Department of Physics, University of Utah

Condensed Matter Seminar 2011-2012

Seminars are held on Tuesdays at 4 PM at 334 JFB

CMS committee: Eugene Mishchenko, mishch @ physics.utah.edu, 801-581-7115

Shanti Deemyad, Tho Nguyen, Michael Vershinin, John Worlock.

Airfare and accommodation:

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

Seminar Archive: 0910, 09spring, 08fall, 2008, 2007.

Fall 2011

08.30	Lin Tian, UC Merced, (host Mikhail Raikh) “First-order-like Phase Transition and Kerr Nonlinearity in Coupled Superconducting Quantum Circuits” Abstract
09.06	Eric Toberer, Colorado School of Mines (host Brian Saam) “Tailoring electron and phonon transport in complex thermoelectric materials” Abstract
09.13	Andrey Rogachev, U Utah “Non-additive effect of superconductivity suppression bythickness reduction and magnetic Gd impurities in amorphous MoGe Films” Abstract
09.20	Jing Shi, UC Riverside, (host Valy Vardeny) “Transport evidence of Massless Dirac Fermions in Bi2Se3” Abstract
09.27	Emanuele Cocucci, Harvard U, (host Saveez Saffarian) “The first five seconds in the life of an endocytic clarythin coated pit” Abstract
10.04	Tho Nguyen, U Utah “Terahertz Plasmonic Lattices” Abstract
10.11	No seminar, fall break
10.18	No seminar, RPT
10.25	Daniel Mattis, U Utah “GENERALIZING THE LUTTINGER MODEL: the theory of interacting Fermions in one, two and three dimensions” Abstract
11.01	Volodymyr Kosyak, Materials Sc & Eng, U Utah “Extended and Point Defects in II-VI Thin Films” Abstract
11.08	Bruce Normand, Renmin U, China (host Oleg Starykh), “The Quantum Dimer Crystal: Experiments in TlCuCl_3” Abstract
11.15	Jennifer Ross, UMass Amherst (host Jordan Gerton), “Remodeling Microtubules Through Severing” Abstract
11.22	Reuven Gordon, U of Victoria (host Jordan Gerton), "NANOPLASMONICS FOR ENHANCED LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTION: SENSING, SPECTROSCOPY, AND OPTICAL MANIPULATION" Abstract
11.29	Stanimir Bonev, Dalhousie U, Canada (host Shanti Deemyad) “Materials under extreme conditions from first principles theory” Abstract
12.06	Lev Ioffe, Rutgers U, (host Andrey Rogachev), “Problem of decay in closed quantum systems and its application to a family of strongly disordered superconductors.” Abstract

Spring 2012

03.20	Dr. Jan Vogelsang, Universitдt Regensburg, “Organizing single conjugated polymers into a neat solid by solvent vapor annealing” Abstract
04.03	Alexander Abanov, SUNY Stony Brook (host Oleg Starykh) “Shock waves in cold Fermi atoms” Abstract
04.10	Chao-Xing Liu, Penn State (host Yong-Shi Wu) “Chiral gauge field and axial anomaly in a Weyl semi-metal” Abstract
04.17	Yong-Shi Wu, U Utah “Recent Progress in Exactly Solvable Discrete Models for Topological Phases in Two Dimensions” Abstract
04.24	Pearl Sandick, U Utah “On Dark Matter” Abstract