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Colloquia and Other Seminars 2007-2008 Academic Year

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Colloquia and Other Seminars 2008-2009 Academic Year

Colloquia and Other Seminars 2006-2007 Academic Year

August 2007

Astrophysics Seminar - August 7

Dynamo using energy flux & low-dimensional models

Prof. Mahendra K. Verma

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Special Nuclear Seminar 1 - August 13

A Study of the Fusion Reactions 12C + 12C Toward the Gamow Energy

Dr. Timothy Spillane

University of New South Wales

Special Nuclear Seminar 2 - August 13

One-proton, two-proton, and a emission from 14O+a interactions

Dr. Changbo Fu

Cyclotron Institute, Texas A & M University

Special Nuclear Seminar - August 14

High-precision (p,t) reactions to determine reaction rates of explosive stellar processes

Dr. Andrija Matic

Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut (KVI)

Astrophysics Seminar - August 21

Injection of Short-Lived Radionuclides of Supernova Origin into the Presolar Cloud

Dr. Keith Davis

Clemson University

Nuclear Seminar - August 27

Nucleosynthesis in AGB Stars

Maria Lugaro

University of Utrecht

Colloquium - August 29

Variation of fundamental constants in space and time: theory and observations

Prof. Victor Flambaum

University of New South Wales

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September 2007

Nuclear Seminar - September 3

Neutron capture reaction measurements at Karlsruhe

Ethan Uberseder

University of Notre Dame

Astrophysics Seminar - September 4

Population III Stars and the Formation of the First Protogalaxies

Dr. Brian O'Shea

Theoretical Astrophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Colloquium - September 5

Applications of particle and nuclear physics to non-proliferation

Dr. Adam Bernstein

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Nuclear Seminar - September 10

Turning Points in the Evolution of Isolated Neutron Stars' Magnetic Field *CANCELED*

Dr. Ulrich Geppert

German Aerospace Center, Institute for Space Systems

Library Seminar - September 10

Web of Science

Thurston Miller

University of Notre Dame

High Energy Seminar - September 11

The CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter *CANCELED*

Prof. Colin Jessop

University of Notre Dame

Colloquium - September 12

Bringing Hearing to the Deaf Hearing Implants: a Technical and Personal Account

Ian Shipsey

Purdue University

Condensed Matter Seminar - September 14

Superconducting Vortices in CeCoIn5: Beyond the Abrikosov-Ginzburg-Landau Paradigm

Prof. Morten Ring Eskildsen

University of Notre Dame

Nuclear Seminar - September 17

Two key radioactive isotopes of gamma-ray astronomy: the past, present, and future of Al26 and Fe60

Dr. Frank Timmes

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Library Seminar - September 17

INSPEC

Thurston Miller

University of Notre Dame

Astrophysics Seminar - September 18

Observations of High Velocity Clouds Toward the Inner Galaxy: Evidence for a Galactic Wind?

