applications of Nanoparticle Composites
This is the second of two talks presented at this seminar
12:30 pm:
Astronomy Grad Student Journal Club
in 358 Physics
The Journal Club has ended for the semester.
4:00 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
The colloquium has ended for the semester. It will return in September 2008
Thursday, May 22nd 2008
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
The seminar has ended for the semester. It will return in September 2008
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
The seminar has ended for the semester. It will return in September 2008
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
The seminar has ended for the semester. It will return in September 2008
Friday, May 23rd 2008
1:00 pm:
Thesis Defense
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Masaya Nishioka
Subject: Transport Properties of Carbon Based Devices
This is the public portion of Mr. Batell's Oral Examination.
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
The colloquium has ended for the semester. It will return in September 2008
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
The colloquium has ended for the semester. It will return in September 2008
Monday, June 2nd 2008
09:00 am:
6:00 pm:
Physics Force Public Show
in 150 Physics
All Physics Force performances are approximately an hour long.
Monday, June 16th 2008
08:00 am:
10:30 am:
Thesis Defense
in 236A Physics
Speaker: Eric Grashorn
Subject: TBA
This is the public portion of Mr. Grashorn's Oral Examination.
Tuesday, June 24th 2008
2:00 pm:
Physics Force Public Show
in 150 Physics
This show is free and open to the public. It will be about an hour long.
Thursday, June 26th 2008
10:00 am:
Thesis Defense
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Marie Lopez del Puerto, University of Minnesota
Subject: Real-space pseudopotential calculations of the ground state and excited state properties of molecules and clusters.
Friday, July 4th 2008
Friday, July 11th 2008
08:00 am:
Monday, July 14th 2008
08:00 am:
Tuesday, July 15th 2008
1:30 pm:
Special FTPI Seminar
in Physics 435
Speaker: Geza Odor, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Subject: The role of diffusion in branching and annihilation random walk models
Tuesday, July 22nd 2008
10:00 am:
Thesis Defense
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Wenhao Zhang, U of MN
Subject: Nonequilibrium magnetotransport in GaAs/AlGaAs-based two
This is the public portion of Mr. Zhang's thesis defense.
Friday, July 25th 2008
12:00 pm:
Nuclear Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Philippe de Forcrand, ETHZ
Subject: Progress on numerical simulations of QCD thermodynamics
Thursday, August 7th 2008
08:30 am:
High Energy Physics Group Annual Review
in 435 Physics
12:00 pm:
REU Poster Session
in 140 Physics
Everyone invited!
2:00 pm:
Special Space Physics Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Tim Yeoman, University of Leicester, UK
Subject: Multi-instrument observations of the magnetospheric signatures of ULF waves generated upstream of the Earth's bow shock.
2:00 pm:
Special Space Physics Seminar Cont.
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Darren Wright, University of Leicester, UK
Subject: Recent Studies of the High Latitude Ionospheric Alfvén Resonator
Friday, August 8th 2008
08:00 am:
Thursday, August 14th 2008
12:00 pm:
Turbulent Amplification of Magnetic Fields in the Cosmic Web
in Physics 435
Speaker: Hyesung Kang ,Pusan National University
Friday, August 22nd 2008
08:00 am:
Monday, September 1st 2008
Tuesday, September 2nd 2008
08:00 am:
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
To be announced
Wednesday, September 3rd 2008
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
There will be no colloquium this week. Please note the permanent change in the colloquium time.
Thursday, September 4th 2008
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: TBA
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
To be announced.
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
To be announced.
Friday, September 5th 2008
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Michael Garwood
Subject: Detecting Fleeting MRI Signals Using Frequency-Modulated (FM) Radio Waves
Primarily for the first-year physics graduate students
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: No colloquium this week
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
There is no HST Colloquium this week.
Monday, September 8th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Yong Qian, University of Minnesota
Subject: Stars powered by dark matter annihilation
2:30 pm:
Fine Theoretical Physics Institute Seminar
in 435 Physics
The seminar will not be held this week.
