Power Point Presentations and MP3 Recordings
The University of Toronto weekly physics colloquia are available online. You can download the PowerPoint (or PDF) file and the MP3 recording to your computer. Just click on the PowerPoint file for the talk, and click open at the prompt. If you have difficulty opening the file in your browser, you can download both the PowerPoint file and the MP3 recording to your computer.
| Date | Speaker / Institution | Host | Title / Topic | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 17, 2009 |
Piers Coleman Rutgers University |
Ken Burch | Qu-transitions. Phase transitions in the quantum era |
PDF File MP3 Recording |
| September 24, 2009 |
Hartmut Haffner
University of California Berkeley |
Daniel F. V. James | Quantum information with trapped ions: real thought experiments |
PDF File MP3 Recording |
| October 1, 2009 |
Charles Kane University of Pennsylvania |
Yong Baek Kim | Topological Insulators and Topological Band Theory |
Power Point File MP3 Recording |
| October 8, 2009 |
Edward Sargent University of Toronto |
Ken Burch | Colloidal quantum dot optoelectronic devices |
Power Point File MP3 Recording |
| October 15, 2009 |
David Weiss Pennsylvania State University |
Aephraim Steinberg | How does a quantum mechanical system thermalize? |
Unavailable MP3 Recording |
| October 22, 2009 |
Ben Newling University of New Brunswick |
Daniel F. V. James | Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Turbulent Flows |
PDF File MP3 Recording |
| October 29, 2009 |
Samir Mathur Ohio State University |
Amanda Peet | Resolving the black hole information paradox |
Unavailable MP3 Recording |
| November 5, 2009 |
Brian Ingalls University of Waterloo |
Vatche Deyirmenjian | Control Theoretic approaches to Systems Biology |
Power Point File MP3 Recording |
| November 19, 2009 |
Lia Merminga TRIUMF |
Robert S. Orr | Accelerator Science and Technology in Canada |
Unavailable MP3 Recording |
| November 26, 2009 |
Paul Kushner University of Toronto |
Daniel F. V. James | Climate Sensitivity and Climate Models |
PDF File MP3 Recording |
| December 3, 2009 |
Carson Chow National Institutes of Health |
Mary Pugh | The physics of obesity |
PDF File MP3 Recording |
| January 7, 2010 |
Louisa Gilder Author, The Age of Entanglement |
David Harrison | The Age of Entanglement | MP3 Recording |
| January 14, 2010 |
Peter Grutter McGill University |
Ken Burch | Poking tips at surfaces--optical properties of molecules, electronic properties of quantum dots and the formation of synapses |
Power POint File MP3 Recording |
| January 21, 2010 |
Francis Nimmo University of California Santa Cruz |
Sabine Stanley | What's going on at Enceladus? |
Power POint File MP3 Recording |
Talks from previous years: 2008-2009 2007-2008 | 2006-2007 | 2005-2006