Events
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AIP Free Public Lecture: Quantum matter at absolute zero: Cool and fascinating
Tue 8 Dec 09 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Building- No booking required
Presented by Professor Rudolf Grimm, Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Enquiries: Nicoleta Dragomir on 9919 4635, dragomir@unimelb.edu.au
Completion Seminar: Radio, X-ray and Gravitational Wave Emission from Neutron Stars
Fri 27 Nov 09 4:15pm - 5:15pm
Location: Sisalkraft Theatre, Architecture Building
Presented by Christine Chung, Astrophysics group, School of Physics
Please join us for light refreshments and discussion in the Level 7 staffroom until 7pm. All are welcome.
Theory Web Seminar: Searching for the Origin of Electroweak Symmetry Breaking at the LHC
Wed 25 Nov 09 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Geoff Opat Seminar room (360), School of Physics
Presented by Csaba Csaki, Cornell and KITP
The TPP group is occasionally going to replay seminars recorded at other institutions that are available for viewing on the Web. The seminar will be stopped from time-to-time to permit discussions amongst the audience members. http://online.itp.ucsb.edu/online/bblunch/csaki/
All welcome
Colloquium: Bioimaging and Sensing at the Nanoscale
Tue 24 Nov 09 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: Hercus Theatre, David Caro Building, University of Melbourne
Presented by Fedor Jelezko, Department of Physics, Stuttgart University
CosPA 2009 Free Public Lecture: The Origin of the Universe and the Arrow of Time
Fri 20 Nov 09 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Location: Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Building- No booking required
Presented by Professor Sean Carroll, Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology
MARC Seminar: Micro-fabrication of diamond with ion beams
Fri 20 Nov 09 4:15pm - 5:15pm
Location: Hercus Theatre, Physics Building
Presented by Paolo Olivero from Experimental Physics Department, Centre of Excellence, “Nanostructured Interfaces and Surfaces” University of Torino.
Please join us after this seminar for light refreshments and discussion in the Level 7 staffroom until 7pm. All are welcome.
Free Public Lecture: Exploding Stars and the Accelerating Cosmos: Einstein's Blunder Undone
Wed 18 Nov 09 8:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Theatre A Elisabeth Murdoch Building - No booking required.
Presented by Prof. Robert P. Kirshner, Clowes Professor of Science, Harvard University, 2009 Selby Fellow
Colloquium: Fundamentals of Supernova Cosmology
Wed 18 Nov 09 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Hercus Theatre, Physics Building * Starting time now 1pm *
Presented by Prof. Robert P. Kirshner, Clowes Professor of Science, Harvard University, 2009 Selby Fellow
Colloquium: Variation of fundamental constants from Big Bang to atomic clocks: theory and observations
Tue 17 Nov 09 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: Hercus Theatre, Physics Building
Presented by Professor Victor Flambaum
Scientia Professor, FAA, Australian Professorial Fellow
Head, Department of Theoretical Physics, School of Physics,
The University of New South Wales
Colloquium: The role of magnetic fields in the origin of planetary systems
Tue 10 Nov 09 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: Hercus Theatre, Physics Building
Presented by Professor Mark Wardle, Department of Physics & Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney
All are welcome.
Honours Talks
Mon 9 Nov 09 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Hercus Theatre, Physics Building
2009 Honours' students discuss their Honours theses.
Francis Dillon, Experimental Particle Physics group presents: Investigations of time dependent measurements in the Bs system at Belle
and
Oscar Peterson, Optics research group presents: Analysis of synchrotron field coherence lengths.
All welcome.
Completion Seminar: Measuring Hadrons in the ATLAS Detector at the Large Hadron Collider
Tue 27 Oct 09 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: Hercus Theatre, Physics Building
Presented by Nadia Davidson, Experimental Particle Physics group, School of Physics
Completion Seminar: Applications of Adiabatic Transport in Bosonic Systems: Towards a fully analytical approach.
Tue 20 Oct 09 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: Hercus Theatre, Physics Building
Presented by Masum Rab, Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics group, School of Physics
Completion Seminar: Photography with a twist
Fri 16 Oct 09 4:15pm - 5:15pm
Location: Laby Theatre Physics Building
Presented by Clare Henderson, Optics research group, School of Physics
Please join us for light refreshments and discussion in the Level 7 staffroom until 7pm. All are welcome.
Astrophysics Seminar: GIMIC: the Galaxies-Intergalactic Medium Interaction Calculation
Wed 14 Oct 09 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Location: Geoff Opat Seminar Room (360), Physics Building
Presented by Dr Rob Crain from the Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing, Swinburne University.
All are welcome.
GOSS
Fri 9 Oct 09 4:15pm - 5:15pm
Location: Laby Theatre, Physics Building
Presentations by Melissa Makin: The Physics of Knitting
and
Marcus Doherty: Why does NV spin-polarize?
Presentations will be followed by light refreshments and discussion in the Level 7 staffroom until 7pm. All are welcome.
Astrophysics Seminar: Milliarcsecond resolution radio "surveys" as a tool for galactic evolution studies
Fri 9 Oct 09 11:00am - 12:00pm
Location: 7th floor conference room, Physics Building
Presented by Adam Deller from NRAO.
All are welcome.
Master of Science information session - 3 new streams
Thu 8 Oct 09 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Location: Elizabeth Murdoch theatre
Science career pathways through graduate study. Please visit the Beyond Tomorrow web page for more details: http://www.science.unimelb.edu.au/news
Colloquium: First Light
Tue 6 Oct 09 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: Hercus Theatre, Physics Building
Presented by Dr. Emma Ryan-Weber, Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing, Swinburne University
All are welcome.
GOSS
Fri 2 Oct 09 4:15pm - 5:15pm
Location: Laby Theatre, Physics Building
Presentations by Vivien Lee: Practical Child Health Screening in Developing Countries
and
Lucas Smale: About the Arrow of Time...
Presentations will be followed by light refreshments and discussion in the Level 7 staffroom until 7pm. All are welcome.
Astrophysics Seminar: Searching for Southern Transiting Planets
Wed 30 Sep 09 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Location: Geoff Opat Seminar room (360), School of Physics
Presented by Daniel Bayliss from The Australian National University.
All are welcome
Colloquium: Unraveling the mysteries of complex systems with x-ray and electron spectra: ab intio theory and computation vs experiment
Tue 29 Sep 09 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: Hercus Theatre, Physics Building
Presented by Professor John J. Rehr, Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
All are welcome.
Colloquium: The HERMES project - reconstructing the early history of the ancient Galactic disk
Tue 22 Sep 09 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: Prince Philip Theatre, Architecture Building
Presented by Professor Joss Hawthorn, School of Physics, University of Sydney
All are welcome.
Colloquium: Slow Galaxy Growth within Rapidly Growing Dark Matter Halos
Tue 15 Sep 09 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: Hercus Theatre, Physics Building
Presented by Dr Michael Brown, School of Physics, Monash University
All are welcome.
Beyond Tomorrow - Science pathways through graduate study
Thu 10 Sep 09 4:30pm - 7:00pm
Location: Ground Floor, Sidney Myer Asia Building, University of Melbourne
The Melbourne Graduate School of Science proudly presents: Beyond Tomorrow - Science pathways through graduate study.
Please visit the Beyond Tomorrow web page for more details.