Physics ColloquiumPage 22

Exploring a New Family of High-:mil:`T_c` Superconductors: the Iron-Arsenides (January 27, 2009)

Speaker(s): Jenny Hoffman I will give a review of superconductivity research over the last century, culminating in the recent, exciting […]

The Study of Exotic Nuclei and its Application to Astrophysical Systems (December 2, 2008)

Speaker(s): Warren Rogers (’81) Some of the most interesting questions in nuclear physics research today deal with understanding the creation […]

Observing the Origin of the Universe (November 11, 2008)

Speaker(s): Ned Wright In the past century our knowledge about the Universe went from one fact -the sky is dark […]

Faster, Smaller, Smarter: Using Light to See Things Smaller than the Wavelength of Light! (October 28, 2008)

Speaker(s): Alex Small Standard microscopes cannot resolve features smaller than the wavelength of light, due to diffraction of light by […]

Studying the Development of Cultured Neural Networks (October 7, 2008)

Speaker(s): Jerry Pine Brain neurons can be dissociated from embryos and grown in culture dishes, where they form functionally connected […]

How Do We Use Computational Methods to Design New Materials? (September 23, 2008)

Speaker(s): Nicola Spaldin Modern computational methods are proving to be invaluable in the first-principles design of new materials with specific […]

Summer 2008 Off-Campus Research (September 9, 2008)

Speaker(s): Several HMC Senior Physics Majors HMC senior physics majors Julian Freed-Brown, Alex Hagen, Brandon Horn, Eric Langman, Matthew Lawson, […]

Recent Developments in Physics (April 22, 2008)

Speaker(s): Several HMC Professors Attosecond real-time observation of electron tunneling in atoms (Tom Donnelly) Rhic ’n Roll (Vatche Sahakian) Gravity […]

Extra Dimensions in String Theory (March 25, 2008)

Speaker(s): Steuard Jensen (’98) For many years, string theory has been a leading approach to the vexing problem of quantum […]

Quantum Metrology with Precision Light and Ultracold Atoms (February 19, 2008)

Speaker(s): Jun Ye Improvements in spectroscopic resolution have been the driving force behind many scientific and technological breakthroughs over the […]

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.