Tuesday, September 9th 2008
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Yves Adjallah, University of Minnesota
Subject: Electronic Transport in Co-Deposited Amorphous/Nanocrystalline Films
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
Organizational meeting
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
To be announced
Wednesday, September 10th 2008
12:30 pm:
Astronomy Grad Student Journal Club
in 358 Physics
Speaker: Pete Mendygral
Subject: Simulated X-ray Emission from MHD Jets
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Vuk Mandic, UMN
Subject: LIGO: Status and Recent Results
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, September 11th 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Andrea Mehner and Terry Jones
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: TBA
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Professor C. C. Huang, University of Minnesota
Subject: Novel physical properties of the smectic-C_alpha* phase in liquid crystals
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Alexander Heger, University of Minnesota
Subject: Type I X-Ray Bursts - The most common thermonuclear explosions in the universe.
Friday, September 12th 2008
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Marvin Marshak
Subject: Underground Physics: Neutrinos and More
Primarily for the first-year physics graduate students
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Hasok Chang, Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London
Subject: Phlogiston Revisited: An Argument for Scientific Pluralism
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Monday, September 15th 2008
10:00 am:
Thesis Defense
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Tim Klein, University of Minnesota
Subject: Radiative D Decays at CLEO-c
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Ilan Sagiv, University of Minnesota
Subject: CIP (Cosmic Inflation Probe) - a NASA funded Origins Probe mission study
Tuesday, September 16th 2008
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Te-Yu Chen, University of Minnesota
Subject: Dynamics of exchange biased vortices
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
There will be no seminar this week. Participants in the Space Plasma Physics seminar should attend the Astronomy Colloquium on Friday this week.
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Yuichi Kubota, University of Minnesota
Subject: What's happening at CMS and LHC
Wednesday, September 17th 2008
12:30 pm:
Astronomy Grad Student Journal Club
in 358 Physics
Speaker: Erin Ryan
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: James Kakalios, University of Minnesota
Subject: The Materials Science of Superheroes (All New! All Different!)
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, September 18th 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Dan Weisz and Yong Qian, University of Minnesota
Subject: To be announced.
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Alexander Monin
Subject: The spontaneous breaking of a metastable string
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Carlos Escudero Liébana, Departamento de Matem´aticas, Universidad de Oviedo
Subject: Dynamics of Curved Interfaces
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Todd Springer, University of Minnesota
Subject: Hydrodynamics, Gauge/Gravity Duality, and the Black Hole Membrane Paradigm.
4:00 pm:
Speaker: Joseph Eberly, Dept. of Physics, University of Rochester
Subject: Quantum Mechanics and Weird Quantum Optics
Friday, September 19th 2008
12:00 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 70 Willey Hall (Minn. Population Center Seminar Room), West Bank *** NOTE Different Time and Place
Speaker: Carla Nappi, Department of History and Philosophy, Montana State University
Subject: Bolatu's Pharmacy: Theriac in Early Modern China
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: David Thomas, University of Minnesota
Subject: Spectroscopic Probes of Muscle Molecular Dynamics
Primarily for the first-year physics graduate students
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Robert Lysak, University of Minnesota
Subject: The Alfvenic Aurorae
Monday, September 22nd 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Eric Thrane, University of Minnesota
Subject: Recent Results from Super-Kamiokande
2:30 pm:
Fine Theoretical Physics Institute Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Tuesday, September 23rd 2008
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Anthony Hatke, University of Minnesota
Subject: Non-linear transport in microwave-irradiated quantum Hall systems
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
7:00 pm:
Misel Family Lecture
in 150 Physics
Speaker: P. James E. Peebles, Princeton University
Subject: Finding the Big Bang
Wednesday, September 24th 2008
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: P. James E. Peebles, Princeton University
Subject: The Cosmological Tests
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, September 25th 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Michael Milligan and Roberta Humphreys, University of Minnesota
Subject: To be announced.
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Peter Koroteev, University of Minnesota
Subject: Braneworld Models with Broken Bulk Lorentz Invariance.
