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Fermilab Colloquium Calendar 2012-2013
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Date Speaker/Institute Title Host Abstract PDF Video
05 Sep 2012 Artemis Spyrou
Michigan State University
MoNa-LISA and the dinueutron system
T. Sen Abstract PPTX Video
12 Sep 2012 Jason Steffen
Northwestern University
Exoplanet Science from NASA's Kepler Mission
W. Merritt Abstract   Video
19 Sep 2012 Dave Nygren
LBL
The Origins and Evolution of the Time Projection Chamber (TPC) Idea
A. Para Abstract PPTX Video
26 Sep 2012            
3 Oct 2012 Sankar Das Sarma
University of Maryland
Computing with quantum knots: Majorana modes, non-Abelian anyons, and topological quantum computation
P. Lebrun Abstract   Video
10 Oct 2012 Ian Fisk
Fermilab
LHC Computing: The First Run and Beyond M. Kirby Abstract PDF Video
17 Oct 2012 Andreas Suter
Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
Muon Spin Rotation Spectroscopy - Utilizing Muons in Solid State Physics
D. Glenzinski Abstract   Video
24 Oct 2012 J.J. Gomez Cadenas
University of Valencia
Ettore Majorana through the Looking-glass
A. Para Abstract PDF Video
31 Oct 2012 Lauren Hsu
Fermilab
Dark matter: the next great discovery of particle physics?
A. Para Abstract PDF Video
7 Nov 2012 Subir Sachdev
Harvard University
Entanglement, Holography, and the Quantum Phases of Matter
C. Quigg and J. Lykken Abstract PDF Video
14 Nov 2012 NO COLLOQUIUM NO COLLOQUIUM      
21 Nov 2012 Thanksgiving
No Colloquium
         
28 November 2012 Thomas Handler
University of Tennessee
Science and Public Policies P. Lebrun Abstract   Video
5 Dec 2012 David Keith
Harvard University
The risks and efficacy of solar geoengineering T. Sen Abstract   Video
12 Dec 2012 Silvan Schweber
Brandeis University
Hans Bethe and Physics in/of the 20th Century C. Quigg Abstract PPT Video
19 Dec 2011            
26 Dec 2012 Christmas Holiday No Colloquium        
2 Jan 2013 New Year's Holiday No Colloquium        
9 Jan 2013 Rob Schoelkopf
Yale University
Quantum Optics with Superconducting Circuits: From Single Photons to Schrodinger Cats L. Cooley Abstract PPTX Video
16 Jan 2013            
23 Jan 2013 Catherine Pfister
University of Chicago
Climate change in the sea: the implications of increasing the carbon dioxide inputs to the surface ocean P. Lebrun Abstract PPTX Video
30 Jan 2013 Ruben Juanes
MIT
The lifetime of carbon capture and storage as a climate-change mitigation technology P. Lebrun Abstract PDF Video
6 Feb 2013 Bradford Benson
University of Chicago
Going to the End of the Earth to Learn About the Beginning of the Universe C. Stoughton Abstract    
13 Feb 2013 Klaus Kirch
Paul Scherrer Institute
The search for permanent electric dipole moments D. Glenzinski Abstract    
20 Feb 2013            
27 Feb 2013 Alan Bross
Fermilab
Neutrinos from STORed Muons - nuSTORM D. Glenzinski Abstract    
6 March 2013 Marcello Mannelli
CERN
New Detector Technologies for the LHC Experiments P. Bhat      
13 Mar 2013            
20 Mar 2013            
27 Mar 2013 Jonathan Wurtele
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Anti-Hydrogen Physics P. Lebrun      
3 Apr 2013 Mark Beeman
Northwestern University
Insight in the brain: The cognitive and neural bases of Eureka! moments T. Sen      
10 Apr 2013 Thomas Knight
MIT
Life with Four Billion Atoms P. Lebrun      
17 Apr 2013 Mark Peters
Argonne National Laboratory
Nuclear Energy Future and Nuclear Waste Policy P. Bhat      
24 Apr 2013 Pieter Faber
University of Chicago
TBA M. Votava      
1 May 2013 Douglas MacAyeal
University of Chicago
TBA C. Stoughton      
8 May 2013 Mariette DiChristina
Scientific American
TBA C. Quigg      
15 May 2013 Roger Blandford
Stanford University
The Accelerating Universe P. Lebrun      
22 May 2013            
29 May 2013 Dan McKinsey
Yale University
  P. Lebrun      
5 Jun 2013            
12 Jun 2013            
19 June 2013 Eszter Hargittai
Northwestern University
TBA C. Quigg      
26 June 2013            
3 Jul 2013 Independence Day - No Colloquium          
10 Jul 2013            
17 Jul 2013            
24 Jul 2013            
31 Jul 2013            
7 Aug 2013            
14 Aug 2013 Mauro Ferrari
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
TBA G. Ambrosio      
21 Aug 2013            
28 Aug 2013            


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