 Fall 2002 Previous schedules: Fall 2000 , Spring 2001 , Fall 2001 , Spring 2002 Future Schedules: Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Thursdays 4:00 p.m., Room 104 Physics Refreshments served at 3:40 p.m. Colloquium Organizer: Thomas Vojta | |
| August 29, 2002 - Prof. Giovanni Vignale (University of Missouri - Columbia) Many-body effects in spin transport and spin density functional theory | |
| September 5, 2002 | |
| September 12, 2002 - Prof. Joerg Schmalian (Iowa State University, Ames) Self generated inhomogeneities in correlated systems | |
| September 19, 2002 - Prof. James Heyman (Macalester College, St. Paul, MN) Terahertz Charge Oscillations in Semiconductors | |
| September 24, 2002 - Dr. Dan Neumann (NIST Center for Neutron Research) Inelastic neutron scattering and the dynamics of biomolecules (Note Special Date: Tuesday 4:00 p.m.) | |
| October 3, 2002 - Prof. Brett Esry (Kansas State University) Solving the time-dependent Schrodinger equation for fun and profit | |
| October 11, 2002 - Homecoming colloquium Dr. David R. Schultz (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) | |
| October 17, 2002 - Dr. Andrew Kortyna (Lafayette College, Easton, PA) Taking quantum mechanics to the limit -- the threshold behavior of electron-molecule scattering at ultralow collision energies | |
| October 24, 2002 - Prof. Agnes Vojta (University of Missouri - Rolla) Cracks or holes? Failure of varistor ceramics | |
| October 31, 2002 - Dr. Matthias Vojta (University of Augsburg, Germany) Quantum phase transitions in antiferromagnets and superconductors | |
| November 7, 2002 - No colloquium - Academic audit | |
| November 14, 2002 - Prof. Louis Bruch (University of Wisconsin) Dimers and Trimers of Helium | |
| November 21, 2002 - Prof. Bradley M. Stone (San Jose State University) Recent Spectroscopic Work in the Astrochemistry Laboratory at NASA Ames Research Center | |
| November 28, 2002 - Thanksgiving vacation, no colloquium | |
| December 3, 2002 - Advanced Laboratory Presentations Note Special Time and Date: Tuesday 2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | |
| December 5, 2002 - Nineth Annual Laird D. Schearer Prize Colloquium | |
| December 12, 2002 - Prof. Jon Machta (University of Massachusetts) Complexity in Statistical Physics and Computer Science |