Physics Colloquium Schedule, Spring 1997

All talks will be held on Thursday, except where noted, at 4:30 P.M. in Room 58 Science Tower with refreshments at 4:10 P.M., Room 58 (Foyer) Science Tower.


January
30 Professor Subir Sachdev, Physics Department, Yale University, "Title to be annouced"
February
6 John Shaw, Physics Department, Auburn University, "Electronic Scattering Inside Atoms in External Fields"
13 Professor Madeleine Msall, Physics Department, Bowdoin College,
20 Professor Jian Ma,Physics Department, Amherst College, "The Effects of Impurities on Two Dimensional Melting Transitions"
31 Professor Joe Budnick, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, "Muon Spin Rotation Studies of Doping in High Tc Super Conductors"
March
6 To be annouced
13 Spring Break
20 Spring Break
27 Professor Steve Pierson, Physics Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, "What Can We Learn from the Current - Voltage Characteristics of the High Temperature Superconductors"
April
3 Professor Harold Metcalf, Physics Department, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York, "Quantum Effects in Laser Cooling"
10 Professor George Gibson, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, "Short Pulse Laser Technology and Applications"
17 Professor Howard Mayne, Department of Chemistry, University of New Hampshire, "Hitting the Low Points: the Importance of Minimization in Chemical Physics"
24 Bertman Lecture