Physics Colloquium
Friday, May 3
4pm - 5pm
Small Hall, Room 111
Dr. Giovanni Vignale,University of Missouri, Title of Talk: Coulomb drag and spin Coulomb drag: from electrons to atoms
    Saturday Morning Physics: "The Power of the Abstract" (Prof. Giovanni Vignale, U Missouri)
    Saturday, May 4
    11am - 12pm
    Small Hall, Room 111
    The final goal of theoretical physics is not the explanation of observed facts, but the weaving of those facts into a convincing and memorable narrative. This talk will expose some of the basic tools used: limits, mapping, and "effective theories."
      High Energy Theory Seminar
      Thursday, May 9
      10am - 11am
      Small Hall, Room 122
      Speaker: Andrew Spray (University of Melbourne) Title: "Constraining Light Supersymmetric Hidden Sectors"
        Dylan Judd Albrecht Physics Dissertation Defense
        Thursday, May 9
        1pm
        Small Hall, Room 122
        Dylan Judd Albrecht, Physics Ph.D. Defense Title: Applications of Holographic Dualities Open to the public
          Zhifeng Shi: Physics Dissertation Defense
          Friday, May 17
          2pm
          Small Hall, Room 122
          Zhifeng Shi, Physics Ph.D. Defense, Title: Multi-Meson Systems from Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics Open to the public.
            Benjamin Carl Rislow: Physics Dissertation Defense
            Wednesday, May 22
            10am
            Small Hall, Room 122
            Benjamin Carl Rislow, Physics Ph.D. Defense, Title: Low Energy Tests of the Standard Model Open to the public.
              AMO Seminar
              Thursday, May 23
              3pm
              Small Hall, Room 122
              Speaker: Elizabeth Goldschmidt, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Title of talk: "What photons can tell us about their origins"
                Saturday Morning Physics: "LIGO: Laser Detection of Ripples in Space" (Prof. Eugeniy Mikhailov)
                Saturday, May 25
                11am - 12pm
                Small Hall, Room 111
                Albert Einstein predicted gravitational waves, but they have not yet been observed. Prof. Mikhailov will discuss possible ways to detect gravitational waves, in particular the Laser Interferometry Gravitational Wave Observatory.
                  Summer Session I Classes Begin
                  Tuesday, May 28
                  All day
                  Location not specified