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Monday, September 5th 2011
08:00 am:
University closed
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Tuesday, September 6th 2011
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
12:20 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 210 Physics
Organizational meeting
2:30 pm:
Biophysics Seminar
in 210 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
To be announced.
Wednesday, September 7th 2011
1:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
There will be no Colloquium this week.
Thursday, September 8th 2011
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: TBA
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Professor Laura Gagliardi , Chemistry Department, University of Minnesota
Subject: Modeling catalysis for water splitting with quantum chemical methods
Friday, September 9th 2011
3:35 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
No colloquium this week.
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
No Colloquium this week.
Monday, September 12th 2011
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: David Tran, University of Minnesota
Subject: Antimatter and Gamma-Ray Signatures of Unstable Dark Matter
Tuesday, September 13th 2011
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Te-Yu Chen, University of Minnesota
Subject: Thickness dependence of the gyrotropic mode of a single magnetic vortex
12:20 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 210 Physics
Subject: No seminar this week
2:30 pm:
Biophysics Seminar
in 210 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, September 14th 2011
1:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Organizational meeting
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Anand Bhattacharya, Argonne National Laboratory
Subject: Digital Synthesis : A Pathway to New Materials in the Complex Oxides
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, September 15th 2011
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Chick Woodward
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: TBA
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Anand Bhattacharya , Argonne National Laboratory
Subject: Modulation doping of double-exchange ferromagnetism in an antiferromagnetic manganite
Friday, September 16th 2011
3:35 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
No colloquium this week.
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 1-102 Hanson Hall, West Bank
Speaker: Daniel Garber, Department of Philosophy, Princeton University
Subject: On the Front Lines of the Scientific Revolution: Novatores vs. Aristotelians
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 236A Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Monday, September 19th 2011
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Keith Olive, University of Minnesota
Subject: Supersymmetry and Dark Matter post LHC2010 and XENON100
Tuesday, September 20th 2011
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Mike Schecter, University of Minnesota
Subject: Repulsively bound particles in an optical lattice: an unhappy marriage
12:20 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Adam Hupach & Scott Thaller, University of Minnesota
Subject: Software we need.
2:30 pm:
Biophysics Seminar
in 170 Physics
The seminar will be post-poned until next week.
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
7:00 pm:
6th Annual Misel Family Lecture
in McNamara Alumni Center, Memorial Hall
Speaker: Roger Blandford, Stanford University
Subject: The Dark Side of the Universe
Wednesday, September 21st 2011
1:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Laurens Keek, University of Minnesota
Subject: Calm after the storm: burst quenching after a superburst on a neutron star
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Roger Blandford, Stanford University
Subject: Higher Energy Astrophysics
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, September 22nd 2011
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Jake Simones and Attila Kovacs
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Arkady Vanshtein, University of Minnesota
Subject: Higgs Decay into Two Photons through the W-boson Loop: No Decoupling in the m_W --> 0 Limit
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Aaron Massari , Chemistry Department, University of Minnesota
Subject: Nonlinear spectroscopy in organic electronic materials
Friday, September 23rd 2011
3:35 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Francesco Haardt
Subject: The Cosmic UV/X-Ray Background
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 170 Physics
Speaker: Alberto Martinez, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin
Subject: The Evolution of Myths in History of Science: Galileo, Darwin and Einstein
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
Sunday, September 25th 2011
1:00 pm:
Physics Fall Picnic
in Van Cleve Park, 901 15th Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414
All members of the Physics Department and their families are invited.
