January 10
|
Tom Witten,
Host: Roger Pynn
|
Solidity without elasticity: the anomalous vibrations of a granular solid |
| January 17 |
Jason Ho, Ohio State University
Host: Gerardo Ortiz |
CANCELLED
|
January 24
4 pm, SW119
|
Sergei Savikhin, Purdue University, Dept of Physics
Host: Robert de Ruyter
|
Chlorophylls in photosynthetic complexes: structure, function, survival |
| January 31 |
Dr. Ross Young, Thomas Jefferson National Laboratory
Host: Tim Londergan |
A new high precision test of the Standard Model |
February 7
Joint Astronomy/
Physics
Colloquium
|
Liliya L. R. Williams,
University of Minnesota
Host: Caty Pilachowski |
Imaging dark matter with gravitational lensing |
| February 14 |
Prof. Jorge Pullin,
Louisiana State University (LSU)
Host: Gerardo Ortiz
|
Quantum mechanics with real clocks, fundamental decoherence and the black hole information paradox |
| February 21 |
Prof. Orlin Velev, North Carolina State University
Host: Dobrin Bossev |
On-chip micromanipulation and assembly of particles by electric fields |
February 28
Joint Astronomy/
Physics
Colloquium
|
Eric M. Wilcots, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Host: Caty Pilachowski |
Probing the baryon content of galaxy groups: A radio perspective |
Monday
March 5
Postponed until March 7, Wednesday, at 10 a.m. in SW238
|
Lisa Randall, Harvard University
Host: Tim Londergan
POSTPONED UNTIL MARCH 7 |
Searching for warped geometry at the LHC and beyond
|
Tuesday
evening
March 6
7:30 at Whittenberger Auditorium of the Indiana Memorial Union (IMU) |
The 17th Public Joseph and Sophia Konopinski Memorial Lecture in Physics
Lisa Randall, Harvard University
Host: Tim Londergan |
Warped passages: Unraveling the mysteries of the universe’s hidden dimensions
There will be a reception following at University Club at the Memorial Union. |
Wednesday
March 7
10 a.m.at Whittenberger Auditorium of the Indiana Memorial Union (IMU). No tea time first
|
Lisa Randall, Harvard University
Host: Tim Londergan |
Searching for warped geometry at the LHC and beyond
*Note the different time of day and place. |
| March 14 |
Spring Break (March 11 -18) |
March 21
|
John Beacom, Ohio State
Host: Chuck Horowitz
|
Fossil records of star formation: Supernova neutrinos and gamma rays |
| March 28 |
Harry Swinney, University of Texas at Austin
Host: Dobrin Bossev |
Emergence of order in physical, chemical, and biological systems
|
| April 4 |
William R. Newman, Indiana University Bloomington, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Host: Robert de Ruyter
|
Why did Newton believe in alchemy?
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newton/index.jsp
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| April 11 |
Michael Ramsey-Musolf, California Institute of Technology and University of Wisconsin-Madison
Host: Chuck Horowitz |
Symmetries of the early universe and the origin of matter |
| April 18 |
Rex Tayloe, Indiana University |
The MiniBooNE experiment: Neutrino oscillation results |
April 25
Awards Colloquium
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Edmund Bertschinger, MIT
Host: Sima Setayeshgar
|
Dark energy or modified gravity? |
