Events During November, 2018
- Thursday, November 1st
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Localization at the Edge of 2D Topological Insulator by Kondo Impurities, Boris Altshuler, Columbia University
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and Cookies 3:30 PM, Talk begins at 3:45 PM
- Survey of the Large-Scale Flows of Baryons Around Galaxies, Nicholas Lehner, University of Notre Dame
- Friday, November 2nd
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm - 3:25 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Weak Gravity Conjecture from Unitarity and Causality, Toshifumi Noumi, Kobe University
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 chamberlin hall
- Bose condensation of excitons in TiSe2, Peter Abbamonte, UIUC
- Monday, November 5th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- NO SEMINAR
- Tuesday, November 6th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- A report on the recent work by Araujo and Liotta on the topological requirements for robust perfect adaptation in networks of any size, Sigurd Angenent, UW Department of Mathematics
- Thursday, November 8th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Interaction-induced time symmetry breaking in periodically driven oscillators, Mark Dykman, Michigan State University
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:30 PM. Talk Begins at 3:45 PM
- Star Formation Then and Now, Nia Imara, CfA Harvard
- Monday, November 12th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 chamberlin hall
- Advances and discoveries en route to magnetically confined electron-positron plasmas, Dr. Eve Stenson, IPP Garching
- Tuesday, November 13th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- Artificial general intelligence, Bill Hibbard, UW Space Science and Engineering Center
- Council Meeting
- 3:30 pm; 2314 Chamberlin Hall
- Wednesday, November 14th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Thursday, November 15th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Optically-pumped dynamic nuclear polarization under ambient conditions via nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond, Prof. Carlos Meriles, City College of New York
- Cosmology Journal Club; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and Cookies 3:30 PM, Talk begins at 3:45 PM
- The Journey or the Destination: Isolating the Origin of the Physics Driving Gas Conditions in Galaxy Nuclei, Elisabeth Mills, Brandeis University
- Special Joint Condensed Matter - Atomic Molecular Optical Physics Seminar; 4:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Time-varying shear strain as an ultrafast symmetry switch in a Weyl semimetal, Aaron Lindenberg, Standford University
- Friday, November 16th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm - 3:25 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Dynamical field range and mass hierarchies, Aitor Landete, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Terahertz frequency topological switches, Aaron Lindenberg, Standford University
- Monday, November 19th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 chamberlin hall
- Wave generation and heat flux suppression in astrophysical plasma systems, Gareth Roberg-Clark , Univ. Maryland
- Tuesday, November 20th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 11:00 am - 12:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Deriving the WGC from holographic entanglement entropy, Miguel Montero, KU Leuven
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- Ergodicity in chaotic oscillators, Clint Sprott, UW Department of Physics
- Monday, November 26th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:05 pm; 2241 chamberlin hall
- Turbulent Dynamo in a Collisionless Magnetized Plasma, Denis St-Onge, Princeton Univ.
- Tuesday, November 27th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
- Solar activity and its influence on us, Alex Lazarian, UW Department of Astronomy
- Council Meeting
- 3:30 pm; 2314 Chamberlin Hall
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- New Physics and New Proposal to Find Them in Proton Fixed-Target Facilities at Fermilab, Yu-dai Tsai, FNAL
- Thursday, November 29th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Modern Quantum Computing on Near Term Hardware. … over the cloud, Dr. Raphael Pooser, Oak Ridge National Lab
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Supernova Cosmology Results from the Dark Energy Survey, Richard Kessler, University of Chicago
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and Cookies 3:30 PM, Talk begins at 3:45 PM
- Surveying the Galactic Bulge for Transients and Compact Binaries, Tom Maccarone, Texas Tech University
- Friday, November 30th
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 2:00 pm - 3:25 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Topological Data Analysis for Cosmology and String Theory, Alex Cole, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Physics Department Colloquium, Special Event: Julian E. Mack Lecture;
3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall - Quantum Information and Computation, David Wineland, U Oregon
