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Week of Monday, November 16th 2009
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Monday, November 16th 2009
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Barun Dhar, University of Minnesota
Subject: Surface Density profiles of Dark Matter Halos and the Light distribution in Ellipticals
3:30 pm:
Thesis Defense
in 170 Physics
Speaker: Greg McKusky, University of Minnesota
Subject: Density of States Effects in Nickel Based Magnetic Tunnel Junctions
This is the public portion of Mr. McKusky's thesis defence.
3:35 pm:
Student Journal Club
in 140 Physics
Speaker: Michael Schecter, University of Minnesota
Subject: P. M. Platzman and M. I. Dykman. Quantum Computing with Electrons Floating on Liquid Helium. Science,284(5422):1967–1969, 1999.
Students are welcome to read the paper and come discuss! (Professors are less welcome.)
Tuesday, November 17th 2009
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Anthony Hatke, University of Minnesota
Subject: Shubnikov-de Haas Oscillations in Microwave-irradiated 2D Electron Systems
12:20 pm:
Space Physics Seminar
in 143 Physics
Speaker: Lynn B. Wilson III, University of Minnesota
Subject: Strong Particle Heating at an Atypical Interplanetary Shock
2:30 pm:
Biophysics Seminar
in 166 Physics
To be announced.
2:30 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Zeb Krahn, University of Minnesota
Subject: "The NOvA Project: Experimental Status"
Wednesday, November 18th 2009
1:25 pm:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Projjwal Banerjee, University of Minnesota
Subject: Detection of Supernova Neutrinos by Neutrino-Proton Elastic Scattering
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Jeremy Levy, University of Pittsburgh
Subject: Oxide Nanoelectronics
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics after colloquium
Thursday, November 19th 2009
12:10 pm:
Astronomy Journal Club
in B49 Physics
Speaker: Kerri Cahoy
12:15 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics
Speaker: Thomas Cohen, University of Maryland
Subject: Baryons and holography
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Jeremy Levy, University of Pittsburgh
Subject: Possible Observation of Integer and Fractional Quantum Hall States in an Interfacial Oxide Nanostructure
Friday, November 20th 2009
2:30 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar
in 143 Physics
Speaker: Chris Leighton, Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota
Subject: Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Novel Magnetic Materials
mainly for new graduate students
3:35 pm:
Astronomy Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: No colloquium this week.
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
No Colloquium this week
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