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Edwin Bowman, University of Minnesota
Subject: Self-Consistent Study of the Linear Sigma Model at Finite Temperature and Chemical Potentials and of Field Redefinitions
Friday, September 26th 2008
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: James Kakalios, University of Minnesota
Subject: Conductance Fluctuations: From Amorphous Silicon to the Cerebral Cortex
Primarily for the first-year physics graduate students
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Alexander Heger, University of Minnesota
Subject: Burning Neutron Stars
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Jennifer Karns Alexander, Program in History of Science and Technology, University of Minnesota
Subject: Author Meets Readers: The Mantra of Efficiency: From Waterwheel to Social Control
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Monday, September 29th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Keith Olive, University of Minnesota
Subject: What the LHC is searching for: The Higgs boson and Supersymmetry
Tuesday, September 30th 2008
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Feng Guo, University of Minnesota
Subject: Low Frequency Noise in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions Part II
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
To be announced
Wednesday, October 1st 2008
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Mikhail Katsnelson, Radboud University Nijmegen
Subject: New bridge between condensed matter physics and quantum electrodynamics
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, October 2nd 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Pete Mendygral and Tom Jones
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Tonnis ter Veldhuis, Macalester College
Subject: Brane Vector Phenomenology
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Mikhail Katsnelson, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University of Nijmegen
Subject: Gauge fields in corrugated graphene
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
3:30 pm:
Special Geoneutrino Seminar
in 121 Pilsbury Hall
Speaker: Dr. William McDonough, University of Maryland, Department of Geology
Subject: Antineutrino Detection, Geoneutrinos and Heat Production in the Earth
Friday, October 3rd 2008
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Dan Dahlberg
Subject: Magnetism at the Nanoscale
Primarily for the first-year physics graduate students
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 555 Diehl Hall *** NOTE Different Place ***
Speaker: Vanessa Northington Gamble, MD, PhD, Professor of Medical Humanities, George Washington University
Subject: Striking a Blow at Medical School Segregation: Edith Irby Goes to Medical School
Reception before the talk in the Wangensteen Library (Diehl Hall 5th floor)
Monday, October 6th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Keith Olive
Subject: What the LHC is searching for: The Higgs boson and Supersymmetry (part II)
Tuesday, October 7th 2008
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Matthew Parker, University of Minnesota
Subject: Extinction Time in a Predator-Prey Relationship
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
Speaker: Lynn Wilson, University of Minnesota
Subject: Low Frequency Magnetic Fluctuations at Interplanetary Shocks
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
To be announced.
Wednesday, October 8th 2008
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Marvin Marshak, UMN
Subject: Exploring the Neutrino Frontier
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, October 9th 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Dan Polsgtrove and Alex Heger
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Jose A.R. Cembranos, University of Minnesota
Subject: Gravitational Dark Matter
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Alexander Balatsky, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Subject: Dirac Materials
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Evan Frodermann, University of Minnesota
Subject: A view of heavy ion collision dynamics and geometry through electromagnetic signatures
Friday, October 10th 2008
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Cynthia Cattell
Subject: Space Physics
Primarily for the first-year physics graduate students
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Josh Semeter, BU
Subject: Structure and Motion in the Aurora
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Jeremy Butterfield, Trinity College, University of Cambridge
Subject: The Uses of Infinity: A Philosopher Looks at Emergent Phenomena in Physics
Refreshments served in Room 236A Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Monday, October 13th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Jan Harms, University of Minnesota
Subject: Big Bang Observer - How to Listen to the First Heart Beat of the Universe
Tuesday, October 14th 2008
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Xi Chen, University of Minnesota
Subject: Spin-wave mediated interaction between spin torque nano-oscillators
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
To be announced.
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
To be announced.
Wednesday, October 15th 2008
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Joerg Schmalian, Ames Laboratory
Subject: Emergent symmetries and dimensionality reduction at quantum critical points
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, October 16th 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Steve Warren and Evan Skillman
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Guido Festuccia, University of California, Santa Cruz
Subject: Symmetric Points in the Landscape as Cosmological Attractors
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Joerg Schmalian, Ames Laboratory
Subject: Quantum critical transport in clean graphene
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Yong Zhong Qian , University of Minnesota
Subject: Simple Pictures of Neutrino Flavor Transformation in Supernovae
Friday, October 17th 2008
08:00 am:
Untitled
in Physics
2:30 pm:
Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics Seminar
in 31 Rapson Hall
Speaker: Jeremy Kasdin, Princeton University
Subject: Are We Alone? Imaging Extrasolar Earthlike Planets from Space
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Tara Nummedal, Department of History, Brown University.
