Physics ColloquiumPage 12

Photonic Device Applications of Modulated-Reflectance Imaging (March 22, 2016)

Speaker(s): Janice Hudgings We have demonstrated a high-resolution (250nm, 10mK), non-contact modulated reflectance imaging technique which, in combination with an […]

Tests of gravity and quantum mechanics using atom interferometry (March 8, 2016)

Speaker(s): Jason Hogan (’03) Precision atom interferometry is poised to become a powerful tool for discovery in fundamental physics. Towards […]

Significant-Loophole-Free Test of Local Realism With Entangled Photons (February 23, 2016)

Speaker(s): Marissa Giustina Local realism is the worldview in which physical properties of objects exist independently of measurement and where […]

Games, Electrical Networks, and Quantum Algorithms (February 9, 2016)

Speaker(s): Candidate C Quantum computers exploit the quantum nature of physical systems to perform computations. While we have yet to […]

Illuminating the Dark Universe with Particle Colliders (February 2, 2016)

Speaker(s): Candidate B The stars and gases observed in our galaxy and beyond comprise only 15% of the total matter […]

Multi-Scale Studies of the Physics of Earthquakes (January 26, 2016)

Speaker(s): Candidate A Earthquake faults are complex systems that span a huge range of length and time scales. These scale-rich […]

Simulating the Universe, one galaxy at a time (December 8, 2015)

Speaker(s): Andrew Wetzel (’05) Within the cosmic web, galaxies form as baryonic gas flows along cosmic filaments into dark-matter halos. […]

Nanophotonics and ultracold atoms: a new set of tools for controlling atom-light interactions (October 27, 2015)

Speaker(s): Michael J. Martin (’06) Nano- and micro-scale optical systems, with feature sizes comparable to the wavelength of light, represent […]

Voyager 1 in the Interstellar Medium: What are we Seeing Out There? (October 6, 2015)

Speaker(s): John Belcher The Voyager spacecraft were launched in the Fall of 1977, 38 years ago. After a “grand tour” […]

Off-campus summer research in physics (September 22, 2015)

Speaker(s): HMC Physics Majors The following students will describe how they identified summer research positions, what they worked on, and […]

Colloquium

Junior and senior physics majors attend our biweekly colloquium series, held on Tuesday afternoons at 4:30 p.m. in Shanahan B460. The talks are open to all students and to the public, and are frequently attended by scientists from the other Claremont Colleges, Cal Poly Pomona, and others. The series features speakers from a broad range of institutions and fields of physics.