Physics Division Colloquium
Auditorium, Building 203, Argonne National Laboratory
Fridays at 11:00 AM
2007-2008 Leap Year Program
Please contact the host if you wish to arrange a discussion with the speaker.
7 Sep 2007 |
Brian W. Fitzpatrick,
Google Inc.
Google: Building Scalable Systems and Moving Large Datasets Host: John Arrington |
14 Sep 2007 |
Xiangdong Ji,
University of Maryland
Exploring the Partonic Structure of the Nucleon Host: Harry Lee |
21 Sep 2007 |
John P. Schiffer,
Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Perspectives on Nuclear Physics over the Past 100 Years Host: Harry Lee |
28 Sep 2007 |
Mike Norman,
Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
High-Temperature Superconductivity - After 20 Years, Where Are We At? Host: John Schiffer |
5 Oct 2007 |
Serge Haroche,
Collège de France & École Normale Supérieure
Quantum Non-Demolition Measurement of Light: The Birth, Life and Death of Trapped Photons Host: Zheng-Tian Lu |
12 Oct 2007 | Fall DNP Meeting, Newport News, VA, 10-13 Oct |
19 Oct 2007 | Open |
26 Oct 2007 |
Elena Aprile,
Columbia University
The XENON Dark Matter Search Host: Kim Lister |
2 Nov 2007 | Cancelled |
9 Nov 2007 |
David S. Weiss,
Penn State University
Experiments with Atoms in One and Zero Dimensions Host: John Schiffer |
16 Nov 2007 |
Peter Mueller,
Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Simple Atoms, Extreme Nuclei: Laser Spectroscopy of 6He and 8He Host: Zheng-Tian Lu |
23 Nov 2007 | Thanksgiving - No colloquium |
30 Nov 2007 | Cancelled |
7 Dec 2007 |
Chia-Ling Chien,
Johns Hopkins University
Nanomagnets: Poles or no Poles Host: Harry Lee |
14 Dec 2007 | Cancelled |
21 Dec 2007 | Christmas Eve - No colloquium |
28 Dec 2007 | New Year's Eve - No colloquium |
4 Jan 2008 |
Robert V. F. Janssens,
Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory
The Hunt for New Shell Structure in Neutron-Rich Nuclei Host: Harry Lee |
11 Jan 2008 |
Wim Leemans,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
High-Energy Particle Accelerators that Can Fit on a (Large) Tabletop by Using Lasers Host: Richard Pardo |
18 Jan 2008 |
Barry Wicklund,
High Energy Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Flavor Physics and The Strange Beauty Clock Host: Ed Berger |
25 Jan 2008 |
Linda Young,
Chemical Science and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Towards Laser Control of Ultrafast X-Ray Processes Host: Filip Kondev |
1 Feb 2008 | Postponed |
8 Feb 2008 |
Peter G. O. Freund,
University of Chicago
A Passion for Discovery Host: John Schiffer |
15 Feb 2008 |
Abhay Ashtekar,
Penn State University
Gravity, Geometry and the Quantum Host: Harry Lee |
22 Feb 2008 |
Tom LeCompte,
High Energy Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Standard Model Physics at the LHC Host: Ed Berger |
29 Feb 2008 |
Savdeep Sethi,
University of Chicago
Time and String Theory Host: John Schiffer |
7 Mar 2008 |
Lloyd Knox,
University of California at Davis
Future Probes of Dark Energy Host: John Arrington |
14 Mar 2008 |
Rolf Ent,
Thomas Jefferson National Laboratory
Quark-Hadron Duality and the Onset of the Quark Parton Model Host: John Arrington |
21 Mar 2008 |
Henry Kapteyn,
JILA and University of Colorado
Ultrafast Molecular X-Ray Science Host: Zheng-Tian Lu |
24 Mar 2008 Monday 3:30 PM |
Kenneth M. Nollett,
Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Some Puzzles in the Origins of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Oxygen Host: Craig Roberts Note: special date and time |
28 Mar 2008 |
Bradley L. Jolliff,
Washington University
Mars Exploration Rovers: Two Mars Years of Geologic Discovery Host: Richard Pardo |
4 Apr 2008 | Anneli Munkholm,
Philips Lumileds Lighting Company
High Power Light Emitting Diodes: Progress & Challenges Host: John Arrington |
11 Apr 2008 | Spring APS Meeting, St. Louis, MO, 12-15 Apr |
18 Apr 2008 |
Joe Lykken,
Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory
Twenty Questions at the Large Hadron Collider Host: Ed Berger |
25 Apr 2008 |
Stephan Paul,
Technische Universität München
Origin and Structure of the Universe: The Neutron's Point of View Host: Harry Lee |
2 May 2008 |
Anthony Thomas,
Thomas Jefferson National Laboratory & College of William and Mary
Nucleon Spin Crisis : Begining to the End Host: Harry Lee |
9 May 2008 | Walter Henning,
Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Intense Rare Isotope Beams – Science Goals and Technical Realization Host: Harry Lee |
16 May 2008 | Open |
23 May 2008 |
Karsten Heeger,
University of Wisconsin
Probing New Physics in Neutrino Experiments Host: John Schiffer |
30 May 2008 | Claude Lyneis,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
ECR Ion Sources for Nuclear Physics Research Host: Richard Pardo |
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2007-2008 Committee
John Arrington (252-3619, [email protected] mail)
Ed Berger (HEP) (252-6211, [email protected] mail)
Filip Kondev (NE) (252-4484, [email protected] mail)
Torben Lauritsen (252-4026, [email protected] mail)
T.-S. Harry Lee, chair (252-4094, [email protected] mail)
C. J. (Kim) Lister (252-4040, [email protected] mail)
Zheng-Tian Lu, past chair (252-0583, [email protected] mail)
Richard Pardo (252-4029, [email protected] mail)
John Schiffer (252-4066, [email protected] mail)
Secretary Janet Bergman (252-4085, [email protected] mail)