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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January 13

Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics
Keh-Fei Liu
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Kentucky

January 20

Martin Luther King Day, University Holiday

January 27

Quantum Dots - Laboratory for Interacting Electron Systems
Pawel Hawrylak
Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council of Canada
Abstract

January 28 Note Special Day and Location: SGM 101

Exploring Low Frequency Modes in Biomolecules Using Femtosecond Coherence Spectroscopy
Paul Champion
Department of Physics, Northeastern University

February 3

Status of the Search for Gravitational Waves with LIGO
Alan J. Weinstein
Division of Physics, Mathematics, & Astronomy, California Institute of Technology
Abstract

February 5 Note Special Day and Location: SLH 200

Peering into the Sun
Sarbani Basu
Dept. of Astronomy, Yale University

February 10

The Nature of Discovery in Physics
Douglas D. Osheroff
Dept. of Physics, Stanford University

February 17

President's Day, University Holiday

February 24

An Overview of the Spallation Neutron Source Project
Wu-Tsung Weng
Spallation Neutron Source, Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory

February 26 Note Special Day, Location, and Time: SLH 200, 3:15 pm

Black Holes, Spacetime, and Quantum Mechanics
Clifford Johnson
Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Durham, UK
Abstract

March 3

No Colloquium - March APS Meeting

March 10

The Scientific Objectives and Technical Details of the SPIDR
Supriya Chakrabarti
Dept. of Astronomy, Boston University
Abstract

March 17

Spring Recess

March 24

Canceled

March 31

Joint Colloquium with Art History
Note special time: 5:00 pm. Room: SLH 200
The Science of Optics; The History of Art
Charles M. Falco
Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona
Abstract

April 7

The Atomic and Molecular Basis of Nanoscience
Wilson Ho
Departments of Physics & Astronomy and of Chemistry, UC Irvine

April 14

Physics Opportunities at a Deep Underground National Laboratory
Kevin T. Lesko
Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Abstract

April 21

Fluctuation Superconductivity in 4-Angstrom Carbon Nanotubes
Ping Sheng
The Physics Department, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

April 28

Parallel Computations of Electron-Molecule Collisions in Processing Plasmas
Vincent McKoy
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech

May 14 Note Special Day, Time and Location: SSC 319 12:30pm

Single electronics and qubits
Per Delsing
Experimental Mesoscopic Physics Group, Chalmers University of Technology