PHYSICS 293
CONDENSED MATTER SEMINAR
SPRING 2008
SEMINAR TIME AND LOCATION:
Thursday, 4:10-5:00 pm, Physics-Geology 416.
SEMINAR SCHEDULE:
Thursday, April 3:
Prof. Kieron Burke
Departments of Chemistry and Physics, University of California, Irvine
Density Functional Theory: A great mistake?
Abstract
Thursday, April 10:
Thursday, April 17:
Prof. Congjun Wu
Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego
Novel orbital physics with cold atoms in optical lattices
Abstract
Thursday, April 24:
Prof. Steven White
Department of Physics, University of California, Irvine
Numerical studies of 2D frustrated and doped quantum systems
Abstract
Thursday, May 1:
Prof. Ivan Schuller
Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego
NANOSTRUCTURES: CONFINEMENT, PROXIMITY AND INDUCED EFFECTS
Abstract
Thursday, May 8:
Prof. Sriram Shastry
Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz
A model for many seasons: magnetism and superconductivity in 2-d
Abstract
Thursday, May 15:
No seminar (Department Picnic)
Thursday, May 22:
Prof. Zack Schlesinger
Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz
Soft Mode Manifold Dynamics Behind Negative Thermal Expansion
Abstract
Thursday, May 29:
Prof. Brian Maple
Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego
Unconventional Superconductivity, Magnetism, and Quadrupolar Order in
the Heavy Fermion Compound PrOs4Sb12 and its Derivatives
Abstract
Thursday, June 5:
Dr. Will Evans
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
The Dynamic Diamond Anvil Cell:
A novel device for probing the dynamic response of materials at high
pressure
Abstract
Thursday, June 12. This seminar will be at 10:00 am!!
Dr. A.V. Balatsky
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Collective Modes and Isotope Effect in Inhomogeneous Superconductors
Abstract