Physics & Astronomy Colloquium

Fall 2017

NOTE: All colloquia will be held on THURSDAY at 3:30 PM in Rm. 109 Nicholson, unless otherwise indicated.

Date	Title of Talk	Speaker	Speaker's Institution	Host
Aug. 31	Nanodevices: A window to the realm of quantum physics	Vaclav Janis	Institute of Physics and Charles University, Prague	Juana Moreno
Sept. 7	The Quantum Loom: efficient generation of photonic graph states	Hagai Eisenberg	Racah Institute of Physics The Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Jonathan Dowling
Sept. 14	The AAVSO Program: A Resource for Variable Star Research	Stella Kafka	American Association of Variable Star Observers	Arlo Landolt
Sept. 21	Using Computational Methods to Understand Correlated Quantum Systems	Herbert Fotso	University at Albany	Juana Moreno
Sept. 28	"No Colloquium Today"
Oct.5	"No Colloquium Today"
Oct.12	Unveiling the Properties of Condensed Matter with Neutrons	Qiang Zhang	Louisiana State University	Rongying Jin
Oct. 19	Forging an understanding of Fe-based superconductors in the new Iron Age	Peter Hirschfeld	University of Florida	Ilya Vekhter
Oct. 26	Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger	Joseph Giaime	LIGO/LSU	Juhan Frank
Nov. 2	Synthesizing Discovery: from basic understanding to functional applications	Thomas Zac Ward	Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Ward Plummer
Nov. 9	New Possibilities for Understanding Complex Metal Hydrides via Synchrotron X-ray and Neutron Scattering Studies	Tabbetha Dobbins	Rowan University	Juana Moreno
Nov. 16	Short Period Binary White Dwarfs: Gravitational Waves, Merger Rate, and Likely Outcomes	Mukremin Kilic	University of Oklahoma	Geoff Clayton
Nov. 23	Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov. 30	The Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem	George. W. Ford	University of Michigan	Jorge Pullin

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