Physics & Astronomy

Fall 1996

• April 9  Book discussion: Chance and Chaos by David Ruelle
• April 2 Can bound states exist in the continuum with Lee LOVERIDGE
• March  26 Spring Research Conference Presentations
• March 19 Molecular Dynamics in Biological Systems with David BUSATH (BYU, Zoology)
• March 12 Solving the Coulomb Schrodinger equation in d=2+1 via Sinc collocation with Vasilios Koures
• March 5 Ed Jaynes and his work with Bill EVENSON
• February 27 Relativistic causality in quantum mechanics part II with Arle BECKWITH
• February 20 Relativistic causality in quantum mechanics part I with Arle BECKWITH
• February 13 Chemically reacting fluids near surfaces with Stefan SOKOLEWSKI (U of Lublin)
• February 6 Laser pulse measurements (with Justin PEATROSS (BYU, physics)
• January 30 Electronic Green forms for anisotropic media (BYU, ECEN)
• January 23 Symmetry of approximate Hamiltonians from the Birkhoff-Gustavson normal form procedure with Karl SOHLBERG (BYU,Chemistry)
• January 16 Symmetry of small NaCl clusters using the perturbed ion method with Andres Ayuela (U of Valladolid)
• January 9 First Winter Meeting

• December 5 Book discussion: The rainbow and the worm. The physics of organisms by Mae-Wan HO
• November 21 Atom optics and complementarity with Brent MORRING
• November 14 Applying supersymmetry to quantum mechanics with Lee LOVERIDGE
• November 7 A mesoscopic model in computational structural analysis with Eric GARDNER
• October 31 Tutorial on quantum electronic calculations for scintillators II (BERRONDO)
• October 24 Tutorial on quantum electronic calculations for scintillators I (BERRONDO)
• October 17 Computational electromagnetics with Steve TURLEY (BYU, physics)
• October 10 What's new in general relativity> with Kent HARRISON
• October 3 Bayesian methods and maximum entropy (DUKES, LARSON and DIBBLE)
• September 26 Plasma simulations using Lagrangian methods with Songdong ZHONG
• September 19 Electronic structure of High Tc-superconductors with Robert EVARESTOV
• September 12 First Fall Meeting

• April 18  Book discussion: Was Einstein right? Putting general relativity to the test by Cliff Will (part II)
• April 11 Mechanisms of bonding magnesium oxide with silver interface with Eugene HEIFETS
• April 4 Book Discussion: Was Einstein right? Putting general relativity to the test by Cliff Will (part I)
• March 28 Higher-order integral equations and bridge functions for fluids with Doug HENDERSON (UAMI, Mexico)
• March 21 How Bayesians use probability theory with Phil DUKES
• March 14 Quantum interstate phase differences and multiphoton processes with John WELCH and Randy SHIRTS (BYU, Chemistry)
• March 7 Quantum computation with cold trapped ions part III (VAN HUELE)
• February 28 Quantum computation with cold trapped ions part II (VAN HUELE)
• February 14 A theoretical way to predict phase diagrams of solid solutions with Eugene STEFANOVICH (U of Utah)
• February 7 Review of nonlinear materials with Bret HESS (BYU, physics)
• January 31 Quantum computation with cold trapped ions part I (VAN HUELE)
• January 24 Report on the 25th Colloquium on Quantum Electronics (VAN HUELE)

• November 29 Book discussion: The molecule and its double by Jean JACQUES
• November 22 Factorization method, ladder operators and Lie-algebras  (BERRONDO)
• November 15 Introductory discussion: Bret HESS
• November 8 Lie-Backlund symmetry in general relativity with David NEILSEN
• October 25 Implementations of graphics for use in electrostatics and magnetostatics teaching at all levels with Lisi NEFF and Everett LARSON
• October 18 Models of self-trapped excitons with Eugene HEIFETS
• October 11 Quantum chemistry  for Thallium-doped materials (J Francisco RIVAS)
• October 4 Luminescence with Bart CZIRR and Manuel BERRONDO
• September 27 Fundamental Problems in quantum theory (VAN HUELE)

