Spring Quarter 2004

COLLOQUIA
Spring Quarter, 2004 - Zhu & Liu
MONDAY- 4:10 p.m., 55 Roessler Hall


April 5
Dr. Stephen Thorsett, UC Santa Cruz
"Radio Pulsars: Doing Nuclear Physics with a Telescope"
Abstract

April 12
Dr. Barry Barish, California Institute of Technology
"Probing the Universe for Gravitational Waves"
Abstract

April 19
Dr. Eva Silverstein, SLAC
"Dark Energy and the Degrees of Freedom of String Theory"
Abstract

April 26
Dr. Frances Hellman, UC San Diego
"Spin Electronics: Magnetic Moments and Amorphous Semiconductors "
Abstract

May 3
Dr. Sunil Sinha, UCSD
"Diffuse Scattering Studies of Lattice Modulations and Lattice Distortions in Complex Oxides"
Abstract

May 10
Dr. Shamit Kachru, Stanford/SLAC
"Cosmology on the String Theory Landscape"
Abstract

May 17
Dr. Geoff Marcy, UC Berkeley
"Extrasolar Planetary Systems"
Abstract

May 24
Dr. Stephan Meyer
"WMAP and Future CMB Experiments"
Abstract



HIGH ENERGY/ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS SEMINAR
Spring Quarter, 2004 - Kiskis

TUESDAY - 4:10 p.m., Room 416 Physics/Geology

Special Date, Thursday, May 27
Dr. Marco Battaglia, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
"Supersymmetric Dark Matter and the Linear Collider: Physics potential and Detector requirements"
Abstract

June 1
Dr. Chris Hill, University of California Santa Barbara
"Top Dileptons at the Tevatron and Beyond"
Abstract


June 8

Dr. Andre Sopczak, Lancaster University
"Higgs Physics: from LEP to a Linear Collider"
Abstract




NUCLEAR SEMINAR
Spring Quarter, 2004 - Cebra


COSMOLOGY SEMINAR
Spring Quarter, 2004 - Albrecht

THURSDAY - 12:10 p.m., Room 416 Physics/Geology

Possibly a more up to date version here

April 22
Dr. John Dubinski, CITA
"A Universe in Motion: The Dynamical Evolution of Galaxies in a Cosmolgical Context"
Abstract

April 29
Dr. Rachel Akeson, JPL
"First Science Results with the Keck Interferometer"
Abstract

May 6
Dr. Lorenzo Sorbo, UC Davis
"Moving Sources in a Ghost Condensate"
Abstract

May 13
Dr. Kim-Vy Tran, ETH Institute of Astronomy, Zurich
"Post-starburst Galaxies at Intermediate Redshifts"
Abstract

May 20
Dr. Alexander Maloney, Stanford
"Beauty is Attractive: Moduli Trapping at Enhanced Symmetry Points"

Abstract

May 27
Todd Small, Caltech

"The Galaxy Evolution Explorer: Results from the First Year"

Abstract

June 3

Dr. Jean-Paul Kneib, Caltech
"Cluster Lenses: a Deep Look in the Universe"
Abstract

June 10
Dr. Eliot Quataert, UC Berkeley
"On the Maximum Luminosity of Galaxies and Their Central Black Holes: Feedback From Momentum-Driven Winds"
Abstract

CONDENSED MATTER SEMINAR
Spring Quarter, 2004 - Scalettar

THURSDAY - 4:10 p.m., Room 416 Physics/Geology

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April 1
Dr. Larry Sorensen, University of Washington
"How magnets remember/frget: Truth from speckle"
Abstract

April 8
Dr. Andrea Cavalleri, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
"Femtosecond X-ray Diffraction and Spectroscopy: new Light on the Dynamics of Phase Transitions in Strongly Correlated Systems"
Abstract

April 13
Dr. Rossitza Pentcheva, University of Munich
"On the Stabilization of Polar Metal Oxide Surfaces: A First Principles Study of Fe304(001)"
Abstract

April 15
Dr. Leonid Butov, University of California, San Diego
"Phenomena in cold excition gasses: Condensation, macroscopic ordering and beyond"
Abstract

April 22
Dr. Dieter Weller, Seagate Technology
"Assult on Storage Densities of 1 Terabit per Sq inch and beyond"
Abstract

April 29
Dr. Damon Jackson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
"Designer Diamond Anvils: A Novel Technique for Electrical Transport and AC Susceptibility Measurements"
Abstract

Monday, May 3
Dr. Charles Reichhardt, Los Alamos National Laboratory
"Pattern formation in systems with competing interactions: Applications to materials science"
Abstract

May 6
Dr. Lin Yang, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
"Quantum-based simulations of material strength and phase diagrams for high-Z metals"
Abstract

May 13
Dr. Helmut Katzgraber, Theoretische Physik, ETH Hoenggerberg
"Typical versus average superfluid density: Understanding the vortex glass phase"
Abstract

May 20
Dr. Matthew Hastings, Center for Nonlinear Studies, LANL
"Lieb-Schultz-Mattis in Higher Dimensions"
Abstract

May 27
Dr. Choong-Shik Yoo, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
"High Pressure Materials Research at the APS"
Abstract

Special Date, Friday, May 28
Dr. Leonard Sander, The University of Michigan
"Kinetic Pinning and Biological Antifreezes"
Abstract

June 3
Dr. Zack Schlesinger, University of California Santa Cruz
"Systematic Study of Kondo Resonance Scaling via Infrared/Optical Spectroscopy"

Abstract

PHYSICS EDUCATION - PHYSICS 298-23 SEMINAR
Spring Quarter, 2004

FRIDAY- 12:00-1:00, Room 113 Walker Annex



STUDENTS ONLY SEMINAR
Spring Quarter, 2004

WEDNESDAY - 12:30 p.m., 416 Physics/Geology



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