Events Archive

Nov
18
2013
Baby Galaxies: The First Steps toward the Milky Way
Nov
18
2013
Prof. David Cahill, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - Extremes of Heat Conduction in Molecular Materials
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Nov
18
2013
Annual Astro GR Meeting
One of the aims of the annual Astro-GR meetings is to develop and strengthen the links between the astrophysics and relativity communities by highlighting outstanding scientific issues which can only be resolved through collaboration of these groups. In that spirit this workshop will dwell on questions which are intimately related to the formation, growth, and interaction of black holes with their environments, from cosmological scales all the way to the event horizon. - See more at: http://members.aei.mpg.de/amaro-seoane/astro-gr-atlanta/#Rationale...
Nov
15
2013
Math Physics Seminar: Quantum scissors and single photon states
Sources of single photons (as opposed to sources which produce on average a single photon) are of great current interest for quantum information processing. Perhaps surprisingly, it is not easy to produce a single photon efficiently and in a controlled way. Following earlier progress, recent experimental activity has resulted in the production of single photons by taking advantage of strong inter-particle interactions in cold atomic gases. I will show how the systematic use of the method of steepest descents can be used to understand the dynamics of the single photon source developed here...
Nov
13
2013
Time Crystals
Nov
12
2013
The Neuromechanics of Soft-bodied Locomotion in Caterpillars and Robots
Nov
11
2013
Estimating Our Energy Predicament
Nov
11
2013
Testing Gravity via Lunar Laser Ranging
Nov
06
2013
The Symmetry of Chaos
Nov
04
2013
Quantum Simulation with Cold Atoms: Successes and Challenges
Quantum Simulation with cold atoms is a very ambitious program in AMO research that is being pursued in many laboratories worldwide. The goal is to use cold atoms in optical lattices and in different environment to simulate important yet unsolved theoretical models. In this talk, I shall review the current progress of this effort, its success, and the serious challenges it faces. I shall discuss the possible solutions and the exciting future it holds.

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