General Physics Colloquia

Spring 2018

25 January, 13:15
Laura Baudis, University of Zurich, Switzerland
To the calendar: Illuminating the dark: direct searches for cold dark matter in the Milky Way

To the calendar: Nanoscale thermal imaging of dissipation in quantum systems

01 March, 13:15
Stephanie Reimann, Lund University, Sweden
To the calendar: Quantum gases in a low-dimensional confinement

22 March, 13:15
Laurens W. Molenkamp, Würzburg University, Germany
To the calendar: Topological physics in HgTe-based quantum devices
5 April, 13:15
Jan-Michael Rost, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany

To the calendar: Rydberg molecular systems: From antiprotonic Helium to Trilobites in a dense gas​​
19 April, 13:15

Andreas Schnyder, Max-Planck Institut in Stuttgart, Germany
To the calendar: Crystalline topological semi-metals

03 May, 13:15
Nicholas Suntzeff, Texas A&M University, USA
To the calendar: Thirty years of watching stars explode

17 May, 13:15
Anders Nilsson, Stockholm University, Sweden
To the calendar: The Mystery of Water Revealed from X-ray Laser Studies
24 May, 13:15
Sir John Pendry, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
To the calendar: Compacted dimensions and singular plasmonic surfaces

To the calendar: Validity and failure of the Boltzmann weight

Previously invited speakers

Masay Kataoka, NPL, United Kingdom
Abstract of talk: Single-Electron Transport - Electron Quantum Optics and Metrology

Alban Kellerbauer, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Germany
Abstract of talk: Why Antimatter Matters

Ulf Danielsson, Uppsala University, Sweden
Abstract of talk: Strings at the Horizon

Sara Strandberg, Stockholm University, Sweden
Abstract of talk: Searching for New Physics at the Terascale with the ATLAS Experiment

Jens Biegert, ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain
Abstract of talk: Imaging with a Single Electron

Sergio Ciliberto, ENS, Lyon, France
Abstract of talk: The Maxwell demon and Landauer’s principle: From Gedanken to Real Experiments

Robert Contino, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy
Abstract of the talk: "Pushing the energy frontier"

Daniel Braak, University of Augsburg, Germany
Abstract of talk: Exactly solvable models for light-matter interaction

Jens Bardarson, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden
Abstract of talk: Many-body localization, entanglement and natural orbitals

Carlos Perez de los Heros, Uppsala University, Sweden
Abstract of talk: "Astrophysics from the cold - The IceCube neutrino observatory at the South Pole"

Serena Dalena, Physical Review Letters
Abstract of talk: "Successful Letters in Physical Review Letters - An Editor’s perspective"

Sabrina Maniscalco, Turku Centre for Quantum Physics and University of Turku, Finland
Abstract of talk: "Quantum simulators of non-Markovian dynamics"

Floriana Lombardi, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Abstract of talk: "Hints of topological induced superconductivity in the surface states of the topological insulator Bi₂Te₃"

John Dyke, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Abstract of talk: "Photoionisation of reactive intermediates of atmospheric importance"

Sougato Bose, University College London, United Kingdom
Abstract of talk: "Spin Network Quantum Automata"

Viatcheslav Mukhanov, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Abstract of talk: "Quantum Universe"

Van M Savage, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Abstract of talk: "Combining Traits, Temperature, and Trophic Interactions to Model Ecological Systems"