[local physicists] Colloquium Announcement: Dr. Steve Rolston 10/18/2011

[Malin, Delicia M.]

Old Dominion University
Department of Physics

Fall Colloquium Series

Tuesday October 18, 2011

"Using Atomic Physics to Create the Coldest Plasmas Ever"

Dr. Steve Rolston
University of Maryland/JQI

 Plasma is the most ubiquitous state of matter in the universe, ranging in temperatures from 15 million K in the core of the sun to 200 K in the ionosphere, and densities of 10^30 cm^-3 in a white dwarf to 1 particle per cm^-3. Using laser cooling and photoionization, we can now create neutral plasmas in the lab, orders of magnitude colder, down to sub-Kelvin temperatures. In this talk I will discuss some of the features of these novel plasmas, ranging from three-body recombination collisions that are used to make anti-hydrogen, to collective modes and the effects of magnetic fields.



Presentation: Physical Sciences Building II 1100 @ 3:00 pm
Refreshments: 1st Floor Atrium @ 2:30 pm

More details at http://www.physics.odu.edu
All are Welcome!


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