Subject: Kunst and Cabala: Anna Zieglerin's Alchemical Secrets
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Monday, October 20th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Terry Jones
Subject: Quasar Alignment and Photon-Pseudoscalar Particle Mixing
Tuesday, October 21st 2008
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Sun Wang , University of Minnesota
Subject: Recovery of a reversed phase sequence in one liquid crystal ternary mixture system
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
Speaker: Robert Pepin, University of Minnesota
Subject: Stardust: First Results from the Comet Sample Return Mission.
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
To be announced.
Wednesday, October 22nd 2008
12:30 pm:
Astronomy Grad Student Journal Club
in 358 Physics
Speaker: Karl Isensee
1:30 pm:
Special High Energy Theory Seminar
in Physics 435
Speaker: Tirthabir Biswas, IGC at PennState University.
Subject: Dark Energy vs. Local Void
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: George Fuller, UCSD
Subject: Neutrinos: Stealthy Agents of Destruction and Creation in the Cosmos
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, October 23rd 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: No journal club this week.
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Wan-il Park, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Subject: Thermal Inflation, Gravitiational Waves, Baryogenesis and Dark Matter
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Friday, October 24th 2008
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Michael Zudov
Subject: Non-equilibrium transport in very high Landau levels of quantum Hall systems
Primarily for the first-year physics graduate students
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Justin Revenaugh, UMN Geology
Subject: The Bowels of the Earth
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Domenico Bertoloni Meli, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University
Subject: The Role of Vivisection in 17th-Century Anatomy
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Monday, October 27th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Osamu Keto
Subject: Possible correlations among neutrino, higgs and dark matter
Tuesday, October 28th 2008
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Yen-Hsiang Lin, University of Minnesota
Subject: Tuning the Superconductor-Insulator Transitions by Perpendicular Magnetic Fields
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
To be announced.
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
To be announced.
Wednesday, October 29th 2008
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Salman Habib, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Subject: The Dark Universe Challenge
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, October 30th 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Jennifer Delgado and Liliya Williams
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Stefano Profumo, University of California Santa Cruz
Subject: Electro-weak Baryogenesis: a Multi-faceted Approach
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Purnendu Chakraborty , University of Minnesota
Subject: Viscosities in Hot QCD
Friday, October 31st 2008
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Paul Crowell
Subject: Spin Dynamics and Transport in Solids
Primarily for the first-year physics graduate students
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Juergen Ott, Caltech
Subject: Ammonia in the Local (and not so local) Universe
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Samir Okasha, Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol
Subject: Philosophical Issues in the Levels of Selection Debate: Reduction, Causality, Emergence
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Monday, November 3rd 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Liliya Williams
Subject: Strong field GR and stars near the Galactic Center
Tuesday, November 4th 2008
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Alex Levchenko, University of Minnesota
Subject: Coulomb drag in quantum circuits
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
Speaker: Lei Dai, University of Minnesota
Subject: Collisionless Magnetic reconnection: an Alfven-eigenmode approach
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
To be announced.
Wednesday, November 5th 2008
12:30 pm:
Astronomy Grad Student Journal Club
in 358 Physics
Speaker: Damon Farnsworth, University of Minnesota
Subject: The Joys of Extragalactic Radio Astronomy
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
There will be no colloquium this week. There will be no refreshments.
Thursday, November 6th 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Chelsea Tiffany and Chick Woodward
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Nemanja Kaloper, University of California, Davis
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Sang-Hyun Oh, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota
Subject: Plasmonic Nanostructures for Biosensing, Spectroscopy and Photovoltaics
To be announced.
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Friday, November 7th 2008
08:00 am:
Untitled
in Physics
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Vincent Noireaux
Subject: Cell-free Expression: Application to Gene Network and Synthetic Vesicles
Primarily for the first-year physics graduate students
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Robert Gehrz, UMN Astronomy
Subject: The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
No HST Colloquium this week.
