Nov 7th's Journal Club

On Nov 7th, Ben, Andy and Helber Dussan will talk about electric cars. The paper for the discussion is 'the cost-benefit analysis of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle technology':

http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy07osti/40485.pdf

It is about the perspectives of electric vehicles considering what has been achieved in terms batteries, Hybrid-Electric vehicles and Plug-in Hybrid cars and their cost.

The Biophysics journal club by Yang Yang originally scheduled for Nov 7 is postponed to Nov. 28. Helber Dussan and Yang Yang are switching places.

Journal Club next week

Next week Heechang will discuss about b physics focusing on CP violations. It will be kind of review of CP violations, and CKM matrix stuff. Some new experimental issue of b physics, including LHC-b will also be discussed.

The reference: http://lhcb-public.web.cern.ch/lhcb-public/

Journal Club This Week

The Journal Club this week (Wed. 12:15 in SW113) is by Xilin Zhang on a
new way to detect gravitational waves using radio telescopes called "The
Pulsar Timing Array".

Xilin will start with a simple introduction to gravitational waves and
gravitational wave sources. Please come for interesting discussion and
for free PIZZA.

Announcement

The Journal Club this week (Wed. 12:15 in SW113) is on 50 years of space
exploration by Gang Shen. See the journal club web site
http://cecelia.physics.indiana.edu/journal

Please come for interesting discussion: What are some of the science
highlights in 50 years of space exploration since Sputnik? What is the
role for people in space? What should we do now in space? What might
the next 50 years bring?

Free PIZZA will be provided.

Journal club wed. on Quantum Spin Hall Effect

The Journal Club this week (Wed. 12:15 in SW113) is by Leonid Isaev and G. Ortiz. They will discuss the "Quantum Spin Hall Effect" (QSHE). See Science 314, 1757 (2006) or the Journal club web site http://cecelia.physics.indiana.edu/journal
The QSHE is an exciting very recent development in Condensed matter physics. Please come for free PIZZA and for good discussion.

Informal double beta decay discussion TODAY at 12

Please come to an informal lunch discussion TODAY at 12 in the Tea Room, SW 113, with Steve Elliot. I thought yesterday, Steve gave a masterful colloquium on double beta decay. Please come for FREE PIZZA and good discussion.

I want to thank Xianfeng Song for all of his help with the journal club web site http://cecelia.physics.indiana.edu/journal If you are going to give a talk this semester, please email Xianfeng (songxf at gmail.com ) with a journal reference (s) that he can post on the web site. Thanks very much.

Next week Leonid Isaev and G. Ortiz will discuss the "Spin Quantum Hall Effect". Please see Science 314, 1757 (2006). This is an exciting very recent development in Condensed matter physics.

Schedule changed and announcement for next week

There will be no journal club today. Instead, TOMORROW (Thursday at 12 in the Tea Room , SW113) Steve Elliot will lead an informal discussion of double beta decay. Steve is today's colloquium speaker and a real expert. Please come for FREE PIZZA and good discussion.

Next week Leonid Isaev and G. Ortiz will discuss the "Spin Quantum Hall Effect". Please see Science 314, 1757 (2006). This is an exciting very recent development in Condensed matter physics.