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Yale Physics Club

The Physics Club at Yale has a long history of presenting talks by the foremost researchers in all fields of physics, including many Nobel Physics prizewinners. The meetings are held on Mondays during the regular school year from 4:00 p.m.-5 :00 p.m. in 57 Sloane Physics Laboratory. Tea and coffee are served at 3:30 p.m. in the Sloane Lounge. The Sloane Lounge is located on the third floor of the Sloane Physics Laboratory. Visitors are welcome.

For more information contact the Chairman's Office (203) 432-3650.


SPRING 2010

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Friday, January 15, 2010
Note different date
Young-Kee Kim
University of Chicago
E = mc2: Opening Windows on the World [Abstract]
Host: Bonnie Fleming

Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Tetelman Lecture
Carl E. Wieman
University of British Columbia
When the virtual world is better than reality; teaching physics with interactive simulations [Abstract]
Host: John Harris

Monday, January 25, 2010
William T. Buttler
Los Alamos National Laboratory
The Study of High Speed Surface Dynamics using a Pulsed Proton Beam (U) [Abstract]
Host: Steve Lamoreaux

Monday, February 1, 2010
Itzhak Tserruya
Weizmann Institute of Physics, Rehovot, Israel
Dileptons as a probe of the Quark Gluon Plasma [Abstract]
Host: Moshe Gai/John Harris

Monday, February 8, 2010
Jack Harris
Yale University
New measurements of persistent currents in resistive metal rings [Abstract]
Host: Steve Lamoreaux

Monday, February 15, 2010
Udo Schwarz
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Yale University
Three-Dimensional Atomic Force Microscopy: Probing Short-Range Surface Forces with Picometer Resolution [Abstract]
Host: Jack Harris

Monday, February 22, 2010
Jean-Marc Triscone
University of Geneva
Title TBA
Host: Charles Ahn/Steve Lamoreaux

Monday, March 1, 2010
Karsten Heeger
University of Wisconsin
Title TBA
Host: Daniel McKinsey

March 5-19, 2010: Spring Break

Friday, March 26, 2010
Graduate Student Recruiting Weekend
Tea at 4:00 and Talk at 4:30pm
Nikhil Padmanabhan
Yale University
The Universe's Budget Deficit : Attempting to understand Dark Energy
Host: David DeMille

Monday, March 29, 2010
Dmitry Budker
University of California, Berkeley
Title TBA
Host: Alex Sushkov

Monday, April 5, 2010
David Weinberg
Ohio State University
Title TBA
Host: Nikhil Padmanabhan

Monday, April 12, 2010
Michael Levin
Tufts
Title TBA
Host: Steve Lamoreaux

Monday, April 19, 2010
Chris Stubbs
Harvard University
Title TBA
Host: Nikhil Padmanabhan

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