Monday, September 26th 2011
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Yong-Zhong Qian
Subject: Supernova-Driven Outflows and Chemical Evolution of Dwarf Galaxies
Tuesday, September 27th 2011
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Chad Geppert
Subject: Symmetries of the inverse spin Hall effect: a confluence of hyperfine and spin-orbit
12:20 pm:
Space Physics Seminar-No Seminar this week
in 210 Physics
Subject: No seminar this week
2:30 pm:
Biophysics Seminar
in 170 Physics
Speaker: Sanjeevi Sivasankar, Iowa State University
Subject: Tuning cell adhesion at the single molecule level
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Adam Shreckenberger, University of Minnesota
Subject: MINOS results
Wednesday, September 28th 2011
1:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Mai Anh N Nguyen, University of Minnesota
Subject: Virtual Reality Technology and Potential Implementation in Nuclear Engineering
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Alexei Koulakov, Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory, NY
Subject: Formation of brain maps: nurture versus nature.
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, September 29th 2011
09:00 am:
Thesis Defense
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Maribel Nunez-Valdez
Subject: Structural and Elastic Properties of Iron-Bearing Olivine Polymorphs at High Pressures and Temperatures: A First-Principles Study
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Andrew Johnson and Tom Jones
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Masanori Hanada, University of Washington
Subject: Orbifold equivalence and the sign problem at finite baryon density
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Alexei Koulakov, Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory, NY
Subject: Lognormal distribution in the brain: The tail of two tails.
Friday, September 30th 2011
3:35 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Nelson, U Minnesota, Physics
Subject: V407 Cyg 2010: Exploring the Anatomy of a Gamma-Ray Emitting Nova
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 170 Physics
Speaker: Miles MacLeod, Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, Vienna
Subject: A New Look at Grouping Practices in the Life Sciences: Significant Kinds and the Epistemic Roles of Kind Concepts
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 236A Physics
Speaker: Alex Heger, University of Minnesota
Subject: To be announced.
Monday, October 3rd 2011
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Kyle Zilic, University of Minnesota
Subject: Gravitational Lensing and Improving Cosmological Precision with the South Pole Telescope
Tuesday, October 4th 2011
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
12:20 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Aaron Breneman, University of Minnesota
Subject: Explaining Polarization Reversals in STEREO Wave Data
2:30 pm:
Biophysics Seminar
in 170 Physics
Speaker: Keir Fogarty, Uinversity of Minnesota
Subject: Flourescence-based techniques for investigating the assembly pathway of human retroviruses in living cells
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Jianming Bian, University of Minnesota
Subject: An Introduction to the BESIII Experiment.
Wednesday, October 5th 2011
1:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Sean Garrick, University of Minnesota
Subject: To be announced
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Prof. Philip Kim, Columbia University
Subject: Pseudo-Spin and Pseudo-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics in Graphene
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, October 6th 2011
09:30 am:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Prof. Philip Kim, Columbia University
Subject: Electron interactions in graphene
NOTE CHANGE OF TIME AND ROOM
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
No Journal Club - FTPI Inflation Workshop this week
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Lara B. Anderson (Harvard)
Subject: An Algorithmic Approach to String Phenomenology
Friday, October 7th 2011
3:35 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
No colloquium this week due to the Inflation Workshop in FTPI
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 170 Physics
Speaker: Karl Niklas, Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University
Subject: The Bio-logic of Plant Development and Morphogenesis
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 236A Physics
Speaker: Dan Dahlberg, University of Minnesota
Subject: Magnetic reversal at almost the nanoscale
Monday, October 10th 2011
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Tony Piro, Caltech
Subject: Multi-Messenger Astrophysics of Gamma-ray Bursts
Tuesday, October 11th 2011
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
12:20 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Bob Lysak, University of Minnesota
Subject: Mode Coupling in the Ionospheric Alfven Resonator
2:30 pm:
Biophysics Seminar
in 170 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Alec Habig, University of Minnesota, Duluth
Subject: The HALO Experiment and Supernova Early Warning
Wednesday, October 12th 2011
1:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Meng-Ru Wu, University of Minnesota
Subject: Collective Flavor Oscillations of the Neutrino Neutronization Burst from O-Ne-Mg Supernovae
2:30 pm:
Erikson Lecture
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Michael Dyakonov, Laboratoire Charles Coulomb University of Montpellier, France
Subject: The Spin Hall Effect
This is a special event, note time change from Colloquium. Refreshments will be served in 216 after the lecture.
