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Plasma Seminars - Thayer
Colloquium Archives

Friday, March 28

COLLOQUIUM

Brian Chaboyer, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College
Topic: "A Hubble Space Telescope Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters"
Abstract
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2:00 PM, Wilder 104

Tuesday, April 1

PLASMA SEMINAR

Kara Perry, AFRL
Topic: "Validation of Methods for Calculating the Second and Third Adiabatic Invariant"

3:30 PM, Wilder 111

Friday, April 4

COLLOQUIUM

Tom Levi, New York University
Topic: "When Worlds Collide: Bubble Universes in the Landscape of String Theory and Cosmology"
Abstract
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Presentation
2:00 PM, Wilder 104

Tuesday, April 8

PLASMA SEMINAR

Charles Smith, University of New Hampshire
Topic: "The Evolving Interplanetary Spectrum"
Abstract
3:30 PM, Wilder 111

Friday, April 11

COLLOQUIUM

Cynthia Cattell, University of Minnesota
Topic: "STEREO Observations of Large Amplitude Whistler-Mode Waves in Earth's Radiation Belts: Implications for Relativistic Electron Acceleration and Loss"
Abstract
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Presentation
2:00 PM, Wilder 104

Tuesday, April 15

PLASMA SEMINAR

Brian LaBombard, MIT
Topic: "Plasma Physics at the Edge of a Tokamak Fusion Reactor"
Abstract
3:30 PM, Wilder 111

Friday, April 18

SPECIAL COLLOQUIUM, A PLAY

Latif Nasser, co-advised by MArcelo GLeiser and Peter Hackett (Drama), MIT
Topic: "PHILISTINES! or The Electrodynamics of a Moving Body"
Abstract
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2:00 PM, Wilder 104

Monday, April 21

ASTRONOMY TALK

Beth Willman, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Topic: "The Least Luminous Galaxies: Learning to Love the CMD and Stop Worrying About CDM"
Abstract
2:00 PM, Wilder 102

Tuesday, April 22

PLASMA SEMINAR

Igino Coco, Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario, Rome, Italy
Topic: "Ionospheric Effects of Abrupt Variations of Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure"
Abstract
3:30 PM, Wilder 111

Wednesday, April 23

PHYSICAL SCIENCES LECTURE

Louis Bloomfield, University of Virginia
Topic: "Magnetism in Clusters of Atoms"
Abstract
4:00 PM, Wilder 104

Thursday, April 24

QUANTUM/NANOPHYSICS SEMINAR

Paola Cappellaro, Harvard University
Topic: "Coherent Control of Quantum Information"
Abstract
4:00 PM, Wilder 102

Friday, April 25

COLLOQUIUM

Don Eigler, IBM Almaden Research Center, CA
Topic: "The Quest for Spin Cascade Logic Circuits"
Abstract
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Presentation
2:00 PM, Wilder 104

Monday, April 28

ASTRONOMY TALK

Anil Seth, Harvard Smithsonian CFA
Topic: "Nuclear Star Clusters: Formation and Relation to Black Holes"
Abstract
2:00 PM, Wilder 102

Tuesday, April 29

PLASMA SEMINAR

John Rice, MIT
Topic: "Spontaneous Rotation in Tokamak Plasmas"
Abstract
3:30 PM, Wilder 111

Friday, May 2

COLLOQUIUM

Nathan Schwadron, Boston University
Topic: "The Roles of Shocks and Magnetic Reconnection for Particle Acceleration in the Heliosphere"
Abstract
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Presentation
2:00 PM, Wilder 104

Tuesday, May 6

GRADUATE THESIS DEFENSE

Christopher S. Peters, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College
Topic: "Kinematics and Space Densities for Local Cataclysmic Variable Population"
Abstract
2:00 PM, Wilder 202

Tuesday, May 6

PLASMA SEMINAR

Robyn Millan, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College
Topic: "Radiation Belt Electron Losses and BARRELL"

