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 100 unless otherwise noted.

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January 12

Quantum Phase Transitions
Peter Weichman
Condensed Matter Physics, Cal Tech

January 19

No Colloquium: Martin Luther King Day, University Holiday

January 26

Chains, Ladders, and Planes: Interacting Electrons in Low Dimensions
Stephan Haas
Institute for Theoretical Physics
ETH - Zurich, Switzerland

January 30 Note Special Day and Time: 2:00 pm. Room: SLH 100

Scaling and Critical Exponent for Gap Filling at Crisis in Chaotic Systems
Ying-Cheng Lai
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Abstract

February 2

The Issues Remaining in Low Temperature Physics and Thermometry
Robert J. Soulen, Jr.
Superconducting Materials Section, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
Abstract

February 6 Note Special Day and Time: 2:00 pm. Room: SLH 100

Physics and Astrophysics of Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays
Günter Sigl
Departments of Physics and of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Univ. of Chicago
Abstract

February 13 Note Special Day and Time: 2:00 pm. Room: SLH 100

Avalanches, Earthquakes, and Plain Old Criticality
Karin Dahmen
Department of Physics, Harvard University

February 16

No Colloquium: President's Day, University Holiday

February 20 Note Special Day. Tentative Time: 2:00 pm. Room: SLH 100

Virial Expansion for a Classical Hard Sphere Plasma in the Low Density Limit
Asher Perez
Laboratoire de Physique Theorique
University of Strasbourg, France
Abstract

February 23

Electromagnetic Electron-positron Pair Production in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions
Jack C. Wells
Center for Computational Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

March 2

Laser Cooled Atoms in Space:
New Vistas in Fundamental Physics Research
Lute Maleki
Frequency Standards Laboratory, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena
Abstract

March 23

Science Policy in China, Challenges for Basic Research
Xide Xie
Fudan University, China

March 30

Risky Business
Anthony F. Michaels
Director, USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, USC
Abstract

April 20

Recent Advances in String Theory
Joseph A. Minahan
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, USC
Abstract