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
There will be no colloquium this week. Note: Erikson Lecture at 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 13th 2011
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Dinesh Shenoy and Niklas Karlsson
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Minho Son, Yale University
Subject: Jet substructure and searching for spin-1 resonances decaying electroweak bosons
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Joe Kapusta , Physics Department, University of Minnesota
Subject: Phase Fluctuations near the Chiral Critical Point of QCD
Friday, October 14th 2011
3:35 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Massimo Marengo, Iowa State
Subject: Blowing a Standard Candle: the Disappearing Mass of delta Cephei
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 170 Physics
Speaker: Pnina Abir-Am, Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University
Subject: The Road not Taken: Ego-histoire or My Autobiographical Encounter with Pioneering Women Scientists (Two Nobel Laureates and a 'Scientist Interrupted')
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 236A Physics
Speaker: Clem Pryke, University of Minnesota
Subject: Studying the CMB from the South Pole
Monday, October 17th 2011
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Tuesday, October 18th 2011
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Michel Dyakonov, University of Monpellier, France
Subject: Can we have and do we need a quantum computer?
12:20 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Scott Thaller, University of Minnesota
Subject: Unusually intense precipitating electron kinetic energy flux during major geomagnetic storms
2:30 pm:
Biophysics Seminar
in 170 Physics
Speaker: Cecile Fradin, McMaster Canada.
Subject: Spatio-temporal pattern formation in embryos: How diffusion helps create order
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Wednesday, October 19th 2011
1:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Joseph Kapusta, University of Minnesota
Subject: Relativistic Theory of Hydrodynamic Fluctuations
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Eugene Demler, Harvard University
Subject: Learning about order from noise
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, October 20th 2011
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Eric Bullock and Robert Gehrz
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Amit Sever (Perimeter)
Subject: Flux Tubes, Integrability and the S-matrix of N=4 SYM
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Professor Mo Li, Electrical Engineering Dept,, University of Minnesota
Subject: Make light do the work: harnessing optical forces in nanophotonics
Friday, October 21st 2011
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 170 Physics
Speaker: Author: Susan Jones, History of Science and Technology, University of Minnesota. Readers: Peter Koolmees, Descartes Centre, University of Utrecht; Dominique Tobbell, History of Medicine, Univ of Min
Subject: Author Meets Readers: Death in a Small Package: A Short History of Anthrax
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.; also reception and book signing after presentation
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 236A Physics
Speaker: Priscilla Cushman, University of Minnesota
Subject: Searching for Dark Matter Underground: the CDMS experiment
Monday, October 24th 2011
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Jon Dumm, University of Minnesota
Subject: Searching for Neutrinos at the South Pole with IceCube
2:00 pm:
Fine Theoretical Physics Institute Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Frank Hekking, Universite Joseph Fourier and CNRS, Grenoble, France
Subject: Stirring one-dimensional bosons on a ring
Tuesday, October 25th 2011
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Kent Bodurtha, University of Minnesota
Subject: Thermopower Studies in Amorphous Silicon-Based Structures
12:20 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Lei Dai, University of Minnesota
Subject: Particle energization during Substorm dipolarization/injection events
2:30 pm:
Biophysics Seminar
in 170 Physics
Speaker: Ahmet Heikal, Uuniversity of Minnesota at Duluth
Subject: Specialized Lipid Domains and IgE Receptor Signaling
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Jarek Nowak, University of Minnesota
Subject: NOvA Experiment
Wednesday, October 26th 2011
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Prof. Vuk Mandic, University of Minnesota
Subject: Astrophysics with Gravitational-Wave Detectors
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, October 27th 2011
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Kyle Neary and Kristen McQuinn
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Meifeng Lin (Yale)
Subject: TeV Physics with TeraFlops Supercomputers
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Frank Hekking, Universite Joseph Fourier and CNRS, Grenoble, France
Subject: Phase-charge duality in Josephson junction chains
1:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 150 Physics
Speaker: Ramin Daghigh, Metrostate University
Subject: Is there a connection between black hole quasinormal modes and the microscopic structure of their spacetime?
