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TEXAS A&M CONDENSED MATTER SEMINAR SERIES: FALL 2003

Please email Jairo Sinova at sinova@physics.tamu.edu to get your event listed.
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See what GOOD speakers can look forward to as a reward. Remember, we are in Texas!!

DATE SPEAKER TITLE OF TALK HOST
3 Sept. 2003 Michael Aichinger from JKU-Linz Density functionl theory calculation of quantum dots with impurities Wayne Saslow
10 Sept. 2003 Prof. Ray Schaak from TAMU C ontrolling the physical properties of materials through Chemistry: applications in superconductivity and photonics Don Naugle
17 Sept. 2003 Todor Mishonov from U. of Sofia, Bulgaria Superconductivity of overdoped cuprates: the other face of the old s-d two-electron exchange Valery Pokrovsky
22 Sept. 2003 Thorsten Emig from the University of Cologne Geometry Dependence of Molecular Forces: From van der Waals to Casimir Sinova and Pokrovsky
24 2003 Thorsten Emig from the University of Cologne Test of Replica Theory: Thermodynamics of 2D systems with quenched disorder Sinova and Porkovsky
29 Sept. 2003 Prof. Chia-Ren Hu from TAMU "Orthospintronics\x94 --- electronics with charge replaced by spin Chia-Ren Hu
1 Oct. 2003 Prof. Wayne Saslow from TAMU From bilology to cosmology in a single bound: universal thermal radiation drag on neutral objects Wayne Saslow
8 2003 Prof. Q. Si from Rice University Quantum Phase Transitions and non-Fermi Liquid Behavior: a Locally Critical Picture Jairo Sinova
15 Oct. 2003 Prof. Jairo Sinova from TAMU Spintronics at TAMU: Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors, Spin Hall effect, and other interests. Jairo Sinova
22 Oct. 2003 Prof. Junichiro Kono from Rice University Optical Control of Ferromagnetism in Mn-doped III-V Semiconductors Jairo Sinova
29 Oct. 2003 Prof. Roland Allen from TAMU The intricate dance of electrons, photons, and ions when matter responds to light Roland Allen
5 Nov. 2003 Dr. Emiliano Papa from U. of Texas Electron Gas Redux:  From Laudau to Luttinger and back again Jairo Sinova
12 Nov. 2003 Prof. Allan MacDonald from U. of Texas Multiple personality states in the double layer quantum Hall regime: Ferromagnetism, excitonic BEC, and superfluidity. Jairo Sinova
17 Nov. 2003 Prof. Eugene Demler from Harvard University Ultracold atoms in optical lattices and magnetic microtraps Jairo Sinova
19 Nov. 2003 Prof. Alexey Belyanin from TAMU Quantum Optics in Nanostructures Alexey Belyanin
3 Dec. 2003 Oscar Vilches from U. of Washington Two-dimensional 3He-4He mixtures: critical points , liquid-vapor coexistence, solidification, possible phase separation Glenn Agnolet
10 Dec. 2003 Prof. Myriam Sarachik from CUNY Is there a metallic phase in two dimensions? Quantum tunneling in a molecuar nanomagnet (colloquium) Jairo Sinova
15 Dec. 2003 Dr. Vaijayanti Palkar from Tata Inst. Recent devolpments in magnetoelectronics Joe Ross