Annual Report 2009.pdf - School of Physics - University of Melbourne

8-SepDr Tim DutyDepartment of Physics, University ofQueensland15-Sep Michael Brown School of Physics, Monash University22-Sep29-SepProfessor Joss HawthornProfessor John RehrSchool of Physics, University ofSydneyDepartment of Physics, University ofWashington6-Oct Dr Emma Ryan-Weber Swinburne University First Light10-Nov17-Nov18-Nov20-Nov24-NovMr Mark WardleProfessor Victor PlambaumProfessor Robert PKirshnerDr Paolo OliveroProfessor Fedor JelezkoTheory Seminars14-Jan25-Feb4-Mar30-Mar31-Mar22-JulProfessor LeszekRoszkowskiDr Benedict von HarlingAssociate ProfessorAndrew WaldronDr Elizabeth WinstanleyProfessor Achim KempfProfessor Ray VolkasDepartment of Physics & Engineering,Macquarie UniversityDepartment of Theoretical Physics,School of Physics, The University ofNew South WalesClowes Professor of Science, HarvardUniversity, Fundamentals of SupanovaCosmologyExperimental Physics DepartmentCentre of excellence “NanostructuredInterfaces and Surfaces”, Universityof TorinoDepartment of Physics, University ofStuttgartUniversity of SheffiledSchool of Physics, University ofMelbourneDepartment of Mathematics,University of CaliforniaUniversity of Sheffield, UnitedKingdomPerimeter Institue for TheoreticalPhysics, Ontario, CanadaSchool of Physics, University ofMelbourneArtificial atoms and microwave quantum optics usingnano-structured superconduction circutsSlow Galaxy Growth within Rapidly Growing DarkMatter HalosThe HERMES project- reconstructing the early historyof the ancient Galactic diskUnravelling the mysteries of complex systemswith x-ray and electron spectra: ab intio theory andcomputation vs experimentThe role of magnetic fields in the origin of planetarysystemsVariation of fundamental constants from Big Bang toatomic clocks: theory and observationsMicro-fabrication of diamond with ion beamsHow to build a Diamond Based Quantum Computerthat promises Expotentially Greater PowerIs the Constrained MSSM already ruled out?Energy transfer in warped string compactifications andan application to dark matterDavis Weyl Invariance and the Origins of MassBlack holes at the LHCReconciling Spacetime Continuity and Discretenessusing Tools from Information TheoryHorava- Lifshitz (2009): The Rise and Fall of aQuantum Field Theory of Gravity5-Aug Dr Marco Drewes DESY, Hamburg Quantum Effects in Leptogenesis25-Nov Csaba Csaki Cornell and KITPSearching for the Origin of Electroweak SymmetryBreaking at the LHC2-Dec Emilian Dudas Ecote Polytechnique, Paris, France GUT’s and gauge mediationAstrophysics seminars5-Feb18-Feb25-FebAndrew HopkinsDr Paul LaskyProfessor MichaelDrinkwaterHead of Anglo-Australian TelescopeScience, Anglo-Australian ObservatoryCentre for Astrophysics andSupercomputing, SwinburneUniversityHead of Physics, University ofQueenslandProgress and Opportunities at the Anglo-AustralianObservatoryNeutron Stars as a Test of Bekenstein’s ModifiedTheory of GravityThe origin of ultra-compact dwarf galaxies4-Jun Dr Rainer Hollerbach University of Leeds, England The Hall Effect in Neutron Stars16-JulMaria CunninghamSchool of Physics, University of NewSouth WalesThe Chemistry and dynamics of star formation in theG333 molecular cloud complexwww.physics.unimelb.edu.au 21