Physics 401, Fall 2008: Theoretical Physics Seminar
Prof. Lincoln Carr
Office: Meyer Hall 375
Phone: (303) 273-3759
E-mail: lcarr (at) mines.edu
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 1:30-4:00
Seminar Schedule
(in reverse chronological order)
12/1/08: Undergraduate Journal Club
11/24/08: Thanksgiving
11/17/08: Undergraduate Journal Club
11/10/08: Undergraduate Journal Club
11/3/08: Prof. David Flammer, "Surface Plasmon Polaritons: Theory and Application"
10/27/08: Dr. Alex Flournoy, "Physics of the 2008 Nobel Prize"
10/20/08: Nate Hamm, "Application of Band Characteristics as a Function of Structural
Geometry to Phase Minima Predictions"
10/13/08: Fall Break
10/6/08: Prof. Qi Han, "Taming the Uncertainty in Supporting Real-time Sensor
Applications"
9/29/08: Prof. John Bohn, "Coming Together, Falling Apart: Instability in a Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensate"
9/22/08: Prof. Dinesh Mehta, "Optimal Layout of Antennae in a Radiotelescope Array"
9/15/08: Prof. Mark Coffey, "Quantum Lattice Gas Approach for the Maxwell Equations"
9/8/08: Scott Strong, "Nonlinear Evolution Equations - Clay Mathematics Institute Summer School 2008"
9/1/08: Prof. David Wu, "An Introduction to Jamming and Granular Rigidity" (online version available, by popular demand)
8/25/08: Prof. Mark Lusk, "Fundamental Studies of Polyoxometallate Based Nano-Materials for
Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting"
4/28/08: Undergraduate Journal Club: Justin Anderson, "Fractal Dimension"; Joe Schneiderwind, "Quantum Computing
with NMR-based qubits"
4/21/08: Undergraduate Journal Club: John Garlick, "Overview of CPT Symmetry and Anti-Hydrogen Trapping";
Joseph Glick, "Implications of the Bose-Hubbard Model"
4/14/08: Undergraduate Journal Club: Erik Hill, "First Empirical Evidence for Dark Matter";
Joshua Morain, "Exact Quantum Solutions for the Triple Well"
4/7/08: Matthew Heller, "Nonlinear Scattering Theory"
3/31/08: Laith Haddad, "The Nonlinear Dirac Equation"
3/24/08: Daniel Whitenack, "Ab initio Study of the Vibrational Properties of Carbon Nanotubes
and Graphene Sheets Functionalized with Transition Metal Atoms"
3/17/08: Victor Snyder, "Quantum Fluctuations in Collapsing Bose-Einstein Condensates"
3/3/08: Prof. Mark Lusk, "Nano-Engineering Defect Structures on Graphene"
2/25/08: Rachel Miller, "Nonlinear Scattering Theory"
2/11/08: Prof. James McNeil, "Similiarity Renormalization Group, Part II"
2/4/08: Prof. James McNeil, "Similiarity Renormalization Group, Part I"
1/28/08: Colin Justis, "A Brief Introduction to Metamaterials and Negative Refraction"
1/21/08: Prof. David Wu, "Topological Effects in the Field Theory for Polymers"
1/14/08: Prof. Lincoln Carr, "Exact Dynamics of Multi-component Bose-Einstein Condensates on an Optical Lattice"
12/3/07: Undergraduate Journal Club: Orbifold string theory; Fractals; Nonlinear Vacuum; Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays
11/26/07: Undergraduate Journal Club: Orientfold String Theory; WIMP Theory of Dark Matter; Quantum Trimer; Nucleosynthesis
11/12/07: Dr. Alex Flournoy, "String Consistency"
11/5/07: Prof. David Wood, "An Introduction to Computational Electronic Structure"
10/29/07: Prof. Mark Coffey, "An Introduction to Quantum Search"
10/22/07: Prof. John Scales, "Can You See a Piece of Broccoli in Glass of Milk?"
10/8/07: Michael Wall, "Controlling atom motion through the dipole-dipole force"
10/1/07: Sean Santos, "Numerical Investigations of the 2D Bose-Hubbard Model"
9/24/07: Ryan Mishmash, "Complex Quantum Dynamics of Ultracold Bosons on
One-Dimensional Optical Lattices: Theory, Computation, and Solitons"
9/17/07: Brahm Van Der Geest, "Density Functional Theory: Theory, Tools, and Materials Investigations"
9/10/07: Daniel Schirmer, "Classically Simulating a Quantum World: An Introduction to
Complex Quantum Dynamics and Ultra-Cold Optical Lattice Systems"
9/3/07: David Appelhans, "Numerical simulations of the Non-Linear Schrodinger Equation
and their application to pulse shaping in Femtosecond laser cavities"
8/27/07: First Meeting, Scheduling and Introductions