Club Meeting 09/27: Neel Haldolaarachchige

On Sep 27, Neel will give us a talk about:

Title:
Recent studies of Ferromagnetic Quantum Critical point on intermetallic systems

Articles:
Ferromagnetic quantum critical point induced by dimer-breaking in SrCo2(Ge1−xPx)2
Nature Physics 7, 207–210 (2011)

Evidence for a spin singlet state in the intermetallic semiconductor FeGa3
Phys. Rev. B 82, 155202 (2010)

Correlation effects in the small gap semiconductor FeGa3
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 200, Issue 1, pp. 012014 (2010)

Time: 09/27/2011 4-5pm
Location: Rm 262, Nicholson Hall

Club Meeting 09/20: Kaushik Seshadreesan

On Sept 20, Kaushik will give a talk on:

General Optimality of the Heisenberg Limit for Quantum Metrology
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 180402 (2010)

Time: 09/20/2011 4-5pm
Location: Rm 262 Nicholson Hall

Club Meeting 09/13: Dr. Ilya Vekhter

We are glad to have Dr. Ilya Vekhter to give a talk on Sept. 13.

Title: Magnetically driven superconductivity in CeCu2Si2

Article:
Magnetically driven superconductivity in CeCu2Si2
Stockert et al.
Nature Physics 7, 119–124 (2011)

Time: 09/13/2011 4-5pm
Location: Rm 262 Nicholson Hall

Club Meeting 09/06: Joseph Prestigiacomo

On Sept. 6, Joseph Prestigiacomo will talk about:

Title: Coulomb Glass Effects Across the MIT in a 2D Electron System in Si

Articles:
"Aging Effects across the Metal-Insulator Transition in Two Dimensions"
Phys.Rev.Lett. 99, 216401 (2007)

"Nonexponential Relaxations in a Two-Dimensional Electron System in Silicon"
Phys.Rev.Lett. 96, 037403 (2006)

(Optional) "Slow conductance relaxations: Distinguishing the electron glass from extrinsic mechanisms"
Phys.Rev.B 78, 195120 (2008)

Time: 09/06/2011 Tue 4-5pm
Location: Rm 262 Nicholson Hall