The colloquia are held in Room 128 (old number: 114), Physics Building at 3:30 P.M. on Wednesdays unless noted otherwise (please see abstract for specific details). Tea and coffee is available before the colloquium in Room 128. Refreshments will be served after the colloquium (at around 4:30pm), and further discussions with the speaker are encouraged during this time. For additions, corrections, or questions please contact Nasser Demir at nsd5@phy.duke.edu.
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| Sept. 12 | Erik Katsavounidis MIT Host: Kate Scholberg |
Searches for gravitational waves with LIGO |
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| Oct. 3 | Anthony Mezzacappa Oak Ridge National Laboratory Host: Steffen Bass |
Toward the Core Collapse Supernova Mechanism: An Emerging Picture? |
| Oct. 10 | Gleb Finkelstein Duke Host: Harold Baranger |
Carbon nanotube quantum dots: Coulomb blockade, Kondo effect and the mixed valence regimes |
| Oct. 24 | Paul Tiesinga UNC Host: Henry Greenside |
Neurophysics of cortical computation |
| Nov. 7 | Margaret Murnane Univ. of Colorado Host: Dan Gauthier |
Harnessing Attosecond Science in the Quest for Coherent X-Rays |
| Nov. 14 | Gordon Cates University of Virginia Host: Haiyan Gao |
Peering inside the nucleon, and even human lungs, using polarized 3He |
| Nov. 28 | Henry Greenside Duke Host: Joshua Socolar |
How Songbirds Produce Their Songs: Some Insights from Physics |