2009-2010 Physics Seminars |
Fall 2009
18 September - Stefanie Brachfeld
Understanding Mars Magnetic Anomalies Using Experimental Petrology and Rock Magnetism
20 November - Luca Turin
Is smell a quantum phenomenon ?
4 December - David DeMille
high precision testing of fundamental physical properties |
Spring 2010
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Past Physics Seminars |
Fall 2008
12 September - Renuka Rajapakse
Light-Matter Interactions and Quantum Computing
17 October - Matthew Bailey
Lightning-Induced Optical Events in the Middle Atmosphere
7 November - Jan Chaloupka
Ultrafast Lasers and Ultra-Intense Fields: Atomic Physics under Extreme Conditions
21 November - Dan Peppe
Identifying the effects of paleoenvironmental change on terrestrial ecosystems: an integrated approach |
Spring 2009
February and March
these times are reserved for presentations from candidates for our tenure track position in experimental physics, please check out the lockal flyers announcing these talks
27-March Gary Felder
The Very Early Universe
3 April - Mark Silverman
Is “THE FORCE” with Us?
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Fall 2007
28 September - Michael Studinger
Subglacial Lakes in Antarctica: Linking Ice Sheet Dynamics, Tectonics, and Biology with Aerogeophysical Methods
19 October - Janine Shertzer
Atomic diffraction |
Spring 2008
1 February - James McDonald
How does the sun shine ?
4 April - Robin Cote
The formation and use of ultra-cold molecules
25 April - Abner Shimony
Time dependence of the onset of the Pauli Principle in a fresh ensemble of electrons |
Fall 2006
29 September - David Branning
Of Gods, Dice, and Spooky Actions At a Distance: Introduction to Bell's Inequality
20 October - John Tarduno
The Beginning and Future of Earth's Magnetic Field
10 November - Leslie Brown
Stalking Celestial Monsters: Monitoring Active Galactic Nuclei and the Black Holes They Contain
8 December - Jeff Dorale
North American Pleistocene Extinctions: Lessons from our Living Megafauna
presented in collaboration with the Environmental Sciences Program |
Spring 2007
2 February - John Wettlaufer
Phase Transitions, Ocean Freezing and Climate Catastrophes
6 April - Susanne Yelin
Manipulation of matter with coherent light: From molecular quantum computing to negative refraction
20 April - Arshad Kudrolli
Particle Shape and Dynamics of Granular Matter: Swarming to Swirling |
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Fall 2005
9 September - Scott Calvin
How Small is Small
30 September - Christoph Geiss
How to Make Mountains
21 October - David Branning
Caught in the act: can Inhibited Spontaneous Emission be seen?
4 November - Mark Silverman
The Climes, Are They A-Changin'?
18 November - Kyungseon Joo
Do we Know Protons Well ?
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Spring 2006
3 February - Larry Gould
Albert Einstein - Myth and Magic
17 February - Brad Moser
The Exploding Diatomic Molecule
10 March - Michael Brown
Self-organization in Magnetized Plasmas
7 April - Mark Silverman
Are Crowds Wise? An Experimental Test
21 April - Alexei Smirnov
The magnetic field of the Early Earth |
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Fall 2004
17 September - Robert Hilborn
No Noise is Bad Noise
1 October - Michael Brezel
The Phenomenon of NMR and Clinical Uses of MRI
12 November - John Wang
Towards Inflation in String Theory: Extra Dimensions and Spacelike Branes
3 December - Eric Myers
Searching for Ripples in Spacetime
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Spring 2005
18 February - Ravi Sachidanandam
Love at First Sight: Sequence Recognition in Biology
3 March - David Branning
Quantum Thought-Experiments with Light
4 March - Laurie Morgus
Excited Electronic States of NaK
11 March - Windell Oskay
The Mercury-ion Optical Clock
16 March - Bob Weinberger
Photocatalytic Thin Films for the Improvement of Indoor Air Quality |
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