2007-2008 Physics Seminars

Fall 2007

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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

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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

Past Physics Seminars

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

Fall 2005

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 ?

Spring 2006

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

Fall 2004

Spring 2005

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