Physics Colloquia are held each Wednesday beginning at 4:15pm in the John A. Wheeler Lecture Hall (RLM 4.102) unless otherwise noted [Archive of Physics Colloquia (2001-2012) in pdf format]

Colloquia, Spring 2013 Semester

16 January 2013 4:15 p.m. RLM 4.102 Low energy physics in graphene: Observation of Multiparticle States in Graphene Eli Rotenberg, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Host: Prof. MacDonald

23 January 2013 4:15 p.m. RLM 4.102 Shining Light on Topological Insulators Nuh Gedik, MIT Host: Prof. Shih

30 January 2013 4:15 p.m. RLM 4.102 Directed Cell Motility - Where is the Physics? Herbe Levine, Hasselmann Professor, BioScience Research Collaborative, Rice University Host: Prof. Swinney

6 February 2013 4:15 p.m. RLM 4.102 Chemistry of the Quantum Kind Prof. Edvardas Narevicius, Weizmann Institute of Science Host: Prof. Raizen

13 February 2013 4:15 p.m. RLM 4.102 Emmett L. Hudspeth Centennial Lecture: Towards Material Design Using Strongly Correlated Electron Materials Prof. Gabi Kotliar, Rutgers Host: Prof. Fiete

20 February 2013 4:15 p.m. RLM 4.102 Bridging the Gap in High Temperature Superconductor Zhi-Xun Shen, Stanford Host: Shih

27 February 2013 4:15 p.m. RLM 4.102 The surprising power of the equation 2+4=6 in supersymmetric quantum field theory Andrew Neitzke, UT Austin, Mathematics Host:

6 March 2013 4:15 p.m. RLM 4.102 Breaking Barriers with Maxwell's Demon Prof. Mark Raizen Host:

20 March 2013 4:15 p.m. RLM 4.102 Cosmology with the South Pole Telescope Ryan Keisler, Hubble Fellow, University of Chicago Host:

27 March 2013 4:15 p.m. RLM 4.102 Black Holes, Dark Matter, and Dark Energy through the Eyes of Texas Prof. Karl Gebhardt, UT Astronomy Department Host: Prof. Swinney

3 April 2013 4:15 p.m. RLM 4.102 Role of magnetic islands in the confinement of fusion plasma Francois Waelbroeck, IFS, UT Austin Host:

10 April 2013 4:15 p.m. RLM 4.102 Fusion Fission Hybrids - UT invents a unique path to green nuclear energy Mike Kotschenreuther and Prashant Valanju, IFS, UT Austin Host:

17 April 2013 4:15 p.m. RLM 4.102 title tba Peter Littlewood, Argonne National Laboratory Host: Prof. MacDonald

23 April 2013 3:30 p.m. RLM 7.104 Special Colloquium: title tba M. Zahid Hasan, Princeton University Host: Prof. Shih

24 April 2013 4:15 p.m. RLM 4.102 Oakes Lecture Prof. David Goodstein Host: Gleeson

1 May 2013 4:15 p.m. RLM 4.102 Joint Physics/Astronomy Colloquium: The Genesis Projects: Laboratory Studies in Molecular Astrophysics from the First Star to the Beginnings of Organic Chemistry Prof. Daniel Savin, Columbia University Host: Prof. Raizen

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