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Physics and Astronomy Colloquium






Spring 2012

Date Presentation
Feb. 9 Ernest Rutherford and the Origins of Nuclear Physics
Prof. John Hardy, Texas A&M University
Video Streaming,  Slides
Feb. 16 Dancing in unison: emergence of the optical coherence from chaos
Prof. Alexey Belyanin, Texas A&M University
Video Streaming,  Slides
Feb. 23 Critical tests of theory of the early universe using the cosmic microwave background
Prof. Elichiro Komatsu, University of Texas
hosted by Casey Papovich
Video Streaming,  Slides
Mar. 1 How to double the number of undergraduate physics majors.
Prof. Sacha Kopp, University of Texas
hosted by Ricardo Eusebi
Video Streaming
Mar. 15 Spring Break
Apr. 5 Deconstructing the Partonic Origins of the Proton Spin
Prof. Renee Fatemi, University of Kentucky
hosted by Rainer Fries
Slides
Apr. 12 Single-Molecule Manipulation and Nanoparticle Aggregation for Probing Biomolecular Interaction/
Prof. Ching-Hwa Kiang, Rice University
hosted by Rainer Fries
Video Streaming,  Slides
Apr. 26 Is 2012 Going to be the Big Year in the World Wide Search for the Higgs Boson?
Prof. Alexey Safonov, Texas A&M University