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The seminar aims to introduce research topics in topology, geometry and its interactions with other sciences on a simple level. No prior knowledge of topology is expected.
This week, Dr Dale Koenig (postdoc in the Tsvietkova Unit) will speak on "Heegaard splittings and an introduction to 3-manifold theory". (The talk by Prof. Juncheol Pyo was cancelled.)
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Speaker: Prof. Guido Boffetta from Department of Physics, University of Torino
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Seminar "On the value of information in gambling, evolution and thermodynamics" by Luca Peliti, Professor, Deputy Director at SMRI, Italy, Friday, Feb2nd at 2-3pm
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I will discuss two experiments at the University of Auckland. In the first experiment we consider a two dimensional Bose gas in an "atomtronic" circuit. We will look at the effects of Anderson localization and of quantum turbulence.
In the second experiment we consider an optical nanofiber, which is part of a fiberoptic ring resonator, interacting with atoms in a MOT. We see strong coupling between atoms and photons, and show saturation of the system for 13 photons in the resonator.
Dr. Hooglerland's expertised field
My research is been centered around the interaction and correspondence between light and matter, and the application of its principles to other areas of research. At low temperatures, matter can be made to behave much like light, i.e., best described by waves. In its interaction with such matter, light can behave like it is composed of particles. Laser cooling and trapping forms a key technique in understanding this interplay. I apply these cooling and trapping techniques to experimental research areas of fundamental atomic physics, quantum chaos, quantum information, and atom lasers. From this research emerges a deeper understanding of the quantum world, which determines in turn what happens in the world around us. Spin-offs from this research I am involved with are improved spectroscopic techniques, laser techniques, interferometric high-precision measurements and atomic beam applications.
More up-to-date information can be found on my group website http://qilab.phy.auckland.ac.nz
(Cited from the website of University of Auckland)
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How Time Makes Mind: An Expanded Bergsonian Framework for Consciousness Research by Prof. Yasushi Hirai, Fukuoka University
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Dr. Reim Johannes from Tohoku University will give a talk on "Stabilizing the skyrmion phase in Cu2OSeO3:The influence of field, temperature and time"
Language: English
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Dr. Theodore Evans, Associate Professor, the University of Western Australia.
Language: English, no interpretation.
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Fluid Mechanics Unit is pleased to invite you to a seminar on "Bifurcations in rotating plane Couette flow at moderate Reynolds numbers".
Speaker: Prof. Masato Nagata, Department of Mechanics, Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China
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Fluid Mechanics Unit is pleased to invite you to a seminar on "Subcritical transition in plane Poiseuille flow".
Speaker: Prof. Masato Nagata, Department of Mechanics, Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China
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Internal Seminar: Dina Mostafa, Cell Signal Unit (Tadashi Yamamoto Unit)