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, Department of 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

 Jairo Sinova, Texas A&M, “Making semiconductors magnetic: new materials properties, devices, and future” , Abstract  (host - Eugene Mischenko)

12.01

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

12.08

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

 

  

Spring 2010

01.12

Vagharsh Mkhitaryan, Physics, UU,

01.19

 Phil Collins, UC Irvine, host - Jordan Gerton

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

02.09

Tho Nguyen, Physics, UU

02.16

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

02.23

 Michael Scarpulla, MSE UU, hosts Andrey Rogachev, John Lupton

03.02

 Scott L. Anderson, Chemistry UU, host Clayton Williams.

03.09

 Arthur Hebard, University of Florida, host Oleg Starykh

03.16

APS March Meeting, no seminar

03.23

Spring break, no seminar

03.30

Oleg Starykh, tentative

04.06

 Michael Vershinin, UU, tentative, the talk will be on the low-temperature STM  study of superconductors.

04.13

 Gil Refael, CalTech, host Oleg Starykh

04.20

 

04.27