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12 Jan |
J. Kaastra (Ruimteonderzoek, Leiden) |
Massive binary black holes in galactic nuclei |
26 Jan |
J. Smit (UvA, Amsterdam) |
How effective is the Standard Model? |
9 Feb |
J.J. Koenderink (Medische Fysica, Utrecht) |
Pictorial relief |
23 Feb |
D. Frenkel (AMOLF, Amsterdam) |
Solids that boil, liquids that don't |
16 Mar |
W.E. Moerner (IBM research, San José/ETH, Zürich) |
Spectroscopy of individual molecules in solids |
30 Mar |
I.K. Yanson (Kharkov, Ukraine/Leiden) |
Electrons passing through a point contact in a magnetic field |
20 Apr |
J.R. Dorfman (Maryland/Utrecht) |
Long range correlations in fluids: theory and experiment |
27 Apr |
C. Caroli (Paris VII) |
Solid friction as a nonlinear physics problem: stick-slip and creep |
11 May |
H. Meyer (Duke, North Carolina) |
Equilibration near the liquid-vapor critical point: relevance to microgravity experiments |
1 Jun |
G. Hadziioannou (Groningen) |
Computational devices from soft materials. Is that possible?! |
7 Sep |
B. Poelsema (Universiteit Twente) |
Manipulation of layer-by-layer growth in metal epitaxy |
21 Sep |
R. Dijkgraaf (UvA, Amsterdam) |
The unreasonable effectiveness of physics in modern mathematics |
12 Oct |
M. Spiro (DAPNIA, Saclay) |
Recent results from the EROS experiment on the search for dark matter (MACHO's) |
19 Oct |
J.-M. Lévy-Leblond (Nice) |
Quantum effects at large (how to build a big world out of small constants) |
2 Nov |
F.Y. Wu (North Eastern Univ., Boston/UvA, Amsterdam) |
Knot theory and statistical mechanics |
16 Nov |
G. Björk (Royal Inst. of Tech., Kista, Zweden) |
The physics of semiconductor microlasers |
30 Nov |
W. van de Water (TU-Eindhoven) |
Spatio-temporal chaos |
14 Dec |
G. Aeppli (AT&TBell Labs, Murray Hill) |
From magnets to superconductors with hot and cold neutrons |