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COLLOQUIA
Spring Quarter, 2005
MONDAY 4:10 p.m., 55 Roessler Hall
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April 4, 2005
Prof. Joshua Frieman, Fermilab & University of Chicago
"
Probing Dark Energy "
Abstract
April 11, 2005
Prof. Rene Ong, UCLA
"
Exploring the Extreme Universe "
Abstract
April 18, 2005
Prof. Andrew Cohen, Boston University
"
Electroweak Superconductivity "
Abstract
April 25, 2005
Prof. Tom Abel, KIPAC
" The First Stars "
Abstract
May 2, 2005
Prof. Jing Shi, University of Utah
"
Giant Magnetoresistance and Organic Semiconductor Spintronics "
Abstract
May 9, 2005
Prof. Petr Hořava, UC Berkeley
Chronology Protection and Astrophysics of Compact Objects in String Theory
Abstract
May 16, 2005
Prof. Gregory Gabadadze, New York University
"Large Distance Gravity and Cosmological Constant"
Abstract
May 23, 2005
Dr. Vitaliy Fadeyev, LBL
"
Audio Reconstruction of Mechanically Recorded Sound
by Digital Processing of Metrological Data "
Abstract
HIGH ENERGY/ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS SEMINAR
Spring Quarter, 2005
TUESDAY 4:10 p.m., 416 Physics/Geology
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April 1, 2005 @ 2:30, 432 Phy/Geo
NOTE SPECIAL DAY AND TIME
Dr. Anastasia Volovich, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara
"
QCD Amplitudes and String Theory "
April 19, 2005
Dr. Maurice Garcia-Sciveres, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
"
The Atlas Experiment "
Abstract
April 20, 2005 - Wednesday, 432 Phy/Geo
NOTE SPECIAL DAY AND LOCATION
Prof. Zacharia Chacko, University of Arizona
"
Localized Supersoft Supersymmetry Breaking "
Abstract
April 26, 2005
Prof. Bruce Schumm, UC Santa Cruz
"
Silicon Tracking at the Linear Collider "
Abstract
May 6, 2005
NOTE SPECIAL DAY
Prof. Tom Banks, UC Santa Cruz
"
Thoughts on the Quantum Theory of Stable de Sitter Space "
May 10, 2005
Prof. Andreas Karch, University of Washington
"
Hologravity "
May 17, 2005
Dr. Jeppe. R. Andersen, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
"
Probing the High Energy Limit of QCD "
Abstract
June 7, 2005
Dr. Michele Papucci, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
"
NMFV (Next to Minimal Flavor Violation) & Signals in B-physics "
Abstract
NUCLEAR SEMINAR
Spring Quarter, 2005
WEDNESDAY 4:10 p.m., 416 Physics/Geology
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March 31, 2005 - 416 Phy/Geo @ 2:30 pm
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Dr. Manuel Calderon de la Barca Sanchez, Indiana University
"
Recent results from RHIC "
Abstract
COSMOLOGY SEMINAR
Spring Quarter, 2005
THURSDAY 12:10 p.m., 416 Physics/Geology
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March 31, 2005 CANCELLED
Dr. Taotao Fang, LBL
"
Probing the Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium "
Abstract
April 7, 2005
Prof. Raja Guhathakurta, UC Santa Cruz
"
The Stellar Halo of the Andromeda Spiral Galaxy
and Dwarf Galaxy Building Blocks "
Abstract
April 14, 2005
Chris Vale, UC Berkeley
"
Weak Lensing and Dark Energy "
Abstract
April 21, 2005
Dr. Jochen Weller, Fermilab
"
Constraining Dark Energy with X-ray Galaxy Clusters, Supernovae and the
Cosmic Microwave Background "
Abstract
April 28, 2005
Dr. Natalia Kuznetsova, UC Berkeley & LBL
"
Supernova/Acceleration Probe: A Dark Energy Mission Overview "
Abstract
May 3, 2005 - 12:00 pm, 525 Phy/Geo
NOTE SPECIAL DAY & LOCATION
Dr. Amir Hajian, IUCAA
Title TBA
May 5, 2005
Dr. Ruediger Kneissl, UC Berkeley
"
Searching for galaxy clusters with the SZ effect "
