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Physics Events for the Week of 27 April - 1 May 2009

Note: In order to have your event listed on our hard copy, we MUST have the listing by 4:30pm on the Wednesday before the week of your event. Please call Eric at 475-7769 or email at erichp(at)physics(dot)utexas(dot)edu for inclusion of your physics-related events on our calendar. If you'd like to be included in our off-season email alerts, contacat Eric at the above email address to be added.
Colloquia
Monday, 4 May 2009
12:00pm
RLM 9.116

GEOMETRY AND STRING THEORY SEMINAR: Prof. Ron Donagi, University of Pennsylvania, "F-theory compactifications"
1:00pm
RLM 11.204

NONLINEAR DYNAMICS SEMINAR: Prof. Alex Mogilner, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior and Department of Mathematics, The University of California, Davis, "Geometry and force of mitotic spindle assembly"
2:00pm
RLM 7.116

THEORY GROUP QUALIFIER: Mr. Anindya Dey, UT-Austin, "Non-gaussian primordial fluctuations due to a Pre-inflationary Anisotropic Phase"
3:00pm
RLM 11.204

FINAL DEFENSE: Dr. Jaime A. Freitas Jr., Naval Research Lab, "Wide Band Gap Semiconductors: Progress, Status, and Potential Roadblocks"
3:00pm
RLM 14.318

FINAL DEFENSE: Analahba Roy, UT-Austin, "Dynamics of Quantum Control in Trapped Ultracold-Atom Systems"
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
12:30pm
RLM 11.204

CONDENSED MATTER SEMINAR: Konrad Dziatkowski, UT-Austin, "Magnetic anisotropy in (III,Mn)V semiconductors: an FMR study"
2:00pm
RLM 7.104

THEORY GROUP SEMINAR: Dr. Kuver Sinha, Texas A&M University, "Metastable supersymmetry breaking and multitrace deformations of SQCD"
4:00pm
RLM 11.204

FINAL DEFENSE: Rafal Zgadzaj, UT-Austin, "Helium and Hydrogen Plasma Waveguides for High Intensity Laser Channeling"
5:00pm
RLM 7.104

PIZZA SEMINAR: Prof. Todd Ditmire, UT-Austin, "Petawatt to Exawatt lasers: How High in Laser Power Can We Go?"
Wednesday, 6 May 2009
1:00pm
RLM 11.204

NONLINEAR DYNAMICS SEMINAR: Prof. Daniel Rothman, MIT, "Growth of a Dendritic Channel Network"
3:45pm
Kodosky Reading Room

MEET THE SPEAKER SESSION: An opportunity for an informal discussion with Prof. Miller and your colleagues in the Kodosky Reading Room at 3:45pm. Coffee, tea, and cookies will be served.
4:15pm
The John A. Wheeler Lecture Hall (RLM 4.102)

PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM: Prof. Arthur Miller, University College London, "The Strange Friendship of Pauli and Jung: When Physics Met Psychology"
Thursday, 7 May 2009
12:30pm
RLM 9.202

THEORY GROUP BROWN BAG MEETING: Members of the Theory Group discuss their work
3:30pm
RLM 7.104

COMPLEX QUANTUM SYSTEMS SEMINAR: Kuntheak Kheng, University Joseph Fourier, "A high-temperature single photon source from CdSe/ZnSe nanowires quantum dots"
3:30pm
RLM 9.202

RELATIVITY SEMINAR: Members of the Relativity group discuss their work
Friday, 8 May 2009
2:00pm
RLM 11.204

PLASMA SEMINAR: David Brower, UT-Austin, "Particle Transport in a Stochastic Magnetic Field"
4:00pm
RLM 7.104

AMO SEMINAR: Dr. Nicholas Matlis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, "Interferometric autopsy of a laser-plasma accelerator: everything you ever wanted to know about THz radiation but were afraid to ask"
   
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