Physics Colloquia Schedule

Fall 2011

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 5:00pm), and further discussions with the speaker are encouraged during this time. For additions, corrections, or questions please contact Cristin Paul at cristin.paul@duke.edu.
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September 7 Charlie Kane
University of Pennsylvania
Topological insulators to Majorana Fermions
September 28 Ronald Walsworth
Harvard University
Laser frequency combs for precision astrophysical spectroscopy
October 19 Krishna Kumar
University of Massachusetts
The Physics of Electron-Electron Scattering
November 9 Francis Halzen
University of Wisconsin-Madison
IceCube: Particle Astrophysics with High Energy Neutrinos
November 30 Mark Dykman
Michigan State University
Quantum activation and quantum measurements with nonlinear oscillators

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