Note change of day and room! This week only.
Friday, October 28th 2011
2:00 pm:
Fine Theoretical Physics Institute Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Alexander Migdal, Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics
Subject: Meromorphization of Large N QFT
3:35 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Eli Dwek, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Subject: The Origin of Dust in the High-Redshift Universe
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 170 Physics
Speaker: Eric Schatzberg, Department of History of Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Subject: Lost in Translation: German Theory and the American Concept of Technology between the World Wars
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 236A Physics
Speaker: Marvin Marshak, University of Minnesota
Subject: Adventures in Underground Space
Monday, October 31st 2011
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Filippo Mannucci, INAF - Osservatorio di Arcetri
Subject: Evolution of galaxy metallicity with cosmic time
2:00 pm:
Fine Theoretical Physics Institute Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Steven Duplij (Rutgers)
Subject: Nonlinear Electrodynamics and Supersymmetry
Tuesday, November 1st 2011
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Kevin Christie, University of Minnesota
Subject: The role of nuclear polarization in the inverse spin Hall effect
12:20 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: No seminar this week
2:30 pm:
Biophysics Seminar
in 170 Physics
Speaker: Woods Halley, University of Minnesota
Subject: Nonequilibrium Steady States in a Statistical Model of Prebiotic Evolution
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Wednesday, November 2nd 2011
1:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Sean Bartz, University of Minnesota
Subject: AdS/QCD Background Fields from a Scalar Potential
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Jos Uffink, Dept. of Philosophy, Univ. of Minnesota
Subject: Recent advances in the formulation of the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics.
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, November 3rd 2011
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Mehdi Lame'e and Claudia Scarlata
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 150 Physics
Speaker: Vitaly Vanchurin (Stanford)
Subject: Kinetic theory of strings
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Professor Eun-Ah Kim, Cornell University
Subject: Electronic Liquid Crystal Correlations in the Pseudogap States of High Tc Superconductors
Friday, November 4th 2011
3:35 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Amy Barger, U Wisconsin - Madison
Subject: The History of Star Formation and AGN Activity from Deep X-ray Observations
No colloquium this week.
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 236A Physics
Speaker: Shaul Hanany, University of Minnesota
Subject: Searching for Signatures of the Big Bang from 120,000 ft.
Monday, November 7th 2011
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Tuesday, November 8th 2011
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Stephen Snyder, University of Minnesota
Subject: Fluxoid quantization in superconducting Al nanorings
12:20 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Joseph Dwyer, Department of Physics and Space Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology
Subject: High Energy Atmospheric Physics
2:30 pm:
Biophysics Seminar
in 170 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Chris White, Illinois Institute of Technology
Subject: To be announced.
Wednesday, November 9th 2011
1:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Ken Chen, University of Minnesota
Subject: Cracking the Most Luminous Supernovae
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Joseph Dwyer, Florida Institute of Technology
Subject: X-ray Emissions from Thunderstorms and Lightning
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, November 10th 2011
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Roberta Humphreys
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Dr. J.Klauder (U.Florida)
Subject: Field Quantization Without Divergences
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: N. Perkins, University Wisconsin, Madison
Subject: Quantum phase transitions in a strongly entangled spin-orbital chains.
