Radiations

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Carleton College

February 3-9, 2002

Weekly Calendar

Feb 4, Monday, Mid-Term Break, Hooray!

Feb 7, Thursday, Noon CTR (Sevy), Physics Table, Join the department staff for lunch and good company. We can meet on 3rd Olin at 11:50 for the short walk to the CTR (Sevy Hall) or you can meet us there. Students off-board are invited to bring their lunch.

Comps Presentation Talks:

Copies of the introductory papers are available for your review in Second Olin Lounge

Wed., Feb 6, 3:10-4:20 pm, Olin 02

Ben Luey’s Comps Presentation Talk, "Conducting Electrons: Orchestrating a Theory of Low-Temperature Superconductivity" Can't resist... low-temperature superconductivity comps talk! Learn why the resistance goes to zero, and how to use "BCS phase transition" in everyday speech. Talk includes feuding physicists, flawed theories, liquefied helium, death from an overturned kerosene lamp, F=ma, a defecting graduate student, levitation, the mattress effect and the only person to win two Nobel Prizes in physics. All this plus demos with liquid nitrogen!

Friday, Feb 8, 3:30-4:40 pm, Olin 02, Heather Moor's Comps Presentation Talk, "Fiber Optics and Communication" Ever wondered how you could call your parents thousands of miles away and still get almost perfect reception? The answer comes from the wonders of fiber optics. My talk will explore the history and physics of fiber optics and see what it has done to change communications systems.

To check on dates and times of all comps talks see: http://physics.carleton.edu/Updates/fcompschedule.html

Summer Student Research at Carleton The following Professors anticipate that they will be looking for student researchers for this summer. Contact them for more details if you are interested. Maurice Clark, Arjendu Pattanayak, Kevin Pettit, and Joel Weisberg

List of REU Sites by The National Science Foundation "Research Experiences for Undergraduates" Program. For further general information concerning the REU Programs contact http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/reu/reulist.htm. It lists all of the REU Sites and of some other activities. Contact each Site directly for specific information and for application procedures and deadlines.

University of Colorado, Global Climate Change and Society is a research program that examines the nature of knowledge, and the role that knowledge (scientific and otherwise) plays in societal debates. Open to undergraduates .with a GPA of 3.2 or more and 1 course each in physical science and in philosophy. For additional information: http://www.colorado.edu/Research/GCCS Deadline: March 15, 2002.

SUNY Stony Brook REU in Physics REU Program in Physics, N-3005 Frank Melville, Jr. Library, University at Stony Brook, Stony Brook NY 11794-3357. See more at http://notes.cc.sunysb.edu/Prov/underresop.nsf/webform/Physics . Deadline: March 1, 2002.