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.

Past Events

Date
Tue October 24th 2023, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Location:
Hewlett Teaching Center
370 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
201

Quantum mechanics has not one but two mysteries: the double-slit experiment and quantum correlations (entanglement) between two or more particles.

Date
Tue October 17th 2023, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Location:
Hewlett Teaching Center
370 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
201

Quantum error correction was invented as a graceful answer to how quantum computing would be feasible despite continuous noises from environment.

Date
Tue October 10th 2023, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Location:
Hewlett Teaching Center
370 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
201

In most condensed matter systems we think of electrons as delocalized particles that roam about the internal landscape of a material.

Date
Tue May 23rd 2023, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Location:
Hewlett Teaching Center
370 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
200

Morphogenesis is a developmental process through which plants and animals acquire their

Date
Tue May 16th 2023, 3:30pm
Location:
Hewlett Teaching Center
370 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
200

Abstract: Quantum computers promise to solve problems that the most advanced supercomputers will never be able to tackle.

Date
Wed May 10th 2023, 3:30pm
Location:
Hewlett Teaching Center
370 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
200

There are proportionally more women in astrophysics than in many other branches of physics, but they…