CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS SEMINARS

Jan. 19	Gerald Mahan, University of Tennessee Nonequilibrium solid state cooling
Jan. 26	Ted Madey, Rutgers University Faceting of surfaces induced by ultrathin films: atomically resolved structure, reactivity, and electronic properties
Feb. 2	Harold Baranger, Lucent Technologies (Bell Labs) Chaos in Quantum Dots: Conductance and Orbital Magnetism
Feb. 9	Al Overhauser, Purdue University Theoretical scandals in low-Tc superconductivity
Feb. 16	Venkat Chandrasekhar, Northwestern University Thermopower of mesoscopic spin-glasses
Feb. 23	Frances Hellman, University of California – San Diego Giant negative magnetoresistance in amorphous magnetic rare earth–silicon alloys
Mar. 2	No Seminar: CFMR/MRSEC Symposium
Mar. 9	No Seminar: Spring Break
Mar. 16	No Seminar: APS Meeting
Mar. 23	Philip B. Allen, State University of New York – Stony Brook Atomic vibrations in glassy matter
Mar. 30	David Belanger, University of California – Santa Cruz The random field Ising model – are theory and experiment converging?
Apr. 6	Jim C. Phillips, Lucent Technologies   When is a metal not a metal?
Apr. 13	Melvyn P. Levy, Tulane University On the foundations of density functional theory
Apr. 20	Daniel C. Ralph, Cornell University Interacting electrons in a box – tunneling measurements of electronic energy levels in single metal particles
Apr. 27	Samuel D. Bader , Argonne National Lab New directions in magnetic films research

Please note: Handicapper accommodations may be requested by calling the Physics & Astronomy Department at 355-7347 one week before the scheduled seminar to ensure sufficient time to make arrangements. Requests received after this date will be met when possible.