Abstract
May 19, 2005
Prof. Andrey Kravtsov, University of Chicago
"
High-resolution cosmological simulations of galaxy clusters "
Abstract
May 24, 2005 (Tuesday)
SPECIAL SEMINAR, Room 525 Phy/Geo
Dr. Marina Shmakova, SLAC
"
Sextupole Lensing: Higher Moments in Gravitational Lensing and Dark Matter Structures"
May 26, 2005
Dr. Avishay Gal-Yam, Cal Tech
"
First results from the Caltech Core-Collapse Project (CCCP): "
Abstract
June 9, 2005
Dr.Todd Thompson, University of California Berkeley
"
Radiation Pressure Supported Starburst Disks & AGN Fueling"
Abstract
CONDENSED MATTER SEMINAR
Spring Quarter, 2005
THURSDAY 4:10 pm, 416 Physics/Geology
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March 28, 2005 - Monday
Andriy Nevidomskyy, University of Cambridge
" Coexistence of ferromagnetism and superconductivity
near quantum phase transition:
The Heisenberg to Ising Crossover "
Abstract
March 31, 2005
Prof. William Bailey, Columbia University
" Materials for GHz spintronics "
Abstract
April 7, 2005
Prof. Ashvin Vishwanath, UC Berkeley
"
Landau Forbidden Transitions and Deconfined Quantum Criticality "
Abstract
April 14, 2005
Prof. Niels Gronbech-Jensen, UC Davis (Applied Science)
"
Microwave induced features in low-temperature Josephson
junctions -- switching distributions and Rabi oscillations "
Abstract
April 20, 2005 - Wednesday, 416 Phy/Geo
NOTE SPECIAL DAY AND TIME
Dr. Johan Ackerman, Freescale Research Lab
"
Functionality and Reliability of 4Mb Toggle MRAM "
Abstract
April 21, 2005
Dr. Alexandru Macridin, University of Cincinnati
"
Investigation of Cuprate Superconductors with the Dynamical Cluster Approximation"
Abstract
April 28, 2005
Prof. Joel Moore, UC Berkeley
"
Frontiers in spin: frustration, transport, and entanglement "
Abstract
May 5, 2005
Prof. Christian Teichert, University of Leoben, Austria
"
Self-organized semiconductor surfaces as templates for nanostructured magnetic thin films "
Abstract
May 12, 2005
Prof. Ivo Souza, UC Berkeley
"
Polarization and localization: Topological ideas in the physics of dielectrics "
Abstract
May 19, 2005
Prof. Michael Marder, University of Texas, Austin
"
How Things Break "
Abstract
May 24, 2005 (Tuesday)
SPECIAL SEMINAR
Dr. Maria Iavarone, Argonne National Lab
"
STM Observation of Vortex Lattice Transitions in
Superconducting Single Crystals "
Abstract
May 26, 2005
Prof. D.N. Sheng, CSU Northridge
"
Spin Hall Effects in Disordered Spin-Orbit Coupling Electron Systems "
Abstract
June 2, 2005
SPECIAL SEMINAR TIME: 2:10p.m.
Dr. Valery Rousseau, UC Davis
" Phase Separation in the 2D bosonic Hubbard model with ring exchange. "
Abstract
June 7, 2005
SPECIAL SEMINAR TIME: 2:10p.m.
Dr. Rene van de Veerdonk, Seagate Research
" Magnetic Characterization of Perpendicular Recording Media "
Abstract
CAREERS IN PHYSICS SEMINAR
Spring Quarter, 2005
FRIDAY 11:00 am, 416 Physics/Geology
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April 8, 2005
Stan Johnsen, Senior Scientist, Varian Medical Systems
" Making X-rays for Fun and Profit "
Abstract
April 22, 2005
Chris Couper, Distinguished Engineer, IBM Academy of Technology
"
A Career at IBM "
Abstract
April 29, 2005
Tom Weideman
"
Hard Way to Make an Easy Living - A Cautionary Tale "
Abstract
May 13, 2005
Bill Capinksi, Coherent, Inc.
"From Phonons to Photons"
Abstract
May 20, 2005
Michael Shaw, Lawrence Livermore National Labratory
"Twenty Years in the Laser Program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory"
Abstract
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