Radiations

January 20-26, 2002

 Weekly Calendar

 January 24, 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.

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

Friday, Jan 25 , 3:30-4:40 pm, Olin 02, Ehren Vaughn’s Comps Presentation Talk, "Quantum Chaos."

Classical chaos is a much studied subject with easily observable results: from the double pendulum to the tilt-a-whirl, chaotic systems are plentiful. But what happens when we try to model these classical systems with quantum mechanics? Combining deterministic and probabilistic theories creates an interesting conflict that has captured the interest of theorists and experimentalists alike. This talk will explore the history, theory, and applications of quantum chaos.

"Girl Scout Math and Science Day" Want to help elementary-school girls discover how fun physics is? Girl Scout Math and Science Day is Saturday, February 9, from 9 am-12:30 pm. To volunteer, email Abra at brisbina."

University of California San Diego Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates, Email:reuphysics@ucsd. Complete application packets will be considered as they arrive. Applications received after March 15, 2002 will be considered on a space available basis only. Application and information materials are available at: http://www-physics.ucsd.edu./students/reu.

Santa Fe Institute REU/NSF projects focus on adaptive computation; physics, mathematics, information science, and computational aspects of complexity; economics as a complex, adaptive system; and the life sciences including modeling of the immune system. For more information, http://www.santafe.edu/sfi/education/reus/reus02/announce.html. Deadline: February 15, 2002.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Pending confirmation of funding, the Astronomy Department and the Astrophysics group of the Physics Department will host a Research Experiences for Undergraduates program in Astronomy and Astrophysics for six students, for the ten weeks from June 3 to August 9, 2002. Applications are due Feb 15, 2002. Participants will work in Madison with researchers in the Astronomy Department and the Astrophysics group of the PhysicsDepartment. Web: http://wisp11.physics.wisc.edu/~reu/

Past and Current REU Information: http://physics.carleton.edu/Updates/finternships.html

LOCATION = Main General., Gondhalekar, Prabhakar, 1942-, THE GRIP OF GRAVITY : THE QUEST TO UNDERSTAND THE LAWS OF MOTION AND GRAVITATION / PRABHAKAR GONDHALEKAR. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

LOCATION = Science General. INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM COMPUTATION AND INFORMATION / EDITORS, HOI-KWONG LO, TIM SPILLER, SANDU POPESCU., Singapore ; [River Edge], NJ : World Scientific, 1998.

LOCATION = Science General. QUANTUM COMPUTATION AND QUANTUM INFORMATION THEORY : REPRINT VOLUME WITH INTRODUCTORY NOTES FOR ISI TMR NETWORK SCHOOL, 12-23 JULY 1999, VILLA GUALINO, TORINO, ITALY / EDITORS: C. MACCHIAVELLO, G.M. PALMA, A. ZEILINGER., Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, c2000.

LOCATION = Main General. Lindley, David, 1956-, BOLTZMANN'S ATOM : THE GREAT DEBATE THAT LAUNCHED A REVOLUTION IN PHYSICS / DAVID LINDLEY. New York : Free Press, c2001.

LOCATION = Science General. Gibbs, William R., COMPUTATION IN MODERN PHYSICS / WILLIAM R. GIBBS. Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, 1999.

LOCATION = Science General. CHANCE IN PHYSICS : FOUNDATIONS AND PERSPECTIVES / J. BRICMONT ... [ET AL.] (EDS.). Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2001.

LOCATION = Science General. Wong, S. S. M. (Samuel Shaw Ming). COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING / SAMUEL S.M. WONG. Singapore : River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, c1997.

LOCATION = Science General. Hoover, William G. (William Graham), 1936-, TIME REVERSIBILITY, COMPUTER SIMULATION, AND CHAOS / WILLIAM GRAHAM HOOVER. Singapore ; New Jersey : World Scientific, c1999.

LOCATION = Science General. Auletta, Gennaro. FOUNDATIONS AND INTERPRETATION OF QUANTUM MECHANICS : IN THE LIGHT OF A CRITICAL-HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEMS AND OF A SYNTHESIS OF THE RESULTS / GENNARO AULETTA ; WITH A FOREWORD BY GIORGIO PARISI. Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, c2001.

LOCATION = Main General. Lilley, J. S. (John S.). NUCLEAR PHYSICS : PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS / J.S. LILLEY. Chichester ; New York : J. Wiley, c2001.