Condensed Matter Physics Seminar (PHYS 738/739)

http://www.physics.umd.edu/condmat/seminar/
Department of Physics, University of Maryland 
College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA

Fall 2003 Schedule

Thursdays,  from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 
Room 1201, Physics Building

Underlined titles of the talks link to abstracts
Underlined names of the speakers link to their personal Web pages

Wednesday July 2 - Special Condensed Matter Seminar

    Speaker: Olivier Pierre-Louis (Lab. Spec. Phys./CNRS, University J. Fourier--Grenoble)
    Interrupted Coarsening of Anisotropic Step Meander
   
Host: Einstein

September 4 - No Seminar

September 11

    Speaker: Andrei Souchkov (University of Maryland)
    Exchange effects in the optics of the multiferroic manganites
   
Host: Drew

September 18 - Postponed to November 6, 2003

    Speaker: Kwon Park (Condensed Matter Theory Center, University of Maryland)
    Pseudospin quantum computation in semiconductor nanostructures
   
Host: Das Sarma

September 23 - Special Seminar (2 P.M. in 1302 Nuclear Engineering)

    Speaker: Carl E. Patton (Department of Physics, Colorado State University)
    Parametric Pumping, Nonlinear Spin Waves, and Spin Wave Instability in Permalloy Films
    Host: Ramesh

September 25

    Speaker: Matthew Grayson (Walter Schottky Institute, Munich)
    Corner quantum wells:  Quantum Hall physics in a two-dimensional electron system bent by 90 degrees
   
Host: Drew

September 25 - Special Seminar (3:30 PM, Laboratory for Physical Sciences)

    Speaker: Douglas Natelson (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University)
    Molecular scale conduction: few-atom junctions and single- molecule transistors
   
Host: Barker

October 2

    Speaker: Victor M. Yakovenko (University of Maryland)
    The Hot Spots and Transition from d-Wave to Another Pairing Symmetry in the Electron-Doped Cuprate Superconductors
   
Host: Drew

October 9

    Speaker: Kwon Park (Condensed Matter Theory Center, University of Maryland)
    Pseudospin quantum computation in semiconductor nanostructures
   
Host: Das Sarma

October 16

    Speaker: Karin M. Rabe (Rutgers University)
    Polarization and strain effects in oxide superlattices from first principles
   
Host: Einstein

October 23 - CSCAMM Nonequilibrium Interface Dynamics Workshop (Note Special Time and Place)

    Speaker: Chaouqi Misbah (University J. Fourier Grenoble 1)
    Surface Pattern Selection of a Biaxially Stressed Solid
    2:00 - 2:40 PM,
CSIC Building (#406), Seminar Room 4122

    Speaker: Vivek Shenoy (Brown University)
    A Variational Approach to the Dynamics of Stepped Nanostructure Surfaces
   
2:45 - 3:25 PM, CSIC Building (#406), Seminar Room 4122

October 30 - CSCAMM Nonequilibrium Interface Dynamics Workshop (Note Special Time and Place)

    Speaker: Zhenyu Zhang (Oak Ridge National Lab)
    Quantum Engineering of Metallic Nanostructures: From Magic Layers to Quantum Dots
    2:00 - 2:40 PM, CSIC Building (#406), Seminar Room 4122

    Speaker: Peter Voorhees (Northwestern University)
    The Evolution and Self Assembly of Quantum Dots on Surfaces
   
2:45 - 3:25 PM, CSIC Building (#406), Seminar Room 4122

November 6

    Speaker: Chetan Nayak (UCLA)
    d-Density Wave Order in High Tc Cuprates
   
Host: Das Sarma

November 13

    Speaker: Mike Lilly (Sandia National Laboratories)
    Exploring interactions and disorder using transport in low dimensional semiconductor systems
   
Host: Das Sarma

November 20

    Speaker: Andrey Chubukov (University of Wisconsin)
    Singular corrections to a Fermi liquid: 1D physics in D>1
   
Host: Yakovenko

November 27 - No Seminar (Thanksgiving Holiday)

December 4

    Speaker: Jun Zhu (Cornell University)
    TBA
   
Host: Das Sarma

December 11

    Speaker: Sergey Kravchenko (Northeastern University)
    Metal-insulator transition in 2D: history and new developments
   
Host: Yakovenko

December 12 - Special Seminar - 10:30 AM, Rm. 2202 Physics

    Speaker: Maxim Vavilov (MIT)
    Theory of the Oscillatory Photoconductivity of 2D Electron Gas
   
Host: Das Sarma

 


please see the Condensed Matter Physics Seminar Schedule Archive for schedules of past semesters


For more information on Condensed Matter Physics Seminar, please contact Michael Fuhrer the seminar schedule coordinator.
Last updated Monday, 24 July 2006