• April 5 Applying quantum chemistry in the search for new materials with Francisco RIVAS
• March 29 Efforts in structuring a quantum chemistry group with Francisco RIVAS (U of Puebla, Mexico)
• March 22 Does quantum mechanics apply beyond the microscopic domain? (VAN HUELE)
• March 15  Book Discussion, chapters 7,8,9: Bohr or Chance Unavoidable, Inseparable Photons, How chance does Yeoman's Service with Kent HARRISON
• March 8 Book Discussion, chapters 4,5,6: Maxwell or Probabilities as a Matter of Ignorance, Boltzmann or Probabilities as a Matter of Conviction, Poincare or Deterministic Chaos with Ross SPENCER
• March 1 Book Discussion, chapters 1,2,3: The Children of Democritos, The Laws of Chance, and Gaussian Deviations with Phil DUKES

• November 30 The Kinematic Origin of the Complex Wave Function with David HESTENES
• November 23 Book discussion II: The direction of time by H.D.Zeh
• November 16 Book discussion I: The direction of time by H.D.Zeh
• November 9 Geometric algebra: an introduction (Steve SULLIVAN & Jean-Francois VAN HUELE)
• November 2 Quantum-classical correspondence in molecular collisions with Karl SOHLBERG (BYU, Chemistry)
• October 26 Numerical Methods based on Sinc and Analytic Functions III with Franck STENGER
• October 19 Numerical Methods based on Sinc and Analytic Functions II with Franck STENGER
• October 12 Numerical Methods based on Sinc and Analytic Functions I with Franck STENGER (U of Utah)
• October 5 HP-Unix-Windows: Questions and Answers with Bryan PETERSON (BYU,Physics)
• September 28 Risk and Equilibria in the Credit Market, optimal control in investment models  with John PENDER (BYU, Economics)
• September 21 Maximum entropy and Bayesian methods part II (LARSON & DUKES)
• September 14 Maximum entropy and Bayesian methods part I (LARSON & DUKES)

• April 13  Book discussion: Catastrophe Theory by V.I. Arnol'd
• April 6 Differential Forms, Solitons and All That III (HARRISON)
• March 30 Differential Forms, Solitons and All That II (HARRISON)
• March 23 Differential Forms, Solitons and All That I (HARRISON)
• March 16 perturbed angular correlations stochastic models with Jun LU and Guan HUI
• March 9 The electrostatic potential of a molecule in terms of point- and line-multipole sources with Guy LARSON
• March 2 Semiclassical Methods in Molecular Physics/Chemistry III with Randy SHIRTS
• February 23 Semiclassical Methods in Molecular Physics/Chemistry II with Randy SHIRTS
• February 9 Semiclassical Methods in Molecular Physics/Chemistry I with Randy SHIRTS (Chemistry)
• February 2 Quantum Theory of Decaying States III with Leonid IVANOV
• January 26 Quantum Theory of Decaying States II with Leonid IVANOV
• January 19  Quantum Theory of Decaying States I with Leonid IVANOV
• January 12 What's happened to quantum theory since you last studied it? (VAN HUELE)

Fall 1992

• December 1 Book discussion:  The tiger and the Shark: Empirical Roots of Wave-Particle duality by Bruce R. Wheaton
• November 17 with Dorian HATCH (BYU, Physics)
• November 10 with Dorian HATCH (BYU, Physics)
• November 3 with Peter BATES (BYU, Mathematics)
• October 27 with Peter BATES (BYU, Mathematics)
• October 20 with Xianxi DAI (Fudan University)
• October 13 on UNIX
• October 6 Evolution of information in nonlinear dynamical biological systems II with Brian MAURER
• September 29 Evolution of information in nonlinear dynamical biological systems I with Brian MAURER (BYU, Zoology)
• September 22Multidimensional Numerical Integration II (BERRONDO)
• September 15 Multidimensional Numerical Integration I (BERRONDO)
• September 8 Recent Developments in General Theory and Gravitation (HARRISON)

• Gibbs versus Boltzmann Entropy
• Report on the SANIBEL Meeting (BERRONDO)
• Report on the March Meeting of the American Physical Society
• Book Discussion: The Shaky game: Einstein realism and the Quantum Theory by Arthur FINE
• February 18 Use of symbolic manipulation programs in Physics II (EVENSON)
• February 11 Use of symbolic manipulation programs in Physics I (EVENSON)
• February 4 Agreement and Disagreement Between Experiment and Theory in QED II (VAN HUELE)
• January 28 Agreement and Disagreement Between Experiment and Theory in QED I (VAN HUELE)
• January 21 Nonlinear Effects in Photon Fields II (BERRONDO)
• January 14 Nonlinear Effects in Photon Fields I (BERRONDO)