Colloquium – Archive
Fermilab Colloquium Calendar 2009-2010
Lectures begin at 4:00 p.m. in 1 West
Orange titles are more technical; Green titles are less technical.
| Date | Speaker/Institute | Title | Host | Abstract | Video | |
| 2 Sep 2009 | Special Colloquium: Edwin L. Goldwasser Former Deputy Director of Fermilab, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Bob Wilson and The Birth of Fermilab |
T. Schwarz | Abstract | PPT | Video |
| 9 Sep 2009 | Andrei Seryi SLAC |
Plasma Wakefield Acceleration and FACET – Facilities for Accelerator Science and Experimental Test Beams at SLAC |
A. Para | Abstract | PPT | Video |
| 16 Sep 2009 | Joel Fajans University of California Berkeley |
Antihydrogen Production, Trapping and Antimatter Plasmas |
R. Lipton | Abstract | PPT | Video |
| 23 Sep 2009 | Joseph Silk University of Oxford |
Dark Matters | Dan Hooper | Abstract | Video | |
| 30 Sep 2009 | Clark Cully DOE |
Fun D.C. Jobs for Physicists | T. Schwartz | Abstract | PPT | Video |
| 7 Oct 2009 | ||||||
| 14 Oct 2009 | Tijana Rajh Argonne National Laboratory |
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: From Energy Applications to Advanced Medical Therapies | E. Barzi | Abstract | PPT | Video |
| 21 Oct 2009 | No Colloquium | |||||
| 28 Oct 2009 | ||||||
| 4 Nov 2009 | ||||||
| 11 Nov 2009 | Ben McCall University of Illinois |
H3+: The Simplest Polyatomic Molecule in the Laboratory and the Interstellar Medium | P. Lebrun | Abstract | PPT | |
| 18 Nov 2009 | Hasan Padamsee Cornell University |
Superconducting RF, the History, Challenges and Promise |
R. Kephart | Abstract | PPT | Video |
| 25 Nov 2009 | Thanksgiving | No Colloquium | ||||
| 1 Dec 2009 | Special Colloquium: Dr. Norbert Holtkamp, Principle Deputy Director, ITER |
ITER Fusion Energy | R. Kephart | Abstract | PPT | Video |
| 2 Dec 2009 | Keith Dienes University of Arizona |
Probing the String Landscape | B. Dobrescu | Abstract | Video | |
| 9 Dec 2009 | Lee Smolin Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics |
Using the universe as a laboratory to probe the Planck scale | A. Para | Abstract | Video | |
| 16 Dec 2009 | No Colloquium | Fermilab Potluck Party: http://www.fnal.gov/directorate/Annual-Party/ | ||||
| 23 Dec 2009 | Christmas Holiday | No Colloquium | ||||
| 30 Dec 2009 | New Year’s Holiday | No Colloquium | ||||
| 6 Jan 2010 | Sarah Eno University of Maryland |
In conjuction with CMS EJTERM Week Results from the Large Hadron Collider |
R. Lipton | Abstract | PPTX | Video |
| 13 Jan 2010 | ||||||
| 20 Jan 2010 | Evan Finch Yale University |
A Hint of Local Parity Violation in QCD? Recent Results from the STAR Collaboration | P. Lebrun | Abstract | PPTX | Video |
| 27 Jan 2010 | Gino Segre University of Pennsylvania |
A 1932 Meeting at Bohr’s Institute: The Birth of New Ideas in Physics | R. Lipton | Abstract | Video | |
| 3 Feb 2010 | ||||||
| 10 Feb 2010 | Richard Lindzen MIT |
The Peculiar Issue of Global Warming | E. Prebys | Abstract | Video | |
| 17 Feb 2010 | ||||||
| 24 Feb 2010 | Joseph Polchinski Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics |
Gauge/Gravity Duality | R. Lipton | Abstract | Video | |
| 3 Mar 2010 | Zlatko Tesanovic Johns Hopkins University |
Superconductivity at Dawn of the Iron Age | L. Cooley | Abstract | Video | |
| 10 Mar 2010 | John Peoples Fermilab |