3:30 PM, Wilder 111

Tuesday, May 6

Quantum/Nanophysics Seminar

Ekaterina Babourina-Brooks,University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
Topic: "Quantum Noise in a Nano Mechanical Duffing Oscillator"
Abstract
4:00 PM, Wilder 102

Friday, May 9

COLLOQUIUM

Richard Easther, Yale University
Topic: "The Observational Fingerprints of Inflation"
Abstract
2:00 PM, Wilder 104

Tuesday, May 13

PLASMA SEMINAR

Ben Chandran, University of New Hampshire
Topic: "Turbulence in the Solar Wind"
Abstract
3:30 PM, Wilder 111

Thursday, May 15

SENIOR HONORS THESIS

Jordan Zastrow, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College
Topic: "An Optical Study of the Circumstellar Medium in Cassiopeia A"
Abstract
1:30 PM, Wilder 202

Thursday, May 15

QUANTUM/NANOPHYSICS SEMINAR

Denzil Rodrigues,Department of Physics, University of Nottingham, U. K.
Topic: "A Mechanical Laser: Self-Induced Oscillations in a Nanomechanical System"
Abstract
4:00 PM, Wilder 102

Thursday, May 15

GRADUATE THESIS DEFENSE

Joel Thorarinson, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth
Topic: "Emergent Coherent Structures in Non-Equilibrium Field Theory"
Abstract
4:00 PM, Wilder 111

Friday, May 16

COLLOQUIUM

Claudio Rebbi, Boston University
Topic: "Lattice QCA"
Abstract
2:00 PM, Wilder 104

Monday, May 19

SENIOR HONORS THESIS

David Strauss, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College
Topic: "VLF Propogation Study at 24kHz"
Abstract
5:00 PM, Wilder 202

Tuesday, May 20

SENIOR HONORS THESIS

Parker Fagrelius, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College
Topic: "Understanding Quantum Mechanics: Entangling our Reality"

5:00 PM, Wilder 202

Tuesday, May 20

PLASMA SEMINAR

Jeremy Ouellette, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College
Topic: "Magnetic Reconnection at the Magnetopause in Global MHD Simulations"

3:30 PM, Wilder 111

Wednesday, May 21

ASTRONOMY TALK

Silas Laycock, Harvard College Observatory and Gemini Observatory
Topic: "A Telescope to the Past"
Abstract
2:00 PM, Wilder 111

Thursday, May 22

SENIOR HONORS THESIS

Alexander Crew, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College
Topic: "Data Analysis of Magnetic Fields from ROPA Sounding Rocket"
Abstract
12:00 PM, Wilder 202

Friday, May 23

COLLOQUIUM

David Montgomery, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College
Topic: "Boundary Conditions for Turbulent Fluids and Magnetofluids"
Abstract
2:00 PM, Wilder 104

Tuesday, May 27

SENIOR HONORS THESIS

Karl Yando, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College
Topic: "A Monte Carlo Simulation of the MEPED Particle Detector Module"

10:00 AM, Wilder 111

Tuesday, May 27

SENIOR HONORS THESIS

Brendan Huang, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College
Topic: "Investigation of Microscopic Photon and Phonon Quantum Non-Demolition Schemes"
Abstract
12:30 PM, Wilder 202

Wednesday, May 28

SENIOR HONORS THESIS

Phillip J. Bracikowski, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College
Topic: "Study of Mesopheric Dust"
Abstract
3:00 AM, Wilder 111

Thursday, May 29

SENIOR HONORS THESIS

Leon Maurer, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College
Topic: "Low Temperature Coulomb Blockade Thermometer"
Abstract
2:00 PM, Wilder 102

Thursday, May 29

Quantum/Nanophysics Seminar

Ferdinand Helmer, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Topic: "Quantum Zeno Effect in the Quantum Non-Demolition Detection of Itinerant Photons"
Abstract
4:00 PM, Wilder 102

Tueday, June 10

Quantum/Nanophysics Seminar

Gerard Milburn, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
Topic: "TBA"
Abstract
4:00 PM, Wilder 102