Will Zech

University of Notre Dame

High Energy Seminar - September 18

Introduction to Higgs Physics I

Prof. Chris Kolda

University of Notre Dame

Colloquium - September 19

70 years of Nuclear Physics at Notre Dame

Prof. Michael Wiescher

University of Notre Dame

Condensed Matter Seminar - September 21

A Network Approach to Protein Folding, and to Packing Problems in General

Prof. Zoltan Toroczkai

University of Notre Dame

Special Monday Astro Seminar - September 24

Planetesimal Formation and Particle Dynamics in Turbulent Circumstellar Disks

Andrew Youdin

Princeton University

Nuclear Seminar - September 24

Transiently accreting neutron stars and the nature of superdense matter

Dr. Dmitry Yakovlev

Ioffe Physico-Technical Inst., St. Petersburg, Russia

University of Notre Dame

Library Seminar - September 24

Biological Abstracts

Parker Ladwig

Mathematics and Life Sciences Librarian, University of Notre Dame

Astrophysics Seminar - September 25

New Perspectives on Protostellar Outflows in 3 Acts

Prof. Adam Frank

University of Rochester

High Energy Seminar - September 25

Introduction to Higgs Physics II

Prof. Chris Kolda

University of Notre Dame

Colloquium - September 26

The Neutrino Oscillations Industry

Dr. Maury Goodman

Argonne National Laboratory

Special Thursday Astro Seminar - September 27

Observed Dynamics of Triple Star Systems

Matthew Muterspaugh

University of California - Berkeley

Condensed Matter Seminar - September 28

Magnetic granular ensembles: dynamic self-assembly,flows and magnetic order

Dr. Alexey Snezhko

Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory

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October 2007

Nuclear Seminar - October 1

The Notre Dame Recoil Separator St. George

Dr. Manoel Couder

University of Notre Dame

Library Seminar - October 1

SciFinder Scholar, Part 1 - Bibliographic side

Thurston Miller

Physical Sciences Librarian, University of Notre Dame

Astrophysics Seminar - October 2

Grain Alignment: Changing Paradigm

Prof. Alex Lazarian

University of Wisconsin - Madison

High Energy Seminar - October 2

Introduction to Higgs Physics III

Prof. Chris Kolda

University of Notre Dame

Colloquium - October 3

Charm Physics

Prof. David Asner

Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario

Condensed Matter Seminar - October 5

Dynamics of magnetic vortices in patterned ferromagnets

Dr. Kristen Buchanan

Argonne National Laboratory

Special Monday Astrophysics Seminar - October 8

Chasing a WHIM: The Changing Picture of an Important Baryon Reservoir

Dr. Lara Arielle Phillips

University of Massachusetts - Amherst College

Nuclear Seminar - October 8

Measurements with the recoil separator ERNA

Dr. Daniel Schuermann

University of Bochum, Germany and University of Notre Dame

Library Seminar - October 8

MathSciNet

Parker Ladwig

Mathematics Library, University of Notre Dame

High Energy Seminar - October 9

The CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter

Prof. Colin Jessop

University of Notre Dame

Colloquium - October 10

Blasts from the Past - Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts and Other Transients

Prof. Carl W. Akerlof

University of Michigan

Condensed Matter Seminar - October 12

Ultrafast Manipulation of Ferromagnetism via Photoexcited Holes in GaMnAs

Dr. J. Wang

Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Library Seminar - October 15

Citation Management: RefWorks

Tanya Prokrym

Hesburgh Library - University of Notre Dame

Astrophysics Seminar - October 16

New Frontiers of Nuclear Astrophysics

Prof. Grant Mathews

University of Notre Dame

High Energy Seminar - October 16

Recent Top Results from CDF

Prof. Kirsten Tollefson

Michigan State University

Colloquium - October 17

Physics with a Rare Isotope Accelerator

Prof. Georg Bollen

Michigan State University

Atomic Physics Seminar - October 18

Stable and Accurate Single Ion Optical Clocks

Dr. Jim Bergquist

NIST Time and Frequency Division-Ion Storage Group

HEP 'Journal Club' - October 18

Report from Lepton-Photon 07 in Korea

Prof. Michael Hildreth

University of Notre Dame

Condensed Matter Seminar - October 19

Heat shock response in mammalian cells is controlled by a nonlinear stochastic process

Prof. Ovidiu Lipan

University of Richmond

Nuclear Seminar - October 29

Interplay between spherical and deformed states in the neutron-deficient pb-isotopes

Dr. Veerle Hellemans

University of Ghent, Belgium

Library Seminar - October 29

Searching for Chemical Structures and Reactions using SciFinder Scholar

Thurston Miller

Chemistry/Physics Library - University of Notre Dame

Astrophysics Seminar - October 30

On Education and Public Outreach

Ruth Craft South Bend Community School Corporation and Philip Sakimoto University of Notre Dame

High Energy Seminar - October 30

Hidden Sector Effects on Electroweak Breaking

Prof. Mariano Quiros

IFAE & ICREA, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

Colloquium - October 31

Beyond the Beyond

Dr. Mariano Quiros

IFAE & ICREA, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

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November 2007

Condensed Matter Seminar - November 2

NRVS and Events Along the Way

Prof. W. Robert Scheidt

Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry - University of Notre Dame

