University of Michigan, Physics Department

Physics Colloquium Schedule

Fall 2013
(for the past semesters, see 2007-08 (PDF) 2008-09 (PDF) Winter 2010 Fall 2010 Winter 2011 Fall 2011 + Winter 2012 Winter 2013 )

Time: Wednesdays at 4:00 pm

Place: 340 West Hall

Organizers: Ratin Akhoury, Dragan Huterer, Xiaoming Mao, Mark Newman


Date
Speaker  
September 2013
9/11/13
Brad Orr: State of the Department Address
9/18/13
Vanessa Sih, University of Michigan: Measuring spins and spin-orbit effects in semiconductors   (Abstract)
9/23/13 (Monday, 7PM)
Public Talk (2140 Kraus): Rocky Kolb, University of Chicago: Mysteries of the Dark Universe   (Abstract)
October 2013
10/1/13 (Tuesday)
Special Lecture: Katie Freese, UM Physics: title TBA, Rackham Amphitheater (4th Floor)   (Abstract)
10/2/13
Mike Duff, Imperial College, UK: Black Holes and Qubits   (Abstract)
10/9/13
Leo Pando-Zayas, University of Michigan: Four Impressions from the Gauge/String Duality   (Abstract)
10/16/13
Shep Doeleman, MIT and Haystack Observatory: Resolving Black Holes with the Event Horizon Telescope   (Abstract)
10/23/13
Sankar Das Sarma, University of Maryland: Has (the) Majorana really returned?   (Abstract)
10/30/13
Yifang Wang, Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China: Daya Bay experiment and the future neutrino program in China   (Abstract)
November 2013
11/6/13
Samindranath Mitra, Editor, Physical Review Letters: Hows and Whys of Publishing in PRL?   (Abstract)
11/13/13
Robert Cahn, Lawrence Berkeley Lab: The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI)   (Abstract)
11/20/13
No colloquium
11/27/13
No colloquium (Thanksgiving)
December 2013
12/4/13
Ford Lecture: Nigel Lockyer, Fermilab: The Higgs is One Piece of the Mass Puzzle: Toward a New Understanding of the Quantum Universe   (Abstract)
12/11/13
No colloquium