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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| Jan. 11 | James Eisenstein Caltech Host: Matthew Prior |
Bose Condensation, Superfluidity, and the Quantum Hall Effect |
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| Feb. 1 | Gail Glendinning Lawrence Livermore Nat. Labs Host: Edward Bilpuch |
Experiments at Extreme States - X-Games Physics on the National Ignition Facility |
| Feb. 22 |
Pierre Sokolsky University of Utah Host: Haiyan Gao |
Ultra-high Energy Cosmic Rays: Puzzles and Mysteries |
| Mar. 8 | Jun Ye U. Colorado JILA Hosts: Dan Gauthier, John Thomas |
Precision measurement meets ultrafast science |
| Mar. 22 | Konstantin Matveev Argonne Host: Harold Baranger |
Charge and Spin Propagation Through Quantum Wires |
| Mar. 28 LONDON LECTURE Tuesday, 8:00pm Gross Auditorium, Chemistry |
Frank Wilczek MIT Host: Berndt Mueller |
The Universe is a Strange Place |
| Apr. 3 JOINT PHYSICS-FIP SEMINAR |
Lukas Novotny University of Rochester Host: John Thomas |
Light for the World of Nano |
| Apr. 10 | Igor Smolyaninov University of Maryland Host: John Thomas |
Plasmonics: Optics at the Nanoscale |
| Apr. 12 JOINT TNT-PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM |
Rajan Gupta Los Alamos National Laboratory Host: Shailesh Chandrasekharan |
Energy Security in the 21st Century: The need for bold and novel thinking |
| Apr. 17 | Alexander Finkelstein Weizmann Institute of Science Hosts: John Thomas, Harold Baranger |
Spintronics Without Magnets: "Spin-Optics" |
| Apr. 19 | Juhao Wu Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Host: Glenn Edwards |
Coherent X-Ray Production by Free Electron Lasers |
| Apr. 24 | Karyn Le Hur University of Sherbrooke & CIAR |
Revival of the Kondo effect in the Nano-World |
| Apr. 26 | Nick Giordano Purdue University Host: Kate Scholberg |
The Physics of the Piano |