| Date |
Fall 2018 – Colloquium Information |
| Sep. 5, 2018 |
Title:”Understanding Ionization of Rydberg Atoms Using Geometrical Structures in Phase Space”
Dr. Korana Burke, University of California, Davis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bVSSntmOqM&t=3261s |
| Sep. 12, 2018 |
Title: Towards Improved Understanding of Changes in Greenland Outlet Glacier Shear Margin Dynamics in a Warming Climate
Dr. Derrick Lampkin, University of MD, College Park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vG8yQkMZl0 |
| Sep. 19, 2018 |
Title: Demonology: The Curious Role of Intelligence in Physics & Biology
Dr. Jim Crutchfield, University of California, Davis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9HaZaJijVc |
| Sep. 26, 2018 |
Title: Exploring the Inner Structure of Active Galactic Nuclei by Reverberation
Dr. Brad Peterson, Ohio State University
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwct4linP60&t=1087s |
| Oct. 3, 2018 |
Title: Stochastic Thermodynamics:From the established fluctuation theorem to the novel thermodynamic uncertainty relation
Dr. Andre Barato, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRpH6qkTo9E |
| Oct. 10, 2018 |
Title: From Special to General Relativity with Unruh and Hawking: Light from atoms falling into a black hole
Dr. Marlan Scully, Texas A&M University
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbhF2QgU1nY |
| Oct. 17, 2018 |
Title: How Random Numbers Are Transforming Quantum Physics and Chemistry: Stochastic Algorithms for Electronic Structure Theory
Dr. Brenda Rubenstein, Brown University
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag403Cuk63s |
| Oct. 24, 2018 |
Title: Fusion by Lasers: an overview of the physics, numerical modeling and present challenges in direct-drive ICF
Dr. Jason Bates, U.S. Naval Research Lab |
| Oct. 31, 2018 |
Title: Spin-photon interfaces for quantum computing and quantum communication
Dr. Sophia Economou, Virginia Tech |
| Nov. 7, 2018 |
Title: The effective use of data in materials research
Dr. Tim Mueller, Johns Hopkins University |
| Nov. 14, 2018 |
Title:Quantum information processing and metrology with electrons in quantum dots
Dr. John Nichol, University of Rochester |
| Nov. 21, 2018 |
No Colloquium – Thanksgiving Break |
| Nov. 28, 2018 |
Title:“Defining Fundamental Constants of Nature: The New Measurement System for a New Millennium”
Dr. David Newell, NIST |
| Dec. 5, 2018 |
Title:
Dr. Li-Chiang Lin, Ohio State University |