SPRING 2004 - PHYSICS COLLOQUIA

Tuesdays, 4:00 PM
Broida Hall 1640

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Refreshments served at 3:30 PM in Broida 3302

 
Date Speaker Title
 30 Mar  Jonas Zmuidzinas
Caltech, Pasadena
Superconducting Detectors for Cosmology and Astrophysics
6 April Deborah Fergusson
UCSB Physics Dept.
Mastering the Microtubule:
the ins and outs of making, breaking & decorating tiny tubes
13 April Stephen Quake
Caltech, Pasadena

Biological Large Scale Integration

20 April Alex Zettl
UC Berkeley
Nanotube-based Molecular Motors
27 April Peter Zoller
University of Innsbruck, Austria
Academy of Sciences, Innsbruck, Austria, and KITP
Quantum information with cold atoms
4 May Subir Sachdev
Yale University
Quantum Phase Transitions: from Mott Insulators to the Cuprate Superconductors
11 May Avishai Dekel
Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Characteristic Scales in Galaxy Formation
18 May

Anthony Leggett
2003 Nobel Laureate in Physics
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Testing the Limits of Quantum Mechanics: Motivation, State of Play, Prospects
25 May Jill Tarter
SETI Institute
SETI 2020: A Roadmap for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
1 June Joseph Polchinski
UCSB - KITP
Cosmic Superstrings

 

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WINTER 2004 - PHYSICS COLLOQUIA

Tuesdays, 4:00 PM
Broida Hall 1640

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Refreshments served at 3:30 PM


Date Speaker Title
 6 Jan  Andrew Cleland
Physics - UCSB 
Quantum Electromechanical Systems:  Are We There Yet? 
13 Jan  Michael Witherell
FERMI National Accelerator Lab
Discoveries Ahead in Particle Physics
20 Jan Robert Johnson
UC Santa Cruz
The LAT Science Instrument of the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope
27 Jan David Kosower
CEA/Service de Physique Théorique/Saclay - France 
Foundations of Future Collider Discoveries
  3 Feb  Adam Burrows
University of Arizona
Giant Planets and Brown Dwarfs: New Theory for New Worlds
10 Feb Lenny Susskind
Stanford University
The Landscape
17 Feb Dave Hafemeister 
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA
National Academy Study on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
24 Feb

Savdeep Sethi
University of Chicago

Time and String Theory
  2 Mar Constance Rockosi
University of Washington
Galaxy Evolution in the Present Day
9 Mar Christopher Impey
University of Arizona
Quasars as Cosmological Probes