Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Schedule
Spring 2008

NOTE: All colloquia will be held on THURSDAY at 3:40 PM in Rm. 109 Nicholson, unless otherwise indicated.

DATE
TITLE OF TALK
SPEAKER
SPEAKER'S INSTITUTION
HOST
Jan. 17        
Jan. 24 "Astrophysical Black Holes" Ramesh Narayan Harvard University,
Center for Astrophysics
Juhan Frank
Jan. 31 "MINERvA: Precision measrements of neutrino scattering at Fermilab"
Abstract
Robert Bradford University of Rochester Bill Metcalf
Feb. 7 CANCELED
Abstract

Natalia Perkins University of Wisconsin-Madison Ilya Vekhter
Feb. 12
Tuesday
"Neutrino flavor-mixing - news from the frontier"
Abstract
Christopher Mauger California Institute of Technology Bill Metcalf
Feb. 14 "Detecting Neutrinos from GRB's with IceCube"
Abstract
Ignacio Taboada University of California-Berkeley Bill Metcalf
Feb. 19
Tuesday
"Neutrino and Neutrinoless Experiments"
Abstract
Huaizhang Deng University of Pennsylvania Bill Metcalf
Feb. 28 "In search of neutrinoless double beta decay"
Abstract
Kai Zuber University of Sussex Thomas Kutter
March 6 "Exploring the transient Universe with gravitational waves"
Abstract
Patrick Brady University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Gabriela Gonzalez

March 13

"Quantum Coherence Effects in Solids" Olga Kocharovskaya Texas A&M University Jonathan Dowling
March 20 Spring Break
March 27 "The Stellar Halo of the Andromeda Galaxy and Dwarf Galaxy Building Blocks" Puragra Guhathakurta University of California Observatories/Lick Observatory James Clem
&
Arlo Landolt
April 3 "Imaging with Phase-
Sensitive Light"
Abstract
Jeff Shapiro Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jonathan Dowling
April 10 "Strands of Superconductivity
at the Nanoscale "
Abstract
Paul M. Goldbart Department of Physics &
Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Daniel Sheehy
Mon,
April 14
---
3:40 PM
---
435 Nicholson

"Quantum Critical Phenomena in Correlated Electron Systems"
Abstract

Rongying Jin Oak Ridge National Laboratory Dana Browne
April 17 "High-Tc Superconductivity: Summing Up"
Abstract
Dimitrii Basov University of California, San Diego Ilya Vekhter
Tues
April 22
---
3:40 PM
---
109 Nicholson

"Modeling Black Hole Binary Mergers"
Abstract

Erik Schnetter CCT-LSU Ed Seidel
April 24 "Of Common Envelopes and Planetary Nebulae"
Abstract
Orsola de Marco American Museum of Natural History Geoff Clayton
Wed,
April 30
---
3:40 PM
---
109 Nicholson

"TBA"

Jiandi Zhang Florida International University Dana Browne
May 1 "How to Untwinkle a Star"
Abstract
Peter Milonni Los Alamos National Laboratory Jonathan Dowling
May 8        

 

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