Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University
Supplementary Condensed Matter Seminar

Academic Year  2004 - 2005  (Fall Semester)
The seminar is held on an irregular basis in Room 222 in the Shenkar Physics Building, on Thursdays at 13:00. It supplements the main condensed matter seminar which is held every Monday at 16:00 in room 204. This supplementary seminar is intended mostly for local speakers, in particular for students presenting their thesis results, but also for guests who could not be scheduled for the main seminar for technical reasons. Please keep this time-slot free on your weekly calendar and check this website for the schedule.

Note for Masters students: You may take this seminar for credit only during the semester in which you present your thesis talk.

 
Nov. 4 2004
Dr. Omri Gat
Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Technion
"Statistical physics of passively mode locked lasers: Exact solution and phase diagram"
Abstract
Dec. 16 2004
Dr. Iddo Ussishkin 
Dept. of Physics, University of Minnesota
"The Nernst effect: From critical behavior in cuprates to Dirac quasiparticles"
Abstract
Special Time:
Tuesday
Dec. 21 2004
16:00
Special Place: Room 324, Kaplun
Prof. Alessandra Lanzara
Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley and Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
"Strange electrons in high temperature superconductors: Cooperation between different degrees of freedom"
Abstract
Jan. 6 2005
Student Thesis Seminar
Moshe Eshkol
Dept. of Condensed Matter Physics, Tel Aviv University
"Does dephasing time saturate at low temperatures?"
Gal Amit
Dept. of Condensed Matter Physics, Tel Aviv University
"Fiske resonances in Josephson tunnelling junctions."
Abstract


Abstract
Jan. 13 2005
Student Thesis Seminar
Boaz Almog
Dept. of Condensed Matter Physics, Tel Aviv University
"Characterization of high-temperature superconducting films"
Etay Mar Or
Dept. of Condensed Matter Physics, Tel Aviv University
"Phase transitions in charged lamellar systems under osmotic pressure"
Abstract


Abstract
Special Time:
Monday
Jan. 24 2005
16:00
Special Place: Room 204, Shenkar-Physics
Dr. David Segev
Materials Department, University of California, Santa Barbara
"Insight into the physics of semiconductors from first-principles calculations"
Abstract

For more information or for directions to 222 Shenkar please contact: Chava Belson  03-6408300

To suggest potential speakers or register feedback contact:  Ron Lifshitz  03-6405145
Sponsored by:   The Condensed Matter Physics Department, The School of Physics & Astronomy, Tel Aviv University.