Friday, November 11th 2011
3:35 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Kyle Willett, U Minnesota, Physics
Subject: OH masers from M31 out to the peak of cosmic star formation
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 170 Physics
Speaker: Bruce Moran, Department of History, University of Nevada, Reno
Subject: Scheide-Kunst: Alchemy, Agency, and Magic in the Early Modern Experience of Nature and the Body
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 236A Physics
Speaker: Lucy Fortson, University of Minnesota
Subject: To be announced
Monday, November 14th 2011
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Lililya Williams, University of Minnesota
Subject: Gravitational N-body problem and Statistical Mechanics
2:30 pm:
Thesis Defense
in Physics 157
Speaker: Anthony Hatke
Subject: Nonequilibrium transport in semiconductor quantum structures
Tuesday, November 15th 2011
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Chien-Te Wu, University of Minnesota
Subject: Reentrant Superconductivity in Ferromagnet/Superconductor Heterostructures
12:20 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Xiangwei Tang, University of Minnesota
Subject: 'THEMIS observations of Waves associated with Magnetic Reconnection at the Dayside Magnetopause'
2:30 pm:
Biophysics Seminar
in 170 Physics
Speaker: Bryce Beverlin II, University of Minnesota
Subject: Periodic forcing of neural oscillator networks to control seizure states
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Wednesday, November 16th 2011
1:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Michael Albright, University of Minnesota
Subject: Thetransport coefficients of hot dense matter are of great interest due to their importance in modeling heavy ion collisions and warm neutron stars
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: William L. Holzapfel, University of California at Berkeley
Subject: Cosmological Constraints from Observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background with the South Pole Telescope
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, November 17th 2011
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Mario Mateo (visiting scholar)
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Masahito Yamazaki (Princeton)
Subject: 3d SUSY gauge theories and 3-manifolds
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Professor Bharat Jalan, CEMS , University of Minnesota
Subject: Novel MBE Approaches to the Growth of Complex Oxide Thin Films
Friday, November 18th 2011
3:35 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Mario Mateo, U Michigan
Subject: Collecting Fossils in the Galactic Halo
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 170 Physics
Speaker: Author: Stephen Kellert, Dept of Philosophy, Hamline University. Readers: William Wimsatt, Dept of Philosophy, University of Chicago; Ron Giere, Dept of Philosophy, University of Minnesota
Subject: Author Meets Readers: Borrowed Knowledge: Chaos Theory and the Challenge of Learning across Disciplines
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 236A Physics
Speaker: Michel Janssen, University of Minnesota
Subject: To be announced
Monday, November 21st 2011
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: David Cerdeno, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Subject: Complementarity in dark matter searches
Tuesday, November 22nd 2011
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
12:20 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Yan Yin, University of Minnesota
Subject: Magnetic flux transport in the plasma sheet
2:30 pm:
Biophysics Seminar
in 170 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Michael Cooke, Fermilab
Subject: The Tevatron's Massive Search for the Higgs
Wednesday, November 23rd 2011
1:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
There will be no colloquium this week.
Thursday, November 24th 2011
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
There will be no seminar this week. University closed for Thanksgiving.
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week. University Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday.
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
There will be no seminar this week. University closed for Thanksgiving.
Friday, November 25th 2011
3:35 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
There will be no colloquium this week. University closed for Thanksgiving.
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
There will be no colloquium this week. University closed for Thanksgiving.
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 236A Physics
There will be no seminar this week. University Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday.
Monday, November 28th 2011
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Jeff Klein, University of Minnesota
Subject: Constraints on general relativity from SDSS measurements of the gravitational redshifts of galaxies in clusters
Tuesday, November 29th 2011
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
12:20 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Seminar today cancelled
Practice Talks for AGU
2:30 pm:
Biophysics Seminar
in 170 Physics
Speaker: Keith Lidke, University of New Mexico
Subject: Imaging membrane protein distributions and dynamics using single molecule super-resolution, quantum dot tracking and hyperspectral microscopy
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Wednesday, November 30th 2011
1:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Zhen Yuan, University of Minnesota
Subject: Chemical Evolution of Dwarf Galaxy
There will be no seminar this week.
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
There will be no colloquium this week.
