Physics colloquia are normally held every Monday at 4 pm during the quarter (except holidays). Typically one speaker each quarter is nominated by the graduate students. Speakers are invited to meet with the Society of Physics Students at 12:30 for pizza on the day of the colloquium.
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Physics Colloquia
2020-2021 Colloquia
| Date and Time | Location | Title/Speaker | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28 2020 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm | Zoom. |
Nematic quantum criticality in iron-based superconductors Jiun-Haw Chu (UW Physics) |
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| Sep 30 2020 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm | zoom. |
Measuring and enhancing quantitative reasoning in physics instruction Suzanne White Brahmia (UW Physics) |
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| Oct 5 2020 - 4:00pm | Zoom. |
Quasi-1D Hexagonal Chalcogenides: From Giant Optical Anisotropy to Ultralow Glassy Thermal Conductivity Jayakanth Ravichandran (USC) |
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| Oct 12 2020 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm | Zoom. |
Eöt-Wash & the physics that won the Breakthrough Prize! Adelberger, Gundlach and Heckel (UW) |
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| Oct 19 2020 - 4:00pm | Zoom. |
Form from flow: The role of dynamics in shaping fluvial and vascular topology Eleni Katifori (UPenn) |
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| Oct 26 2020 - 4:00pm | Click on the event for the zoom link. |
Imaging black holes (Celebrating the Nobel Prize) Jason Dexter (CU Boulder) |
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| Nov 2 2020 - 4:00pm | Click on the event for the zoom link. |
Special collective modes from spin-orbit coupling. Saurabh Maiti (Concordia University) |
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| Nov 9 2020 - 4:00pm | Click on the event for the zoom link. |
An Ab Initio Approach to Predicting and Controlling Quantum Systems Pri Narang (Harvard) |
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| Nov 16 2020 - 4:00pm | Click on the event for the zoom link. |
Searching for Dark Complexity with Colliders and Telescopes David Curtin (U. Toronto) |
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| Nov 23 2020 - 12:30pm | Click on the event for the zoom link. |
Quantum interfaces based on ion traps Tracy Northrup (Universität Innsbruck) |
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| Nov 30 2020 - 4:00pm | Zoom |
Using Information Geometry to find simple models of complex processes Mark Transtrum (BYU) |
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| Dec 7 2020 - 12:30pm | Zoom |
Out-of-equilibrium phenomena with ultracold atoms in optical lattices Monika Aidelsburger (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München & Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology) |
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| Jan 11 2021 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm | Zoom. |
From authentic experiments and everyday observations to introductory physics problems Gorazd Planinsic (University of Ljubljana) |
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| Jan 25 2021 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm | Zoom |
Capturing light induced phase transitions with femtosecond movies Nuh Gedik (MIT) |
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| Feb 1 2021 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm | Zoom |
Magic Angle Bilayer Graphene - Superconductors, Orbital Magnets, Correlated States and beyond Dmitri Efetov (ICFO) |
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| Feb 8 2021 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm | Zoom |
Are we Living in the Matrix? David Tong |
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| Feb 22 2021 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm | Zoom |
Exploring new scientific frontiers with programmable quantum systems Misha Lukin (Harvard) |
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| Mar 1 2021 - 4:00pm | Zoom |
TBA Rehan Kapadia (USC) |
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| Mar 29 2021 - 4:00pm | Zoom |
TBA Xie Chen (Caltech) |
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| Apr 5 2021 - 4:00pm | Zoom |
TBA Sid Goyal (U. Toronto) |
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| Apr 12 2021 - 4:00pm | Zoom |
g-2 first results David Hertzog (UW) |
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| Apr 19 2021 - 4:00pm | Zoom |
TBA Stephanie Palmer |
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| Apr 26 2021 - 4:00pm | Zoom |
TBA Eva Andrei (Rutgers) |
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| May 3 2021 - 4:00pm | Zoom |
TBA Gordon Berman (Emory) |
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| May 10 2021 - 4:00pm | Zoom |
Cosmological Seed Magnetic Field from Inflation Bharat Ratra |
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