January 14
Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Cluster Anions
Kit Bowen
Department of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University
January 21
Martin Luther King Day, University Holiday
January 28 This Week Only: Room SLH 200
String Theory, Past and Future
Ed Witten
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University
February 4
From Newtonian Cosmology to the Inflationary Universe I
Gerd Bergmann
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, USC
February 11
From Newtonian Cosmology to the Inflationary Universe II
Gerd Bergmann
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, USC
February 18
President’s Day, University Holidy
February 27 — Wednesday, Note Special Day
Spin Transport in S=1/2 Quantum Heisenberg Chain
Takashi Imai
Department of Physics, MIT
March 4
Putting the Electron’s Spin to Work
Dan Ralph
Dept. of Physics, Cornell University
March 11
Spring Recess
March 18
Why is Mars Red?
Gary Peterson
Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University
March 25
Electron Attachment TOF Mass Spectrometry: Geometrical Shell Closings in van der Waals Aggregates
Alec Wodtke
Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCSB
April 1
The Puzzle of the Arrow of Radiation
Mathias Frisch
Department of Philosophy, Northwestern University
April 8
Cancelled
April 15
Cancelled
April 22
Mechanisms of Survival in Evolution
Steven Finkel
Department of Molecular & Computational Biology, USC
April 29
The Evolution of the Chemical Composition in Stars
Sylvain Turcotte
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
May 6 — 4:45 pm, Note Special Time
Gravitational Lensing Studies at Keck Observatory
Richard Ellis
Department of Astronomy, Caltech, and
Director, Mt. Palomar Observatory