Thursday, December 1st 2011
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Skyler Grammer and Larry Rudnick
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Tao Liu
Subject: ``Dark Light Higgs'' - A New Paradigm for Light Dark Matter and Nonstandard Higgs Physics
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Friday, December 2nd 2011
3:35 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: No Astronomy Colloquium this week
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 170 Physics
Speaker: Sabina Leonelli, Department of Sociology and Philosophy, University of Exeter
Subject: Towards an Epistemology of e-Biology
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 236A Physics
Speaker: Michael Zudov, University of Minnesota
Subject: Nonequilibrium quantum magnetotransport in 2D electron systems
Monday, December 5th 2011
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Ken Chen, University of Minnesota
Subject: Formation of the First Galaxies
2:00 pm:
Fine Theoretical Physics Institute Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Anatoly Dymarsky (IAS Princeton)
Subject: Non-supersymmetric conifold
Tuesday, December 6th 2011
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Yeonbae Lee, University of Minnesota
Subject: Magnetic Transport of disordered amorphous Indium Oxide (a-InOx).
12:20 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 210 Physics
No seminar this week: AGU
12:20 pm:
Special Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Rajan Gupta, LANL
Subject: Natural Gas can be more than a bridge fuel -- it can fuel development
*Note: this is a special general interest seminar, not a "special Nuclear seminar" as was previously announced.
2:30 pm:
Biophysics Seminar
in 170 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 7th 2011
1:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Rajan Gupta, LANL
Subject: The finite temperature transition in QCD
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Yuri Kamyshkov, University of Tennessee
Subject: Matter-Antimatter Transformation Search with cold neutrons
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, December 8th 2011
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Jennifer Delgado and Evan Skillman
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Martín González-Alonso (Wisconsin-Madison)
Subject: Beta decays in the LHC era
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Tigran Sedrakyan, University of Minnesota
Subject: Anderson localization and correlation-induced delocalization in an N-leg optical lattice
Friday, December 9th 2011
08:00 am:
Untitled
in Physics
3:35 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Julianne Dalcanton, U Washington
Subject: Galaxies Viewed as Collections of Individual Stars
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
There will be no colloquium this week.
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 236A Physics
Speaker: Gregory Pawloski
Subject: To be announced
Monday, December 12th 2011
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Lawrence Rudnick, University of Minnesota
Subject: Stage IV Dark Energy and Next Generation X-ray Missions
Tuesday, December 13th 2011
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Tianran Chen, University of Minnesota
Subject: Charge Transport in Doped Nanocrystal Arrays
12:20 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 210 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
2:30 pm:
Biophysics Seminar
in 170 Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Roger Rusack, University of Minnesota
Subject: New Higgs boson search results at CMS
Wednesday, December 14th 2011
1:30 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Sener Ozonder, University of Minnesota
Subject: Classical Gluon Fields in Heavy-ion Collisions and Confinement by Colored Noise
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Professor Andrey Chubukov, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Subject: New Iron age -- superconductivity in Fe-pnictides
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, December 15th 2011
10:45 am:
Honors Thesis Defense, Astrophysics
in Physics 358
Speaker: Grant Remmen, University of Minnesota
Subject: Hubble Space Telescope Subpixel Modeling of Anomalous High-Excitation Emission Lines in the Ejecta of Eta Carinae
This is the public portion of Mr. Remmen’s Senior Honors Thesis Defense.
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: TBA
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Andrey Chubukov (Madison WI)
Subject: Nematic order in Fe- Pnictides
Friday, December 16th 2011
3:35 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.
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 236A Physics
There will be no seminar this week.
Monday, December 19th 2011
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Immanuel Buder, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
Subject: CMB Polarization Results from the QUIET Experiment
Thursday, December 22nd 2011
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: No Seminar, Finals Week.
Monday, December 26th 2011
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Saturday, December 31st 2011
08:00 am:
Test Item, please ignore
in Physics
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