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2004-2005 Committee

Birger Back (252-3618, [email protected]mail)
Mitio Inokuti (252-4186, [email protected]mail)
Eliane Lessner (252-4112, [email protected]mail)
Kim Lister (252-4040, [email protected]mail)
Kenneth Nollett (252-8264, [email protected]mail)
Peter Ostroumov (chair) (252-4897, [email protected]mail)
Paul Reimer (252-4037, [email protected]mail)
Dariusz Seweryniak (252-1514, [email protected]mail)
Phone numbers are areacode 630
 
 

 University of Chicago Physics Department Colloquia
University of Illinois at Chicago Physics Department Colloquia
Northwestern University Physics and Astronomy Colloquia & Seminars
Fermilab Colloquia
 
 

ANL Physics Division

 Comments to: Peter Ostroumov: [email protected]

10 Sep 2004	Paul Corkum, NRC Ottawa, Canada  Attosecond Lasers Host: Linda Young
17 Sep 2004	Lev Pitaevskii, University of Trento and Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems Bose-Einstein Condensate - a New State of Matter Host: Mitio Inokuti
24 Sep 2004	Dmitri Diakonov, Jefferson Laboratory and NORDITA, Copenhagen Pentaquarks: a new kind of elementary particles? Host: Paul Reimer;
1 Oct 2004	Ian McNulty, ANL/APS  X-ray Vortices Host: P. Ostroumov
8 Oct 2004	Thomas Hemmick, Stony Brook University  The state of RHIC physics: Adventures at the highest temperatures achieved by man Host: Birger Back
15 Oct 2004	Maki Kawai, Surface Chemistry Lab., Japan Observing Reactions of Single Molecule via Vibrational Excitation using Scanning Transmission Microscope Host: Isao Tanihata
22 Oct 2004	Robert Geroch, University of Chicago Faster than light? Host: Eliane Lessner
29 Oct 2004	Fall DNP Meeting - No colloquium
5 Nov 2004	Raman Sundrum, Johns Hopkins University  The Superworld, The Braneworld, and Our World Host: Birger Back
12 Nov 2004	Jennie Traschen, University of Massachusetts  Black Holes and Thermodynamics Host: Eliane Lessner
19 Nov 2004	Timothy C. Beers, Michigan State University Mining the Milky Way Galaxy with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Host: Kenneth Nollett
26 Nov 2004	Thanksgiving -- No Colloquium
3 Dec 2004	John D'Auria, Simon Fraser University, Canada Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics at the ISAC Radioactive Beams Laboratory Using the DRAGON Facility Host: Darek Seweryniak
7 Dec 2004	Douglas  D. Osheroff, Stanford University Understanding the Columbia Space Shuttle Accident Host: P. Ostroumov  Note:  special date - No colloquium on Dec 10
9 Dec 2004	Anthony Leggett, University of Illinois at Urbama Champaign Superfluidity, phase coherence and the new Bose-condensed alkali gases Host:  Michael Norman, MSD Note: Joint with Materials Science Division - Building 200 Auditorium, 11AM
17 Dec 2004	Thomas C. Katsouleas, University of Southern California  Progress on Plasma Accelerators: From the Energy Frontier to Tabletops Host: Eliane Lessner
24 Dec 2004	Christmas/New Year Holiday - No colloquium
31 Dec 2004	Christmas/New Year Holiday - No colloquium
7 Jan 2005	Jeffrey S. Gaffney, Argonne National Laboratory Mexico City Revisited: Natural Radioactivity, Ammonia, and Black Carbon Measurements in April 2003 Host: Mitio Inokuti
14 Jan 2005	Stefan Frauendorf, Notre Dame University New symmetries of rotating nuclei Host: Darek Seweryniak
21 Jan 2005	Dieter Gruen, Material Science Division, Argonne Fullerenes, nanotubes and ultrananocrystalline diamond: There's a bit less room at the bottom Host: Mitio Inokuti
28 Jan 2005	Michael Shaevitz, Columbia University Neutrino Masses and Oscillations: A View of the Next Steps Host: Paul Reimer
4 Feb 2005	Anthony W. Thomas, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Understanding the Strong Interaction -- Recent Progress and the Opportunities Provided by Jefferson Lab at 12 GeV Host: Craig Roberts
9 Feb 2005	Emile A. Okal, Northwestern University Tsunamis: Warning, detecting, simulating, chasing Host: Mitio Inokuti Note:  special date
18 Feb 2005	Angela Olinto, University of Chicago Deciphering the Extreme Universe   Host: Eliane Lessner
25 Feb 2005	Seth Lloyd, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Fundamental limits to measuring space and time Host: Mitio Inokuti
4 Mar 2005	Steve Elliott, Los Alamos National Laboratory Double-beta decay and the neutrino Host: Birger Back
11 Mar 2005	Cheng Chin, James Frank Institute and the Department of Physics, The University of Chicago Converting a Bose-Einstein condensate into a Cooper-paired degenerate Fermi gas Host: Zheng-Tian Lu
18 Mar 2005	Peter Armbruster, Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung, Germany Nuclides Galore: Spallation revisited in inverse kinematics. Host: Kim Lister
25 Mar 2005	Stuart Freedman, University of California, Berkeley Direct Evidence for Neutrino Oscillations from KamLAND Host: Paul Reimer
1 Apr 2005	Roy Holt, Argonne National Laboratory Many facets of the deuteron Host: Kim Lister
8 Apr 2005	Moses Chan, Pennsylvania State University Can a solid be superfluid? Host: Mitio Inokuti
12 Apr 2005	Robert McKeown, California Institute of Technology High-energy Particle Astrophysics Research in K-12 Schools Host: Roy Holt Note: special date
15 Apr 2005	Jack Carpenter, IPNS, Argonne National Laboratory Spallation Neutron Sources: Present and Future Host: Jerry Nolen
22 Apr 2005	Steve Geer, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Physics at an Upgraded Fermilab Proton Driver Host: Peter Ostroumov
29 Apr 2005	Maury Tigner, Cornell University The International Linear Collider - where it stands  Host: Peter Ostroumov
6 May 2005	Lillian Hoddeson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  Pushing Frontiers in Particle Physics: The Powers and Paradoxes of Megascience Host: Mitio Inokuti
13 May 2005	Walter Kutschera, Institut f�r Isotopenforschung und Kernphysik, University of Vienna Synchronizing cultures in the past: Pushing methods of natural sciences and humanities to their limits Host: Darek Seweryniak
20 May 2005	James Trosko, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University A paradign challenge in understanding carcinogenesis: adult stem cells and cell-cell communication gone amuck Host: Mitio Inokuti
27 May 2005	Tim Tait,  Argonne National Laboratory Precision Data and Hints for Physics Beyond the SM Host: Mitio Inokuti
3 Jun 2005	Kate Kirby, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Ethics issues in the practice of Physics  Host: Eliane Lessner