Nuclear Seminar - November 5

Explosions in Mass Transferring White Dwarf Stellar Binaries

Dr. Dean Townsley

University of Chicago

Library Seminar - November 5

Searching for Chemical Structures and Reactions using CrossFire

Thurston Miller

Chemistry/Physics Library - University of Notre Dame

Astrophysics Seminar - November 6

Effects of a Locally Inhomogeneous Cosmology on the Apparent Dark Energy

Xinghai Zhao

University of Notre Dame

Special Astrophysics Seminar - November 9

Neutron Star Structure and Dense Nuclear Matter

James Lattimer

SUNY Stony Brook

Nuclear Seminar - November 12

Activation Measurements of Neutron Capture Cross Sections at Astrophysical Energies

Ethan Uberseder

University of Notre Dame

Library Seminar - November 12

Searching PubMed to find Biological, Biochemical, and Medical Literature

Parker Ladwig

Mathematics Library - University of Notre Dame

High Energy Seminar - November 13

The GlueX Experiment

Prof. Matthew Shepherd

Indiana University

Colloquium - November 14

Why has high-temperature superconductivity been unsolved?

Prof. John Dow

Arizona State University & University of Notre Dame

Condensed Matter Seminar - November 16

Magnetic Resonance and Spin-Wave Excitations in Ferromagnetic Semiconductor GaMnAs

Prof. Xinyu Liu

University of Notre Dame

Nuclear Seminar - November 19

Laser Trapping and Probing of Exotic Helium Isotopes

Zheng-Tian Lu

Argonne National Laboratory

Astrophysics Seminar - November 27 Rescheduled (December 4)

How to Blow Up a White Dwarf

Prof. Peter Garnavich

University of Notre Dame

High Energy Seminar - November 27

Netting the Higgs Boson at CDF

Dr. Ben Kilminster

The Ohio State University

High Energy Seminar - November 29

The Quest for the Higgs

Dr. Sabine Lammers

Columbia University

Condensed Matter Seminar - November 30

Naming Games in Spatially Embedded and Random Networks

Prof. Gyorgy Korniss

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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December 2007

Nuclear Seminar - December 3

Electron Screening Effect

Dr. Francesco Raiola

University of Notre Dame

Astrophysics Seminar - December 4

How to Blow Up a White Dwarf

Prof. Peter Garnavich

University of Notre Dame

High Energy Seminar - December 4

Pushing the Limits: From Top to Higgs at CDF

Dr. Kevin Lannon

Fermilab

Colloquium - December 5

Spin-dependent transport: fundamental discoveries and real-life applications

Dr. Jonathan Z. Sun

IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

Condensed Matter Seminar - December 7

Electronic Effects Determining the Formation of Ferromagnetic III1-xMnxV Alloys During Epitaxial Growth

Prof. Jacek K. Furdyna

University of Notre Dame

High Energy Seminar - December 11

How Charming is the Truth? The Search for Top Flavor Changing Neutral Current Decay t -> Zc at CDF Run II

Dr. Charles Plager

UCLA

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January 2008

High Energy Seminar - January 15

Looking for new physics in the Bs-meson system

Dr. Dmitri Tsybychev

Stony Brook University

Colloquium - January 16

Parity Nonconservation in Francium

Prof. Luis Oroczo

University of Maryland

Atomic Physics Seminar - January 17

Correlations with spontaneous Emission in cavity QED

Prof. Luis Oroczo

University of Maryland

Condensed Matter Seminar - January 17

Blinking molecules, dots, rods and nanowires

Prof. Ken Kuno

Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame

High Energy Seminar - January 22

Searches for MSSM Higgs Bosons at CDF

Dr. Anton Anastassov

Rutgers University

Colloquium - January 23

Recent Results from the VERITAS Gamma-ray Observatory

Prof. David Hanna

McGill University

High Energy Seminar - January 24

Recent progress in CP violation: New Physics under siege

Dr. Alexandre Telnov

Princeton University

Condensed Matter Seminar - January 24

Atomic Force Microscopy of Blood Coagulation Proteins

Bernard Lim, MD, MRCP, PhD

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Nuclear Seminar - January 28

