THEORETICAL PHYSICS SEMINARS

Nordita is situated in the AlbaNova University Center campus, as are the the two theory groups (CoPS and KoF) in the physics department of Stockholm university (SU), and the theoretical physics department of the Royal institute of technology (KTH). Since these four units share the same interests, we have decided to co-organize seminars, conferences and other events.

Here is a list of the regularly scheduled seminars in theoretical physics that are organized by one or more of the theory groups at AlbaNova. See the Seminar schedule for a list of seminars held within a month from now.

Mondays

Astro-ph Luncheon

is being held Mondays at 11:45 in 122:026. We normally get our lunch from the canteen and then walk back to the seminar room. (When there is a long queue, we may be late...)

Organizers:
Fabio Del Sordo (Nordita)

Condensed Matter Journal Club

Informal journal club, often combined with lunch. Usual time: Mondays, 12-13. Usual place: KoF group room, A5:1069 (AlbaNova main building, 5th floor).

Organizers:
Juha Suorsa (Nordita)

The SU/Nordita High Energy and Gravity Seminar

Theory seminar, with a slant towards string theory and general relativity.

Usual time: roughly bi-weekly on Mondays at 13.30-14.30, usual place: the CoPS group room, A5:1041 (AlbaNova main building, 5th floor).

Organizers:
Troels Harmark (Nordita), phone: 5537 8717

Tuesdays

Complex Systems and Biological Physics Seminar

Theorertical biophysics, complex systems and statistical mechanics seminar; sometimes experimental work is presented. Usual time: weekly on Tuesdays 13.30-14.30, usual place: 122:026, Nordita Astrophysics Building seminar room

Organizers:
Yasser Roudi (Nordita)
John Hertz (Nordita)
Ralf Eichhorn (Nordita)
Erik Aurell (KTH)
Sigurdur Örn Stefansson (Nordita)
Oksana Manyuhina (Nordita)

The Nordita Seminar

Roughly bi-weekly seminar given by members of the local physics community, intended for a general theoretical physics audience.

Usual time: roughly weekly on Tuesdays at 11.00-12.00, usual place: the Nordita Astrophysics Building seminar room, 122:026.

Organizers:
Sami Nurmi (Nordita), phone: 5537 8838

The OKC Seminar

This is strongly phenomenology/cosmology-oriented, but occasionally theorists speak. OKC is the Oskar Klein Center, a collaboration between several research groups in physics and astronomy at Stockholm University and KTH.

Usual time: bi-weekly on Tuesdays at 13.15-14.30, usual place: the FA32 seminar room (AlbaNova main building, 3rd floor).

Organizers:
Edvard Mörtsell (CoPS, SU), phone: 5537 8535
Kambiz Fathi (Astronomy, SU), phone: 5537 8521
Klas Hultqvist (Elementary Particle Physics, SU), phone: 5537 8671

Wednesdays

The KTH/Nordita/SU Seminar in Theoretical Physics

This is is a "theory colloquium" (i.e. condensed matter, quantum information, string theory, anything theory), i.e. supposed to not be overly technical.

Usual time: weekly on Wednesdays at 11.00-12.15, usual place: the FA31 or FA32 seminar rooms (AlbaNova main building, 3rd floor).

Organizers:
Eddy Ardonne (Nordita), phone: 5537 8804
Ingemar Bengtsson (KoF, SU), phone: 5537 8732
Edwin Langmann (KTH), phone: 5537 8173

The SMC Mathematics Colloquium

Even though the physics departments of KTH and Stockholm University (SU) are located at AlbaNova, the mathematics departments are not (but within walking distance from AlbaNova). The two departments co-organize a mathematics colloquium, under the auspices of the recently formed Stockholm Mathematics Center, SMC.

Usual time: Weekly on Wednesdays at 14:30-15:30, usual place: the Oskar Klein Auditorium, FR5 (AlbaNova main building, 4th floor).


Nordita Astrophysics seminars

They are being held on Wednesdays, 13:30-14:30 in 122:026. As a rule, all papers submitted by group members to the arXiv are to be presented here. Sometimes there are two talks of 30 minutes instead. This seminar slot is also used for guests and visitors of the group. Several times a year, this slot is also used for joint seminars with the Solar Physics Institute and the group of Göran Scharmer.

Organizers:
Axel Brandenburg (Nordita)
Jörn Warnecke (Nordita)

Thursdays

The CoPS/Nordita Theory Journal Club

This journal club has a theme every semester, concurrently with the usual type of "recent paper" discussion when someone volunteers.

Usual time: roughly bi-weekly on Thursdays at 13.30-15.00 or 11.00--12.30, usual place: the CoPS group room, A5:1041 (AlbaNova main building, 5th floor).

Organizers:
Fawad Hassan (CoPS, SU), phone: 5537 8739
Troels Harmark (Nordita), phone: 5537 8717

The AlbaNova/Nordita Colloquium

The AlbaNova/Nordita colloquia are intended for students and staff members in all research fields at AlbaNova - physics, astronomy and biotechnology.

Usual time: Thursdays at 15.15-16.00, usual place: the Oskar Klein Auditorium, FR5 (AlbaNova main building, 4th floor). Coffee and tea is served at 15.00 outside the auditorium.

Organizers:
Edwin Langmann (TheoPhys, KTH), phone: 5537 8173, e-mail: langmann /+/ kth.se
Garrelt Mellema (Astro, SU)
Lárus Thorlacius (Nordita)

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Seminars Today

» From the AlbaNova Agenda:

Wednesday, 22 February 2012
13:30      Nordita Astrophysics Seminar Room (122:026)
Generation of inertial waves, jets and vortices in astrophysical turbulence
Nathan Kleeorin  (Ben-Gurion U. of the Negev, Beer-Sheva)

Latest Preprints

In Subatomic Physics:
[2012-009] Emission spectra of self-dual black holes by Sabine Hossenfelder, Leonardo Modesto, Isabeau Premont-Schwarz

In Condensed Matter, Statistical Physics and Biophysics:
[2012-008] Nobel Symposium 148: Graphene and Quantum Matter (editorial) by Antti Niemi, Frank Wilczek, Eddy Ardonne, Hans Hansson
Phys. Scr. T 146, 010101 (2012)

In Astrophysics and Astrobiology:
[2012-007] Lagrangian chaos in an ABC--forced nonlinear dynamo by Erico L. Rempel, Abraham C.-L. Chian, Axel Brandenburg
Physica Scripta (accepted)

See list of all Nordita preprints

Current Program

There is currently no scientific program running at Nordita.