USC Physics & Astronomy
Department Colloquium

The Department of Physics and Astronomy Colloquium is held on Monday afternoons at 4:15 p.m. in room SLH 102 unless otherwise noted.

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September 4

No Colloquium: Labor Day, University Holiday

September 11

Statistical Mechanics of Biopolymers
Terrence Hwa
Dept. of Physics, University of California, San Diego

September 18

The First 10^-36 Seconds
Marc Kamionkowski
Theoretical Astrophysics and Relativity Group, California Institute of Technology

September 25

Experiments on Alfvén Waves in Plasmas
Walter Gekelman
Dept. of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles

October 2

Sr₂RuO₄: Pitfalls of an Unconventional Superconductor?
Manfred Sigrist
Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

October 9

Advanced Accelerator Physics Research
Tom Katsouleas
Dept. of Electrical Engineering - Electrophysics, USC
Abstract

October 16

Dynamic Synapse: Concept and Applications
Jim-Shih Liaw
Department of Biomedical Engineering, USC
Abstract

October 23 Special Location: SAL 101

Space Telescopes, Carl Sagan and Inquisitive Extraterrestrials
Benjamin M. Zuckerman
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Univ. of California, Los Angeles
Abstract

October 30

Observing the Fastest Moving Stars in Our Galaxy: Evidence for a Supermassive Black Hole
Andrea Ghez
Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA

November 6

Exotic Groundstates in Quasi-Two-Dimensional Organic Superconductors at High Magnetic Fields
John Singleton
The Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford University and
Los Alamos National Laboratory

November 13

Why You Should be Interested in 'Colossal' Magnetoresistance Manganites
Andy Millis
Department of Physics & Astronmy, Rutgers University

November 20

Ultrafast Photochemistry in Solutions:
The Mechanisms of Photoionization and Threshold Photodetachment
Steve Bradforth
Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California
Abstract

November 27

No Colloquium

December 4

Dendrites May Be Why You're So Smart
Bartlett Mel
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, USC