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Artificial Atoms on a Chip: The Road to Quantum Computation? (November 21, 2006)

Speaker(s): Ken Cooper A quantum computer, if ever constructed, will be able to crack problems that would take a modern […]

The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX):Discovering The Interaction Between Our Solar System and the Galaxy (November 7, 2006)

Speaker(s): David McComas The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission (www.ibex.swri.edu) will launch in mid-2008 and provide the first global views […]

Diagnosing Climate Feedbacks in Atmospheric General Circulation Models (October 24, 2006)

Speaker(s): Karen Shell Many different feedbacks influence how the earth’s temperature, precipitation, and winds respond to changes in the energy […]

Applied Antineutrino Physics: Reactor Monitoring with Cubic Meter Scale Antineutrino Detectors (October 3, 2006)

Speaker(s): Adam Bernstein Reactor antineutrino detection has matured to the point where it is feasible to stably monitor plutonium content […]

Imaging the Primordial Plasma: Recent Observations of the Temperature and Polarization Anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) (September 19, 2006)

Speaker(s): Bill Jones We discuss recent observations of the temperature and polarization anisotropies of the CMB, and the implications for […]

Student Presentations of Off-Campus Researchduring the Summer of 2006 (September 12, 2006)

Speaker(s): Various students Greg Sandstrom and Steve Von der Porten,Umachines – Pasadena, CADr. Tom TsaoConstructing a phase-shift interferometer to test […]

Laser- and Beam-Driven Plasma Accelerators (September 5, 2006)

Speaker(s): Chandrashekhar Joshi Scientists have been trying to use the tremendous electric fields in relativistic plasma waves to accelerate charged […]

Dark Matter (April 18, 2006)

Speaker(s): Arvind Rajaraman I will review the evidence that most of the matter in theuniverse is dark; i.e. it does […]

Recent Physics News, as Reported by Faculty Members of the Department of Physics (April 4, 2006)

Speaker(s): Physics Faculty The Arrival of the Cassini Spacecraft at Saturn and the Successful Landing of the Huygens Probe on […]

The Formation of the Solar System (March 21, 2006)

Speaker(s): Re’em Sari How do planets form and how long does it take?Why are their orbits circular and coplanar?What set […]

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.