Events at Physics |
Events During March, 2024
- Friday, March 1st
- Graduate Program Event; 8:30 am; all over Chamberlin
- Prospective Visit Days, various
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum engineering for superconducting quantum computers, Prof. Yasunobu Nakamura , University of Tokyo
- Monday, March 4th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm; 1227 Engineering Hall
- Schnack Memorial Seminar: "Plasma instabilities associated with runaway electron beam and their potential influences”, Dr. Chang Liu, PPPL (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
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- Wednesday, March 6th
- Undergraduate Program Event; 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm; Chamberlin Hall Lobby
- Physics and Astronomy Majors Fair, Evan Heintz
- Thursday, March 7th
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- CANCELLED: NIRWALS: the Near InfraRed Washburn Astronomical Laboratories Spectrograph on SALT, Marsha Wolf, UW-Madison
- Friday, March 8th
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Using Radio Detectors to Discover the Highest Energy Astrophysical Neutrinos, Abigail Vieregg, University of Chicago
- Monday, March 11th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm; 1227 Engineering Hall
- "Advances in optimization for stellarator design", Elizabeth Paul, Columbia University
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
- Plasma Seminar; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
- Structuring Light: The Next Frontier in Laser-Plasma Interactions, Andrew Longman, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
- Tuesday, March 12th
- Council Meeting
- 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 2314 Chamberlin Hall
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute Seminar; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; Discovery Building, DeLuca Forum
- Theory of g factors in semiconductors -- some history, and new insights, David DiVincenzo, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
- Wednesday, March 13th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling
- Thursday, March 14th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am - 11:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Detecting, Studying, and Eliminating Quasiparticles in Superconducting Circuits, Eli Levenson-Falk, USC
- Plasma Seminar; 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
- Understanding the plasma universe through laboratory experiments and related models, Yang Zhang, Caltech
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- Supercomputer Simulations of the Universe: Interfacing galaxy formation with precision cosmology, Volker Springel, Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics
- Friday, March 15th
- Graduate Program Event; 8:30 am; all over Chamberlin
- Prospective Visit Days, various
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Using Dissipation to Preserve Superconducting Qubit Coherence, Eli Levinson-Falk, USC
- Monday, March 18th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum skyrmion Hall effect, Ashely Cook, Max Planck Institutes for the Physics of Complex Systems and the Chemical Physics of Solids
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm; 1227 Engineering Hall
- "Cylindrical Implosion Experiments at Los Alamos National Laboratory", Josh Sauppe, LANL (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
- Tuesday, March 19th
- Preliminary Exam; 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm; B343 Sterling
- Electron Cyclotron Heating in the WHAM device, Jonathan Pizzo, Physics Graduate Student
- Wisconsin Quantum Institute; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Rm.5294, Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum Coffee Hour
- Wednesday, March 20th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Protecting Qubits from High-energy Impacts, Britton Plourde, Syracuse University
- Thursday, March 21st
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall
- The cosmic journey of the elements, from dust to life, Lia Corrales, University of Michigan
- Friday, March 22nd
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Towards EeV neutrino astronomy with GRAND, Kumiko Kotera , Institut d'astrophysique de Paris
- Saturday, March 23rd
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- Sunday, March 24th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- Monday, March 25th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
- Thesis Defense; 1:00 pm; B343 Sterling
- A CHAPMAN-ENSKOG-LIKE (CEL) CONTINUUM KINETIC CLOSURE APPROACH IN NIMROD, Joseph Jepson, Physics Graduate Student
- Graduate Program Event; 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm; 5310 CH
- How to Prelim
- Tuesday, March 26th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Seminar; 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm; Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 912 3071 4547
- The present and future of flavor in high-energy cosmic neutrinos, Mauricio Bustamante , NBIA, Denmark
- Wednesday, March 27th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- ALMA Community Day Event; 9:00 am - 4:00 pm; B343, Sterling Hall
- ALMA Proposal Preparation Workshop, Stephen McKay, UW-Madison
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; B343 Sterling Hall
- Graduate Program Event; 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm; 5310 CH
- How to finish your PhD
- Thursday, March 28th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- Spring Break Potluck Lunch; 11:30 am - 1:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Friday, March 29th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- Saturday, March 30th
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess
- Sunday, March 31st
- Academic Calendar
- Spring recess