Monday, November 10th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Chris Savage
Subject: The status of DAMA and direct detection of WIMP dark matter
Tuesday, November 11th 2008
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Mun K. Chan, University of Minnesota
Subject: Nuclear field effects in ferromagnet-semiconductor heterostructures
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
Speaker: Scott Thaller, University of Minnesota
Subject: Polar spacecraft measured evolution of small and large scale Poynting flux during a majorgeomagnetic storm in the inner magnetosphere.
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
To be announced.
Wednesday, November 12th 2008
12:30 pm:
VLA-ANGST: Using HI to Probe How Galaxies Make Stars
in 358 Physics
Speaker: Steve Warren
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Charles Dermer, US Naval Research Laboratory
Subject: Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray Origin in Light of First Results from the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, November 13th 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Paul Edmon
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Alfredo Aranda Fernandez, Universidad de Colima
Subject: Electroweak scale neutrinos and Higgses
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Yaroslav Lutsyshyn, University of Minnesota
Subject: Elastic transmission of identical particles through a strongly correlated Bose-Einstein condensate
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Friday, November 14th 2008
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Boris Shklovskii
Subject: Biological Physics
Primarily for the first-year physics graduate students
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Brian McNamara, U Waterloo
Subject: A New Spin on AGN Feedback in Clusters and Galaxies
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Michael S. Reidy, Department of History and Philosophy, Montana State University
Subject: Mountaineering and Physics: Practicing Science Vertically
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Monday, November 17th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Daniel J. Whalen
Subject: Primordial Supernovae and the Assembly of the First Galaxies
Tuesday, November 18th 2008
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Li Dong Pan, University of Minnesota
Subject: Phase behavior of Free Standing AFLC Films
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
Speaker: Adam Hupach, University of Minnesota
Subject: Solitary Waves in the Magnetosphere
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
To be announced.
Wednesday, November 19th 2008
12:30 pm:
Astronomy Grad Student Journal Club
in 358 Physics
Speaker: Andrea Mehner
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Konstantin Matveev, Argonne National Laboratory
Subject: Charge and spin propagation through quantum wires
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, November 20th 2008
09:00 am:
Thesis Defense
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Kaiyan Gao
Subject: Study of Radiative Decays of Psi(2S) Mesons
This is the public portion of Ms. Gao's thesis defense.
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Henry Lee (Gemini Observatory) and Andrey Beresnyak (U Wisconsin)
Subject: "Gemini South Project to Examine the Multiple Merger System Abell 3827" & "Strong Imbalanced MHD Turbulence"
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Andreas Weiler, Cornell University
Subject: "Warped extra dimensions as a model of flavor: GIM, RS-GIM and flavor symmetries"
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Konstantin Matveev, Argonne National Laboratory
Subject: Resistivity of inhomogeneous quantum wires
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Laurens Keek, SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research and Astronomical Institute, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Subject: Thermonuclear burning on accreting neutron stars
Friday, November 21st 2008
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Mikhail Shifman
Subject: HEP theory
Primarily for the first-year physics graduate students
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Nathan Smith, UC Berkeley
Subject: Mass Loss and Pre-SN evolution of Massive Stars
Speaker: Speaker had to CANCEL
Refreshments will still be served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Monday, November 24th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Larry Rudnick
Subject: Epoch of Reionization Experiments - 2008 status report
2:30 pm:
Thesis Defense
in 155 Nicholson Hall
Speaker: Crystal Austin, University of Minnesota
Subject: Analytical and Numerical Studies of Dark Matter Halos
This is the public portion of Crystal Austin's thesis defense.
Tuesday, November 25th 2008
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Robert O'Connell, University of Minnesota
Subject: Image Enhancement of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxides Using a Novel MRI Technique
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
Speaker: John Wygant, University of Minnesota
Subject: To be announced.
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
To be announced.
Wednesday, November 26th 2008
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
There will be no colloquium this week.
Thursday, November 27th 2008
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: No journal club - Thanksgiving holiday
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: No Speaker Today
Subject: Thanksgiving Holiday, University Closed
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Friday, November 28th 2008
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
Subject: no seminar (Thanksgiving Break)
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: No colloquium this week - Thanksgiving Holiday
No HST Colloquium this week.
