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 |
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| 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 |
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 |
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 |