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U(1)_R mediation from the flux compactification in six dimensions

Who:  Hyun Min Lee - (CMU)
Where:  Robert Smith room 1080 Physics Research Bldg.
When:  Friday, May 2, 2008 at 03:30
Type:  HEP/Astro Seminar

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First principles-based predictions of complex materials properties and processes

Who:  William Goddard III - (CalTech)
Where:  Robert Smith Room 1080 Physics Research Building
When:  Monday, May 5, 2008 at 11:30
Type:  Condensed Matter Theory Seminar

Description: Despite enormous advances in computer capacity, many important problems in condensed matter physics requires new theoretical approaches to connect between... [More]


Cosmology from gravitational-wave standard sirens

Who:  Daniel Hotz - (University of Chicago, LANL)
Where:  room 4138 Physics Research Bldg.
When:  Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 12:15
Type:  CCAPP Seminar

Description: ABSTRACT: We discuss the use of gravitational wave sources as probes of cosmology. The inspiral and merger of a binary... [More]


Genomic Phase Transitions

Who:  Anirvan Sengupta - (Rutgers University)
Where:  Robert Smith Room 1080 Physics Research Bldg.
When:  Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 04:00
Type:  Colloquium

Description: Abstract: Stem cells have been at the center of much scientific excitement and controversy for the last decade. How exactly... [More]


Quantum Valley Hall Effect in Graphene

Who:  Ivar Martin - (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Where:  Robert Smith room 1080 Physics Research bldg.
When:  Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 11:30
Type:  Condensed Matter Experiment Seminar

Description: ABSTRACT: Quantum Hall effect (QHE) is a remarkable macroscopic phenomenon that allows observation of quantized transverse conductivity in 2D metals... [More]


Solving the LHC Inverse Problem with Dark Matter Observations

Who:  Brent Nelson - (NEU)
Where:  room M2012 Physics Research Bldg.
When:  Friday, May 9, 2008 at 03:30
Type:  HEP/Astro Seminar

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Quantitative Understanding of Single-Gene Transcription

Who:  Andrei Ruckenstein - (Rutgers University)
Where:  Robert Smith Room 1080 Physics Research Building
When:  Monday, May 12, 2008 at 11:30
Type:  Condensed Matter Theory Seminar

Description: Abstract: The first step in protein synthesis is transcription of the genetic information in DNA into RNA via a complex... [More]


How Baryonic Physics Influences Efforts to Exploit Weak Lensing as a Dark Energy Probe

Who:  Andrew Zentner - (University of Pittsburgh)
Where:  Room 4138 Physics Research Building
When:  Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 12:15
Type:  CCAPP Seminar

Description: Abstract: Cosmologists are faced with several profound puzzles. I will discuss two of them, namely the mystery of the dark... [More]


Controlling ultrashort laser pluses for biomedical, industrial and analytical applications

Who:  Marcos Dantus - (Michigan State University)
Where:  Robert Smith Room 1080 Physics Research Building
When:  Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 04:00
Type:  Colloquium

Description: Femtosecond laser sources have proven superior for a number of applications such as micromachining, biomedical imaging, mass spectrometry, communications, remote... [More]


Rescuing the CFTR chloride channel involved in Cystic Fibrosis

Who:  Estelle Boyaka - (Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, OSU)
Where:  Robert Smith room 1080 Physics Research Bldg.
When:  Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 02:30
Type:  Biophysics Seminar

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Charge Fractionalization in Quantum Wires

Who:  Amir Yacoby - (Harvard University)
Where:  Robert Smith room 1080 PRB
When:  Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 11:30
Type:  Condensed Matter Experiment Seminar

Description: Although the unit of charge in nature is a fundamental constant, the charge of individual quasiparticles in some low-dimensional systems... [More]


GenEvA: A New Framework for Event Generation

Who:  Jesse Thaler - (LBL)
Where:  Robert Smith room 1080 Physics Research Bldg.
When:  Friday, May 16, 2008 at 03:30
Type:  HEP/Astro Seminar

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CHARACTERIZING ATOM-FIELD ENTANGLEMENT IN A CAVITY QED SYSTEM

Who:  PERRY RICE - (Miami University, Oxford)
Where:  room 4138 Physics Research Bldg.
When:  Friday, May 16, 2008 at 02:00
Type:  AMO Seminar

Description: ABSTRACT: I will discuss the generation of entanglement between an atom and a cavity field mode, and how one can... [More]


Investigations into student understanding of entropy and the second law of thermodynamics

Who:  Warren Christensen - (University of Maine: Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research)
Where:  room 4138 Physics Research Bldg.
When:  Monday, May 19, 2008 at 10:30
Type:  Physics Education Seminar

Description: Abstract: As part of a multi-institutional investigation into student learning of thermal physics at both the introductory and advanced... [More]


The Quantum Information Revolution: 101 Uses for Schroedinger's Cat

Who:  Paul Kwiat - (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Where:  Robert Smith room 1080 Physics Research Bldg.
When:  Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 04:00
Type:  Colloquium

Description: A century after Einstein's revolutionary suggestion that light is composed of particles, the quantum information revolution seeks to use the... [More]


Molecular Strategy for Designing Robust Proteins: Looking Deeper at the Surface

Who:  George Makhatadze - (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Where:  Robert Smith room 1080 Physics Research Bldg.
When:  Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 02:30
Type:  Biophysics Seminar

Description: ABSTRACT: The progress in understanding the forces responsible for the protein stability has been enormous, largely through the combination of... [More]


TBA

Who:  Lian-Tao Wang - (Princeton University)
Where:  room M2035 Physics Research Bldg.
When:  Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 03:30
Type:  HEP/Astro Seminar

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Heavy baryon mass spectrum with realistic staggered quarks in Lattice QCD

Who:  Heechang Na - (IU)
Where:  room 4138 Physics Research Bldg.
When:  Friday, May 23, 2008 at 03:30
Type:  HEP/Astro Seminar

Description: Heavy baryons have been extensively investigated by experimental and theoretical approaches. From experiment, the singly charmed heavy baryon mass spectrum... [More]


TBA

Who:  Aristotle Socrates - (Princeton University)
Where:  Room 4138 PRB
When:  Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 12:15
Type:  CCAPP Seminar

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Dissecting the Viral Life Cycle One Molecule at a Time

Who:  Rob Phillips - (California Institute of Technology)
Where:  Robert Smith room 1080 Physics Research Bldg.
When:  Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 04:00
Type:  Colloquium

Description: Viruses have enormously rich and varied life cycles. Bacterial viruses have a hallowed position in the development of modern biology... [More]


TBA

Who:  Ali Yazdani - (Princeton University)
Where:  Robert Smith room 1080 PRB
When:  Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 11:30
Type:  Condensed Matter Experiment Seminar

Description: [More]


TBA

Who:  Jacob Bourjaily - (IAS)
Where:  room 4138 Physics Research Bldg.
When:  Friday, May 30, 2008 at 03:30
Type:  HEP/Astro Seminar

Description: [More]





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