Fall 2014

Date Title of Talk Speaker Speaker's Institution Host

Aug. 28
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3:30 PM
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109 Nicholson

"The beauty of physics: patterns, principles, and perspectives"
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Ravi Rau Louisiana State University Juhan Frank
Sept. 4 "Results from the T2K Experiment"
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Thomas Kutter Louisiana State University Juhan Frank
Sept. 11 "Giant Ionized Clouds and the History of Active Galactic Nuclei"
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William Keel University of Alabama Arlo Landolt
Sept. 18 "Testing Einstein's gravity with black holes"
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Chris Done University of Durham Rob Hynes
Sept. 25 "Nuclear Reactions: A Challenge for Few- and Many-Body Theory"
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Charlotte Elster Ohio University, Athens Kristina Launey
Oct. 2 Fall Holiday

Oct. 9

"Microscopic driving forces in electron liquid-crystal transitions: a case studied in La1/3Ca2/3MnO3"
Abstract
Jing Tao Brookhaven National Laboratory Jiandi Zhang
Oct. 16 "Relation between the psychological and thermodynamic arrows of time"
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Todd A. Brun University of Southern California Mark Wilde
Oct. 23 "The Impact of Binary Stars on Our Understanding of Supernova Progenitors"
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Ori Fox University of Berkeley Geoff Clayton
Oct. 30 "Exploring Intertwined Orders in High-Temperature Superconductors"
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John Tranquada Brookhaven National Laboratory Ward Plummer
Nov. 6        
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Nov. 20        
Nov. 27 Thanksgiving Holiday
Dec. 4 "What's the (Quantum) Matter with Black Holes?"
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Emil Mottola Los Alamos National Laboratory Ivan Agullo
Dec. 11 "Discovery of the Chemical Signature of First-Generation Massive Stars"
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Timothy C. Beers University of Notre Dame Jeff Blackmon