Monday, December 1st 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Kyle Zilic
Subject: Alternative measurements of the presence of Dark Matter
Tuesday, December 2nd 2008
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Bryce Beverlin II , University of Minnesota
Subject: Coherent oscillations from real and modeled neurons
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
Speaker: Aaron Breneman, University of Minnesota
Subject: To be announced.
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
To be announced.
Wednesday, December 3rd 2008
12:30 pm:
Astronomy Grad Student Journal Club
in 358 Physics
Speaker: Jennifer Delgado
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Gerardo Ortiz, Indiana University
Subject: Physics and Quantum Computation
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, December 4th 2008
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Brian Wecht, IAS
Subject: Semi-direct Gauge Mediation
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Gerardo Ortiz, Indiana University
Subject: Topological Quantum Order from Symmetry and the Role of Temperature
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Projjwal Banerjee, University of Minnesota
Subject: To be announced.
Friday, December 5th 2008
08:00 am:
Untitled
in Physics
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
Speaker: Oriol Valls
Subject: Spin vs. Spin: The Proximity Effect in Layered Superconductor/Ferromagnet Nanostructures
Primarily for the first-year physics graduate students
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Brian Hart, U California, Irvine
Subject: Galaxy Clusters: Giants of the Universe
3:30 pm:
Fine Theoretical Physics Institute Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Mithat Unsal, Stanford University, SLAC
Subject: "On the IR dynamics of vector-like and chiral gauge theories and spin systems"
No HST Colloquium this week.
Monday, December 8th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Oleg Kamaev
Subject: Axion search with germanium detectors: CDMS and CoGeNT
Tuesday, December 9th 2008
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Stephen Snyder, University of Minnesota
Subject: Anomalous magnetic field response in Zn nanowires
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
Speaker: Kris Kersten, University of Minnesota
Subject: To be announced.
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
To be announced.
Wednesday, December 10th 2008
10:00 am:
IT Distinguished Women Scientists & Engineers Speakers Program
in Mechanical Engineering room 18
Speaker: Mildred Dresselhaus, MIT
Subject: Why are we so excited about carbon nanostructures?
10:00 am:
Thesis Defense
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Piotr Grzywacz, University of Minnesota
Subject: A renormalized theory of fluctuations in polymer blends and diblock copolymer melts
1:30 pm:
IT Distinguished Women Scientists & Engineers Speakers Program
in EE/CSci room 3-230
Speaker: Mildred Dresselhaus, MIT
Subject: Women in Leadership Roles in Science and Engineering
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Anna Hayes, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Subject: Application of Nuclear Physics to Energy and National Security
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, December 11th 2008
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Moved to Friday at 2:30pm in 435 Physics
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
2:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Friday, December 12th 2008
08:00 am:
2:30 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Katie Freese, University of Michigan
Subject: Dark Stars: a new phase of stellar evolution due to dark matter annihilation
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 157 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
3:00 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: No colloquium this week
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
There will be no Colloquium this week.
Monday, December 15th 2008
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
1:25 pm:
Physics Education Seminar
in 236A Physics
Speaker: Andrew Mason, University of Pittsburgh
Subject: A Reflection on Problem Solving: Prompting Student Evaluation
Note: change of time and place for this seminar.
Tuesday, December 16th 2008
11:15 am:
Physics Education Seminar
in 435 Physics
Seminar will take place on Monday this week, instead.
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
1:00 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Wednesday, December 17th 2008
12:30 pm:
Astronomy Grad Student Journal Club
in 358 Physics
There will be no journal club this week.
2:00 pm:
Thesis Defense
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Matthew G. Sexton, University of Minnesota
Subject: The Evolution and Decay of Supersymmetric Flat Directions in the Early Universe
This is the public portion of Mr. Sexton's thesis defense.
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
There will be no colloquium this week.
Thursday, December 18th 2008
08:00 am:
Friday, December 19th 2008
2:00 pm:
Thesis Defense
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Kimia Ghanbeigi, University of Minnesota
Subject: Prediction of Templates in the Auditory Cortex system
This is the public portion of Ms. Ghanbeigi's thesis defense.
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
There will be no Colloquium this week.
Thursday, December 25th 2008
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: No Speaker Today
Subject: Holiday, Univeristy Closed
Friday, December 26th 2008
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
There will be no Colloquium this week.
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