The TeVatron Collider: A Thirty-Year Campaign | W. Merritt | Abstract | PPTX | Video |
| 17 Mar 2010 | Thomas Levenson MIT |
The Unknown Detective Career of…Isaac Newton? | R. Lipton | Abstract | Video | |
| 24 Mar 2010 | Paola Sapienza Kellog School of Management, Northwestern University |
Culture, Gender, and Math | T. Schwarz | Abstract | PPTX | Video |
| 31 Mar 2010 | Margaret Murnane Univeristy of Colorado at Boulder and NIST |
Attosecond Light and Science at the Time-scale of the Electron – Coherent X-Rays from Tabletop Ultrafast Lasers | R. Lipton | Abstract | Video | |
| 7 Apr 2010 | Erich Poppitz University of Toronto |
The Wonders of Supersymmetry: From Quantum Mechanics, Topology, and Noise, to (maybe) the LHC | B. Dobrescu | Abstract | Video | |
| 14 Apr 2010 | Helmut Dosch Director General of DESY |
DESY 2020: The New Strategy | R. Lipton | PPTX | Video | |
| 21 Apr 2010 | ||||||
| 28 Apr 2010 | James Swanson University of California, Irvine |
Evaluation of the Dopamine Hypothesis of ADHD with PET Brain Imaging | E. Prebys | Abstract | PPT | Video |
| 5 May 2010 | ||||||
| 12 May 2010 | Joel Norris Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego |
Cloud feedbacks on climate: a challenging scientific problem | P. Lebrun | Abstract | PPT | Video |
| 19 May 2010 | No Colloquium – Heavy Quark Workshop | |||||
| 26 May 2010 | Jan Liphardt University of California, Berkeley |
The Intersection of Physics and Biology | B. Dobrescu | Abstract | Video | |
| 27 May 2010 | Special Colloquium – Yuri Oganessian Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia |
Heaviest Nuclei: New Element with Atomic number 117 | P. Lebrun/A. Para | Abstract | PPT | Video |
| 2 Jun 2010 | Users Meeting – No Colloquium | |||||
| 9 Jun 2010 | Luigi Zingales University of Chicago |
Curbing Risk on Wall Street | E. Barzi | Abstract | Video | |
| 16 Jun 2010 | Hari Manoharan Stanford University |
Quantum Imaging of Dirac Materials | R. Lipton | Abstract | ||
| 23 Jun 2010 | ||||||
| 30 Jun 2010 | In Conjunction with the International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions – Dietrich Muller University of Chicago |
The Composition of Cosmic Rays: Questions, Surprises, and Recent Answers | P. Lebrun | Abstract | ||
| 7 Jul 2010 | ||||||
| 14 Jul 2010 | ||||||
| 21 Jul 2010 | Anthony Tyson UC Davis |
LSST and the Physics of the Dark Universe | F. DeJongh | Abstract | PPTX |
Video |
| 28 Jul 2010 | Alessandro Olivi, M.D. Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center |
Recent Advances in Image Assisted Neurosurgical Procedures: Improved Navigational Accuracy and Patient Safety | E. Barzi | Abstract | Video | |
| 4 Aug 2010 | ||||||
| 11 Aug 2010 | Greg Engel University of Chicago |
Design Principles of Photosynthetic Light Harvesting | F. DeJongh | Abstract | ||
| 18 Aug 2010 | Silvia Pascoli Durham University in conjunction with the Hadron-Collider Physics Summer School |
Neutrinos: An Open Window on the Fundamental Laws of Nature and the Evolution of the Universe> | A. Kronfeld/R. Lipton | Abstract | Video | |
| 25 Aug 2010 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM |
Eric Torrence, University of Oregon Dan Green, Fermilab in conjunction with the Hadron Collider Physics Summer School |
Results from ATLAS Results from CMS |
A. Kronfeld/R. Lipton | Abstract |