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PUBLIC LECTURE AND PHYSICS SEMINAR Make group lecture series reservations for: Name _____________________________________________________________________ Title ______________________________________________________________________ Organization ________________________________________________________________ Address ___________________________________________________________________ City_____________________________________________ State ______ Zip ___________ Email _____________________________________________________________________ Business Phone (___ ___ ___)___ ___ ___-____ ____ ____ ____ Check events attending: ______ Public Lecture ______ Seminar Other participants from your organization: Name _____________________________________________________________________ Title ______________________________________________________________________ Name _____________________________________________________________________ Title ______________________________________________________________________ Reserved seats will only be held up until 15 minutes prior to the start of each lecture. Early submission recommended for reserved seating. Detach this card and send registration to: UW-L Foundation Inc. Cleary Alumni & Friends Center P.O. Box 1148 La Crosse, WI 54602-1148 USA 608.785.6803 Fax 608.785.6868 email: [email protected] This publication was funded by the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Foundation Inc. Distinguished Lecture Series in PHYSICS J. Michael Kosterlitz, D. Phil. is a theoretical physicist recognized for his work with David J. Thouless, Ph.D. on the application of topological ideas to the theory of phase transitions in two-dimensional systems with a continuous symmetry. The theory has been applied to thin films of superfluid 4He, to superconductors and to melting of two-dimensional solids. Experiments on two-dimensional layers of colloidal crystals agree with theoretical predictions in quantitative detail. This work was recognized by the Lars Onsager prize in 2000 and the Nobel Prize in physics in 2016. Dr. Kosterlitz was elected to the National Academy of Science (NAS) and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science (AAAS). Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1943, Kosterlitz graduated from Cambridge University earning a BA in physics in 1965, an MA in 1966 and a D. Phil. from Oxford in 1969. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Torino University, Italy, in 1970 and at Birmingham University, U.K., from 1970-73. There he met David Thouless, and together they did their groundbreaking work on phase transitions mediated by topological defects in two dimensions. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell in 1974, on the faculty at Birmingham 1974-81 and Professor of Physics at Brown University 1982–present. 2016 Nobel Laureate in Physics J. Michael Kosterlitz , D. Phil. Topological Defects and Phase Transitions This Public Lecture and Seminar review some of the applications of topology and topological defects in phase transitions in two-dimensional systems for which Kosterlitz and Thouless split half of the 2016 Physics Nobel Prize. Their work has opened a door on an unknown world where matter can assume strange states. They used advanced mathematical methods to study unusual phases, or states of matter such as superconductors and superfluids. The theoretical predictions and experimental verification in two-dimensional superfluids, superconductors and crystals will be reviewed as they provide very convincing quantitative agreement with topological defect theories.
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PUBLIC LECTURE AND PHYSICS SEMINAR
Make group lecture series reservations for:Name _____________________________________________________________________
Title ______________________________________________________________________
Organization ________________________________________________________________
Address ___________________________________________________________________
City _____________________________________________ State ______ Zip ___________
Email _____________________________________________________________________
Business Phone (___ ___ ___)___ ___ ___-____ ____ ____ ____
Check events attending:
______ Public Lecture
______ Seminar
Other participants from your organization:
Name _____________________________________________________________________
Title ______________________________________________________________________
Name _____________________________________________________________________
Title ______________________________________________________________________
Reserved seats will only be held up until 15 minutes prior to the start of each lecture. Early submission recommended for reserved seating.
Detach this card and send registration to:UW-L Foundation Inc.Cleary Alumni & Friends CenterP.O. Box 1148La Crosse, WI 54602-1148 USA
608.785.6803Fax 608.785.6868email: [email protected] publication was funded by the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Foundation Inc.
