Talks, Seminars, and Colloquia

The department sponsors a lively and highly interactive series of lunch-time talks on various topics of current interest in astronomy, physics, and other areas of science. Students have a wonderful opportunity to see why the current "hot topics" are of such great interest to physicists. We also organize special events where internationally recognized speakers are invited to visit us.

2009 Schedule

Date

Speaker

Title and Abstract
January 16th
Valerio Faraoni
Physics Department
Bishop's University

THE PIRELLI RELATIVITY CHALLENGE
January 23rd
Robert Lacroix
Bishop's University

Learning Physics, Understanding Physics: Making Sense of What We Learn, Creating the Sense of What We Teach
January 30th
Benjamin Constantineau
Physics Department
Bishop's University

A QUICK REPORT ON DARK MATTER
February 6th
Emilie Pelchat
Physics Department
Bishop's University

THE SOLILOQUY OF THE SOLITON
February 11th
James Taylor
Department of Physics
University of Waterloo

What is Dark Matter? (and why should we care?)
February 13th
Jacob Hooey
Physics Department
Bishop's University

MASS TRANSFER IN BINARY STAR SYSTEMS: DYNAMICAL INSTABILITY
February 20th
Neda Aminshariati
Physics Department
Bishop's University

AN INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM INFORMATION
March 13th
Benjamin Constantineau
Physics Department
Bishop's University

RIDING THE GRAVITATIONAL WAVE
March 20th
Dr. Valerio Faraoni
Physics Department
Bishop's University

WHY IS THE UNIVERSE ACCELERATING? THE MODIFIED GRAVITY PARADIGM
March 27th
Robert Lacroix
Physics Department
Bishop's University

ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS
April 3rd
Dr. Lorne Nelson
Physics Department
Bishop's University

High Performance Computing: New Insights into Binary Evolution
April 30th
Emilie Pelchat

The Gravitationally Coupled Magnetic Monopole
August 12th
Prof. Salvatore Capozziello
Physics Department
University of Naples "Federico II"

Dark Energy and Dark Matter as Curvature Effects
September 25th
Robert Lacroix
Physics Department
Bishop’s University

The two g’s of our world: the local g and the universal G
October 2nd
Dr. Anca Marina Ionascut Nedelcescu
University of Sherbrooke

Characterisation of an atmospheric cold plasma produced by a dielectric barrier discharge, using optical emission spectroscopy
October 9th
Dr. Valerio Faraoni
Physics Department
Bishop's University

QUANTUM COSMOLOGY: A TALE OF COSMIC ORIGINS
October 23rd
Dr. Lorne Nelson
Bishop's University

Population Synthesis: Making Sense of the Close Binary Zoo
October 28th
Jonas Goliasch

Detailed Population Synthesis Studies of Cataclysmic Variables
October 30th
Benjamin Constantineau
Physics Department
Bishop's University

CODING THE GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE OF A 5D INSTANTON
November 6th
Dr. Valerio Faraoni
Physics Department
Bishop's University

EARLY UNIVERSE INFLATION WITH NON-MINIMAL COUPLING
November 13th
Dr. Valerio Faraoni
Physics Department
Bishop's University

From Classical and Quantum Particles to Groundwater Flow: Using Geometry to Remove Forces or Sources from the Dynamics
November 18th
Peter McLeish

Lightning's Angels & The Hundred Year Hunt for The Red Sprite
November 27th
Dr. Valerio Faraoni
Physics Department
Bishop's University

Phantom Energy and The Big Rip of the Universe