Physics at IISER Pune October 26, 2009

Physics @ IISER Pune: Raman Hall, Tuesday, Oct 27 2009
A series of presentations and discussions on research in Physics at IISER Pune

List of speakers

9:30 am - 1:00 pm

# Ambika, G: Synchronizing chaos [Nonlinear dynamics]

# Ananth, Sudarshan: Relating the forces of Nature [Particle physics: theory]

# Athreya, Ramana: Probing the Universe at low radio frequencies [Astrophysics]

# Bhattcharyay, Arijit: Phase slip centres of a superconductor [Condensed matter physics: theory]

# Chatterji, Apratim: Living polymers, Charged Colloids & Polymer to Colloid Transition [Condensed matter physics: theory]

# Chaturvedi, Harsh: Light induced molecular assembly [Condensed matter physics: experiment]

# Datta, Shouvik: Thermodynamics of electronic transitions in Nano-Photovoltaic Devices [Condensed matter physics: experiment]

2:00 pm - 5:30 pm

# Kulkarni, Sulabha: Harnessing nanomaterials [Condensed matter physics: experiment]

# Mahesh, T. S: Spins as Quantum Bits [Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy: experiment]

# Patil, Shivaprasad: Nanomechanics using atomic force microscopy [Condensed matter physics: experiment]

# Ramachandran, R: Are there long lived supermassive states in string spectrum? [Particle physics: theory]

# Rapol, Umakant D: Control and measurement of quantum systems [Atomic & Optical physics: experiment]

# Santhanam, M. S: Quantum chaos, 1/f noise, and spectral statistics [Nonlinear dynamics]

# Subramanian, Prasad: From TeV flares in blazars to coronal mass ejections from our Sun - some issues in plasma astrophysics [Astrophysics]

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