New measurements of r-process nuclei

Matt Quinn

University of Notre Dame

High Energy Seminar - January 29

The Measurement of CP Violation Parameter Beta and Search for New Physics from Babar Experiment

Dr. Chunhui Chen

University of Maryland

Colloquium - January 30

Ultrasensitive Searches for the Axion

Dr. Karl van Bibber

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

High Energy Seminar - January 31

W + b Jet Production at CDF: a Prerequisite to Higgs

Dr. Christopher Neu

University of Pennsylvania

Condensed Matter Seminar - January 31

Multiscale approaches to biological modeling

Professor Mark Alber

University of Notre Dame

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February 2008

Nuclear Seminar - February 4

Chiral Rotation: Past, Present and Future

S. Daniel Almehed

University of Notre Dame

High Energy Seminar - February 5

Study of exclusive and inclusive processes from e+e-Annihilation and ¡(4S) non-BBbar Decays

Dr. Kai Yi

SLAC

Colloquium - February 6

Microfluidic devices for quantitative cell biology

Prof. Alex Groisman

University of California, San Diego

High Energy Seminar - February 7

Study of B Meson Decays to Three-Body Charmless Hadronic Final States at Belle

Dr. Alexei Garmash

Princeton University

Condensed Matter Seminar - February 7

Self-organization of microtubules, molecular motors and crosslinks

Dr. Igor Aronson

Argonne National Laboratory

Nuclear Seminar - February 11

Biophysics in Ultrahigh Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Dr. Petra Schmalbrock

Ohio State University

Astrophysics Seminar - February 12

SkyMapper: A New Breed of Telescope

Brad E. Tucker

Australian National University

Colloquium - February 13

Critically examining complex networks science: past, present and future

Prof. Alessandro Vespignani

Indiana University

Condensed Matter Seminar - February 14

A Reverse Side of Superconductivity

Dr. Tatyana Baturina

Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Novosibirsk,Russia

Condensed Matter Seminar - February 15

Superinsulator: a New State of Matter

Dr. Valerii Vinokur

Argonne National Laboratory

Colloquium - February 20

Quark Matter

Dr. Jim Thomas

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Astrophysics Seminar - February 26 - Postponed until April 22

One Hundred 30 Dors: Is the Milky Way different or are we somehow missing them?

Prof. Margaret Hanson

University of Cincinnati

High Energy Seminar - February 26

Cosmic rays at Minos: Physics in the Background

Dr. Eric Grashorn

University of Minnesota

Colloquium - February 27

The Decade of Dark Energy

Prof. Peter Garnavich

University of Notre Dame

Condensed Matter Seminar - February 28

Cell Quakes and Microrheology: Active Mechanical Control and Fluctuations in Motor-Driven Gels

Prof. Alex J. Levine

Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, California Nanosystems Institute, UCLA

High Energy Seminar - February 28

Higgs Search at D0

Dr. Gavin Hesketh

University of Manchester, U.K.

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March 2008

Nuclear Seminar - March 10

R-Matrix Analysis of 16O(a,g)20Ne Using AZURE

James deBoer

University of Notre Dame

Colloquium - March 11

Searching for the Origin of Mass at the Tevatron and Beyond

Dr. Anton Anastassov

Fermilab and Northwestern University

Colloquium - March 12

Direct Search for WIMP Dark Matter - A XENON Perspective

Prof. Uwe Oberlack

Rice University

Condensed Matter Seminar - March 13

At the Boundary of Signaling and Transcription

Dr. Erzsebet Ravasz Regan

Harvard Medical School

Colloquium - March 14

CP Violation and Search for New Physics at B Factories

Dr. Alexei Garmash

Princeton University

Nuclear Seminar - March 17

Probing the Nuclear Equation of State at NSCL

Prof. Abby Bickley

NSCL - Michigan State University

Colloquium - March 18

Probing Matter-Antimatter Asymmetries with the b Quark

Dr. Chunhui Chen

SLAC - Stanford University

Colloquium - March 19

From antimatter to disease pr