Distinguished Lecture Series in PHYSICSJ. Michael Kosterlitz, D. Phil. is a theoretical physicist recognized for his work
with David J. Thouless, Ph.D. on the application of topological ideas to the theory of phase transitions in two-dimensional systems with a continuous symmetry. The theory has been applied to thin films of superfluid 4He, to superconductors and to
melting of two-dimensional solids. Experiments on two-dimensional layers of colloidal crystals agree with theoretical predictions in quantitative detail. This work was recognized by the Lars Onsager prize in 2000 and the Nobel Prize in physics in 2016. Dr. Kosterlitz was elected to the National Academy of Science (NAS) and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science (AAAS).
Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1943, Kosterlitz graduated from Cambridge University earning a BA in physics in 1965, an MA in 1966 and a D. Phil. from Oxford in 1969. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Torino University, Italy, in 1970 and at Birmingham University, U.K., from 1970-73. There he met David Thouless, and together they did their groundbreaking work on phase transitions mediated by topological defects in two dimensions. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell in 1974, on the faculty at Birmingham 1974-81 and Professor of Physics at Brown University 1982–present.
2016 Nobel Laureate in Physics
J. Michael Kosterlitz, D. Phil.
Topological Defects and Phase TransitionsThis Public Lecture and Seminar review some of the applications of topology and topological defects in phase transitions in two-dimensional systems for which Kosterlitz and Thouless split half of the 2016 Physics Nobel Prize. Their work has opened a door on an unknown world where matter can assume strange states. They used advanced mathematical methods to study unusual phases, or states of matter such as superconductors and superfluids. The theoretical predictions and experimental verification in two-dimensional superfluids, superconductors and crystals will be reviewed as they provide very convincing quantitative agreement with topological defect theories.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26 5 p.m.PUBLIC LECTURE Centennial Hall — Skogen Auditorium A, Room 1400
Reception at 4:30 p.m. — Centennial Hall, Cameron Hall of Nations
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27 3:20 P.M. PHYSICS SEMINARCentennial Hall — Skogen Auditorium A, Room 1400
All events are open to the public, but we suggest large groups make arrangements in advance by filling out and sending in the attached form. Reserved seats will only be held up until 15 minutes prior to the start of each lecture.
Groups of five or more must make special arrangements with the Foundation.
Free parking available in commuter lot C-2 (near the stadium) for Thursday’s Public Lecture Only.
For further information contact:www.uwlax.edu/physicsGubbi Sudhakaran, Ph.D., Physics DepartmentUniversity of Wisconsin-La Crosse 1725 State St. | La Crosse, WI 54601 USA608.785.8431email: [email protected]
October 26-27, 2017
October 26-27, 2017
The UWL Physics Department, with 160 majors, is one of the largest undergraduate physics programs in Wisconsin. The department has 13 full-time faculty and offers a B.S. in physics with the options of emphases in applied physics, astronomy, computational physics and optics, as well as physics majors with business, bio-medical or secondary-education concentrations. The department has a dual-degree program (physics and engineering) in cooperation with the engineering programs at UW-Milwaukee, UW-Platteville, University of Minnesota-Duluth and Winona State University. The department is active in undergraduate research, its faculty and students regularly publish their work in peer-review journals and give presentations at meetings and conferences. The department was profiled as a successful undergraduate program for the National Task Force on Undergraduate Physics report, which is available at www. aapt.org/Programs/projects/spinup/upload/Final-Case-Studies. pdf, and was featured on the cover of the September 2003 issue of Physics Today. The department was awarded the 2004 UW Regents Teaching Excellence Award for Academic Departments and Programs. The American Physical Society has recognized the department as the 2013 Improving Undergraduate Physics Education Award, one of only four such awards granted annually.
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The UWL Distinguished Lecture Series in Physics is funded by private gifts to the UW-La Crosse Foundation Inc. and through support from the Department of Physics, the College of Science and Health, and Wettstein’s. The series annually brings to La Crosse a physicist whose significant accomplishments and communication skills can inspire and enrich the careers of students, faculty and the community.
2016 Nobel Laureate in Physics
J. Michael Kosterlitz, D. Phil.Co-sponsored by the
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Foundation Inc.
Department of Physics
College of Science and Health
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Distinguished Lecture Series in PHYSICS
Distinguished Lecture Series in PHYSICS
