 August 29
- Novel quantum phases of antiferromagnets on random lattices
Tommaso Roscilde
Condensed Matter Theory,
Physics & Astronomy,
USC
Abstract
- September 5
- Labor Day, University Holiday
- September 12
- September 19
- What's New in Cosmology?
Edward (Ned) L. Wright
Astronomy,
Astronomy and Astrophysics,
UCLA
- September 26
- Crossing the P's (and T's) and dotting the α: an update on fundamental-symmetry tests at Berkeley
Dmitry Budker
Atomic Experiment,
Physics,
UC Berkeley
Abstract
- October 3
- Topological Quantum Computation
Chetan Nayak
Condensed Matter Physics,
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
UCLA
Abstract
- October 10
- — Location is unusual this week. The event will be in SAL 101. There will be a reception at 3:30pm, and then the event will start at 4:15pm.
- Scientific Challenges in Sustainable Energy Technology
Nathan S Lewis
Lewis Research Group,
Caltech
Abstract
- October 17
- — Special Place and Time: SAL 101, 4:15pm. a special reception begins at 3:30pm on lawn in front of SAL
- Toward Nanosystems Biology
Michael L. Roukes
Roukes Research Group,
Kavli Nanoscience Institute,
Caltech
Abstract
- October 24
- Quantum Phase Transitions
Omid Nohadani
Computational Condensed Matter Theory,
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
USC
Abstract
- October 31
- The electron liquid in the age of spintronics
Giovanni Vignale
University of Missouri
Abstract
- November 7
- Discovering the Quantum Universe: The Role of Particle Accelerators
JoAnne L. Hewett
High Energy Physics,
Stanford Linear Accelerator
Abstract
- November 14
- — There is no colloquium today, but a special presentation by one of our undergraduate students. Please attend, since he would like feedback on this talk. He will present this material to the January AAS meeting
- Special Lecture: Solar Flares, Magnetic Fields, and Subsurface Vorticity. A survey of GONG data
Douglas Mason
Physics and Astronomy,
USC
Abstract
- November 21
- Lighting up the Dark: Connecting Galaxies and Dark Matter
Risa Wechsler
Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics,
Astronomy & Astrophysics Department,
University of Chicago
Abstract
- November 28
- — Special Colloquium in Celebration of Einstein Year and World Year of Physics
- Einstein's discovery of general relativity, 1905-1915
Tilman Sauer
Einstein Papers Project,
Caltech
Abstract
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