The Physics and Astronomy colloquium is a forum for invited scientists to present modern research in a fashion accessible to those with a background in physics, but who are not experts in the field. Talks are aimed at a graduate level.
If you have suggestions for colloquium speakers, please contact Chung Kao, at kao@physics.ou.edu or by phone at (405) 325-3961.
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| August 26 | No speaker - first week of classes | |
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| Sept. 2 | (abstract) | |
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| Sept. 9 | Eric Cornell (2001 Physics Nobel Laureate) | Why is Warm Glass Stickier Than Cold Glass? (abstract) |
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Host: Neil Shafer-Ray and Eric Abraham |
JILA, University of Colorado | |
| Sept 16 | Craig Wheeler | The Supernovae at Night are Big and Bright Deep in the Heart of Baja Oklahoma (abstract) |
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Host: Yun Wang |
University of Texas | |
| Sept. 23 | David L. Allara | Electrical and Electromagnetic Responses of Molecules in Confined Geometries - Applications to Molecule-Based Electronic Devices (abstract) |
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Host: Lloyd Bumm |
Penn State University | |
| Sept. 30 | Neil Shafer-Ray | Probing the smallest of length scales: A hunt for the electric dipole moment of the electron (abstract) |
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University of Oklahoma | |
| Oct 7 | Bin Chen | Linear and Non-Linear Gravitational Corrections to Conventional Gravitational Lensing (abstract) |
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Host: Ron Kantowski |
University of Oklahoma | |
| Oct 14 | Richard Woodard | A Non-Technical (Honest!) Discussion of the Problem of Quantum Gravity (abstract) |
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Host: Yun Wang |
University of Florida | |
| Oct 21 | Andrei Linde | Inflation and Supergravity (abstract) |
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Host: Yun Wang |
Stanford University | |
| Oct 28 | Steve Hawley | The Technical, Scientific, and Cultural Legacy of the Space Shuttle (abstract) |
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Host: Dick Henry |
University of Kansas | |
| Nov. 4 | Mary Hall Reno | Cosmic rays and atmospheric leptons: probes of the standard model and beyond (abstract) |
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Host: Howie Baer |
University of Iowa | |
| Nov 11 | Joel Bregman | The missing baryons around galaxies and galaxy clusters (abstract) |
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Host: Xinyu Dai |
University of Michigan | |
| Nov 18 | Raul Esquivel-Sirvent | Casimir Forces and the Perversity of Solid State Physics (abstract) |
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Host: Kim Milton |
Northwestern University (sabbatical) | |
| Nov. 25 | No speaker - Thanksgiving Break | |
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| Dec. 2 | Richard Ellis | Early Star-forming Galaxies and the Reionization of the Universe (abstract) |
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Host: Eddie Baron |
Caltech | |
| Dec 9 | (abstract) | |
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