Department of Physics, University of Utah

Condensed Matter Seminar 2009-2010

 

Committee

Andrey Rogachev, rogachev @ physics.utah.edu, 801-585-0792

John Lupton, John Worlock, Valy Vardeny, Oleg Starykh 

 

Airfare and accommodation:

Sareah Gardener, sareah @ physics.utah.edu, (801)585-1754

 

Seminar Archive: 09spring, 08fall, 2008, 2007.

 

Fall 2009

08. 25

Boris Fine, Heidelberg, Absence of Boltzmann-Gibbs equilibrium in a typical state of isolated quantum systems with fixed energy and unrestricted participation of eigenstates. Abstract, (host - Brian Saam)

09.01

Joseph Shinar,  Iowa State University, Recent Developments in the Science & Technology of Organic Light Emitting Materials and Devices Abstract host - John Lupton

09.08

 Victor Kagalovsky. Beer-Sheva, Israel  Spin quantum Hall effect in class C superconductors and Quantum spin Hall effect in graphene. Abstract. (host-Mikhail Raikh)

09.15

Eitan Ehrenfreund, Technion, Magnetic Field Effects in organics: the role of the Hyperfine Interaction Abstract (host - Valy Vardeny)

09.22

Alexander Efros, NRL, Electron spin manipulation in an ensemble of singly charged  quantum dots, Abstract (host- John Worlock)

09.29

Chih-Kang Shih, UT Austin, Coherent Control of Semiconductor Quantum Emitters, Abstract (host – Andrey Rogachev)

10.06

Valeria Molinero, Chemistry, UU, Water made simple Abstract (host - John Lupton)

10.13

Fall break, no seminar

10.20

RPT,   no seminar

10.27

Anatoli Polkovnikov, Boston University, Nonadiabatic dynamics in closed Hamiltonian systems, Abstract, host - Oleg Starykh

11.03

Alex Kamenev, U Minnesota, Dynamics of Dark Solitons in 1D Bose Liquids, Abstract, host - Mikhail Raikh

11.10

Lewis J. Rothberg, U Rochester, Morphological dependence of conjugated polymer photophysics  Abstract  (host - Valy Vardeny)

11.17

Cenke Xu, Harvard, Quantum Critical Points in Helical Fermi Liquids, Abstract (host Yong-Shi Wu)

11.24

 Oleg Starykh, Physics UU, A spin on ice – an overview of spin ice, Abstract 

12.01

Vitaly Podzorov, Rutgers, Self-assembled monolayers on organic semiconductors Abstract (host - Andrey Rogachev)

12.08

Songi Han, UC Santa Barbara, (host - Christoph Boehme) Probing Interaction Interfaces by Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Enhanced NMR. Abstract,

 

  

Spring 2010

01.12

Vagharsh Mkhitaryan, Physics, UU, Quantum Hall Effect in Vanishing Magnetic Field , Abstract

01.19

 Phil Collins, UC Irvine, (host - Jordan Gerton) Three-terminal, single molecule circuits with carbon nanotube wiring,  Abstract

01.26

 Boris Laiktman, Hebrew University, Correlations in a two-dimensional Bose gas with long range interaction. Abstract (host – Alexei Efros)  

02.02

 Joshua Folk, U British Columbia, (host Andrey Rogachev), Ballistic Spin Resonance, Abstract

02.09

Tho Nguyen, Physics, UU, Isotope Effect in Organic Magneto-Transport; the Role of Hyperfine Interaction, Abstract 

02.16

 Michael Scarpulla, MSE/ECE UU, (hosts Andrey Rogachev, John Lupton) Physical Properties of ErAs Nanospheres in III-V Semiconductors & Progress in Thin Film Photovoltaic Absorbers, Abstract

02.23

 Mikhail Reznikov, Technion, (host Misha Raikh) Thermodynamic magnetization of a strongly interacting two-dimensional system. Abstract

03.02

 Scott L. Anderson, Chemistry UU (host Clayton Williams) Correlations between electronic structure, chemical properties, and thermal stability of size-selected Pd clusters on titania. Abstract

03.09

 Arthur Hebard, University of Florida (host Oleg Starykh)  Disorder-tuned approach to critical behavior in thin-film ferromagnets Abstract

03.16

APS March Meeting, no seminar

03.23

Spring break, no seminar

03.30

Zhengcheng Gu, UCSB, (host Yong-Shi Wu) Grassmann tensor-net states and renormalization algorithm for strongly correlated boson/fermion systems Abstract

04.06

 Jordan Gerton, Physics UU, Energy Transfer Between Individual Quantum Dots and Carbon Nanotubes, Abstract

04.13

 Gil Refael, Caltech (host Oleg Starykh) The thin film Giaever transformer -vortex drag in a superconductor thin-film bilayer Abstract

04.20

 Ilya Krivorotov, UC Irvine, (host Andrey Rogachev) Nonlinear magnetization dynamics excited by spin-polarized currents Abstract

04.27

 Paul Goldbart, U Illinois Urbana-Champaign  (host Andrey Rogachev)

 Strands of Superconductivity at the Nanoscale  Abstract

05.04

Michael Vershinin, UU, UHV VT-STM of LDOS of High-TC : stirring up the alphabet soup. Abstract