Applied Physics/Physics Colloquia
The Applied Physics/Physics Colloquia are held Tuesdays at 4:30 P.M. in Room 201 of the William R. Hewlett Teaching Center. Light refreshments are served in the Varian Building lobby at 4:15 P.M.
Upcoming Events
370 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
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The detection of high energy astrophysical neutrinos is an important step toward understanding the most energetic cosmic accelerators.
370 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
201
Electrons are indistinguishable particles - you cannot tell one electron from another by the color of its hair, or the shape of its ears, or the way it laughs…
370 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
201
Fueled by advances in microelectronics, software, and large optics fabrication, a new type of sky survey will begin in 2025. With 1000 deep images per night, the Vera C.
370 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
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Neutron stars are physicists' dreams come true: they bring together aspects of classical and quantum electrodynamics, coupled with strongly magnetized plasma physics in…
Past Events
370 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
201
The concept of attractors, well-known in classical mechanics, proved very productive in the theory of black holes and inflationary cosmology.
370 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
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Solid State Physics is a field which continuously renews itself through the discovery of new materials and new phenomena. …
370 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
201
The human embryo begins as a simple, two-dimensional sheet of cells, with each cell possessing the ability to give rise to any cell type in the body.
370 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
201
Understanding deformations of macroscopic thin plates and shells has a long and rich history, culminating with the nonlinear…
370 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
201
Solid state spin qubits, in particular the nitrogen vacancy (NV) center in diamond, offer a path towards truly nanoscale magnetic imaging of condensed matter and biological…
370 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
201
A broad effort is currently underway to develop quantum computers that can outperform classical counterparts for certain computational or simulation tasks. …