Physics Department at the University of Illinois, ca. 1923, when the tradition of Thursday Physics colloquia began.

Physics Colloquium Fall 2004 ~Thursdays since 1923~ Thursdays, 4 p.m. Room 141 Loomis Laboratory Semester Chair—James P. Wolfe

 

September 2, 2004	Professor Kevin Pitts Department of Physics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL USA	Matter/Antimatter Oscillations
September 9, 2004	Professor Philip W. Phillips Department of Physics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL USA	The Elusive Bose Metal
September 16, 2004	Professor J. Murray Gibson Associate Laboratory Director Advanced Photon Source Argonne National Laboratory Argonne IL USA	The Physics of the Blues—Crossing Green Street to Understand the Symbiosis of Art and Science
September 23, 2004	Professor Mark Newman Department of Physics University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI USA	Epidemics, Erdos Numbers, and the Internet: The Statistical Physics of Networks
September 30, 2004	Professor Gordon Baym Department of Physics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL USA	How Do Rapidly Rotating Bose Condensates Carry Angular Momentum?
October 7, 2004	Professor Sean Carroll Department of Physics Enrico Fermi Institute Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Chicago IL USA	Why is the Universe Accelerating?
October 14, 2004	Professor Jim P. Eisenstein Frank J. Roshek Professor of Physics Department of Physics California Institute of Technology Pasadena CA	Exciton Condensation and the Quantum Hall Effect
October 22, 2004 Friday	Professor Leo P. Kadanoff John D. MacArthur Distinguished Srvc. Prof. Emeritus Departments of Physics and Mathematics University of Chicago Chicago IL USA	KEYNOTE SPEAKER—Special Symposium: The Early Years of Condensed Matter Physics at Illinois—Charlie Slichter & The Gang at Urbana
October 28, 2004	Professor Markus Greiner 2004 Recipient of William McMillan Award JILA University of Colorado Boulder CO USA	Condensed Matter Physics with Ultracold Atoms
November 4, 2004	Professor Mats Selen Department of Physics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL USA	Physics For Everyone
November 11, 2004	Professor Gerhard G. Paulus Department of Physics Texas A & M University College Station TX USA	Single-cycle Quantum Optics
November 18, 2004	Professor Karin Dahmen Department of Physics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL USA	Crackling Noise: From Magnets to Earthquakes
November 25, 2004	NO COLLOQUIUM	THANKSGIVING DAY
December 2, 2004	Professor Pamela Davis Kivelson Stanford University Stanford CA USA	Before Recognition: Experiments in Art and Science at the Threshold of Perception
December 9, 2004	Professor Erik Luijten Racheff Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL USA	Understanding Complex Fluids: How Can Simulations Help?