Physics Seminar: Capturing Correlated Electron and Ion Dynamics in Strong Fields

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Place: Namm 823 Thursday, April 2 at 12:00 PM Presented by Dr. Neepa T. Maitra Faculty and students are welcome, light refreshments will be served. Abstract: The study of electron dynamics far from the ground-state is of increasing interest today in many applications: attosecond control and manipulation of electron and consequent ion dynamics, photovoltaic design,

Physics Seminar: Anderson Localization and Ray Modes

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Place: Namm 823 April 08 at 11:00 am Presented by Prof. Klaus Ziegler Faculty and students are welcome. Abstract: Quantum transport is studied for two-dimensional Dirac particles, three-dimensional Weyl particles and a tight-binding system with a degenerate bandstructure in the presence of strong random scattering. In contrast to more conventional systems, there is no complete

Physics Seminar: Quantum Optics, Some Past and Present Trends

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Place: Namm 823 April 30 at 12:00 pm Presented by Prof. Mark Hillery Faculty and students are welcome. Abstract: Quantum optics arose with the invention of the laser. Early work focussed on developing a quantum theory of the laser and on better understanding the nature of the quantized electromagnetic field. It was for this latter

Physics Seminar: Updating the Prompt Atmospheric Neutrino Background at IceCube

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Place: Namm 823 Thursday, September 17 at 12:00 PM Presented by Jim Talbert Faculty and students are welcome, light refreshments will be served. Abstract: I will present an updated prediction of the flux of neutrinos arising from the prompt decay of charmed hadrons formed in collisions of cosmic rays on the upper atmosphere. This 'prompt'

Physics Seminar: Ordered vs. Disordered States of the Random-field Model in Three Dimensions

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Place: Namm 823 Thursday, September 24 at 12:00 PM Presented by Prof. Dmitry Garanin Faculty and students are welcome, light refreshments will be served. Abstract: Talk reports on recent numerical investigation of the glassy behavior of random-field exchange models in three dimensions. Correlation of energy with the magnetization for different numbers of spin components has

Physics Seminar: Chiral Bose and Fermi phases in orbital optical lattices

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Place: Namm 823 Date: Thursday, December 3 at Time: 12:00 PM Presented by Prof. W. Vincent Liu Faculty and students are welcome, light refreshments will be served. Abstract: When interacting ultracold atoms are loaded into the metastable but long lived higher orbital excited bands of an optical lattice, would it be possible for the atoms to