University of Michigan, Physics Department

Physics Colloquium Schedule

Winter 2013

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

Time: Wednesdays at 4:00 pm

Place: 340 West Hall

Organizers: Roberto Merlin (chair), Dragan Huterer


Date
Speaker  
January 2013
1/9/13
Andreas Albrecht, UC Davis: Inflation, infinity, equilibrium and the observable Universe   (Abstract)
1/16/13
no colloquium
1/23/13
(cancelled ) Federico Capasso, Harvard University: Classical Optics in a New Light: Metasurfaces for Flat Optics   (Abstract)
1/30/13
no colloquium
February 2013
2/6/13
Alex Kuzmich, Georgia Tech   (Abstract)
2/13/13
Peter Littlewood, Argonne National Laboratory: Polariton Condensation and Collective Dynamics   (Abstract)
2/20/13
Jack Lissauer, NASA Ames: Kepler's Multiple Planet Systems   (Abstract)
2/27/13
Michael Lubell, CUNY and American Physical Society: Science: The Public, Congress and You   (Abstract)
March 2013
3/6/13
No colloq (Spring Break)
3/13/13
Subir Sachdev, Harvard University: The quantum phases of matter and gauge-gravity duality   (Abstract)
3/20/13
No colloq
3/27/13
Eduardo Fradkin, University of Illinois: Intertwined Orders in High Temperature Superconductors   (Abstract)
April 2013
4/3/13
Special Lecture: Mark Newman, UM Physics: title TBA, Rackham Amphitheater (4th Floor)
4/10/13
Eberhard Bodenschatz, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization: The Fundamentals of Turbulence: From Particles to Climate   (Abstract)
4/17/13
Robijn Bruinsma, UCLA: Physics of Hearing   (Abstract)