PHYSICS 293
CONDENSED MATTER SEMINAR
SPRING 2004
SEMINAR TIME AND LOCATION:
Thursday, 4:10-5:00 pm, Physics-Geology 416.
SEMINAR SCHEDULE:
Thursday, April 1:
Prof. Larry Sorensen
University of Washington
How magnets remember/forget: Truth from speckle
abstract
Thursday, April 8:
Dr. Andrea Cavalleri
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
``Femtosecond X-ray Diffraction and Spectroscopy: new Light on the
Dynamics of Phase Transitions in Strongly Correlated Systems''
abstract
Tuesday, April 13 (note special date):
Dr. Rossitza Pentcheva
Univ. of Munich
``On the Stabilization of Polar Metal Oxide Surfaces: A First Principles
Study of Fe3O4(001)
''
abstract
Thursday, April 15:
Prof. Leonid Butov
University of California San Diego
``Phenomena in cold exciton gases: Condensation, macroscopic ordering and
beyond''
abstract
Thursday, April 22:
Dr. Dieter Weller
Director of Media Research, Seagate Technology
``Assault on Storage Densities of 1 Terabit per Sq inch and beyond''
abstract
Thursday, April 29:
Dr. Damon Jackson
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
``Designer Diamond Anvils: A Novel Technique for Electrical Transport and
AC Susceptibility Measurements''
abstract
Monday, May 3 (note special date):
Dr. Charles Reichhardt
Los Alamos National Laboratory
``Pattern formation in systems with competing interactions: Applications
to materials science
''
abstract
Thursday, May 6:
Dr. Lin Yang
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
``Quantum-based simulations of material strength and phase diagrams for high-Z metals"
abstract
Thursday, May 13:
Dr. Helmut Katzgraber
Theoretische Physik, ETH Hoenggerberg
``Typical versus average superfluid density: Understanding
the vortex glass phase''
abstract
Thursday, May 20:
Dr. Matthew Hastings
Center for Nonlinear Studies, LANL
"Lieb-Schultz-Mattis in Higher Dimensions"
abstract
Thursday, May 27:
Dr. Choong-Shik Yoo
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
``Static high pressure materials research using the
3rd-generation synchrotron x-ray''
abstract
Thursday, June 3:
Prof. Zach Schlesinger
University of California, Santa Cruz
"Systematic study of Kondo resonance scaling via infrared/optical spectroscopy"
abstract