04/03/2010 - Prof Hans A Bachor - 100 years of optics, 50 years of lasers and much more in the future
Physics Lecture Theatre 1, Sandy Bay
Lasers and light are one of the key components of modern technology. This is a brief history of how we came to the present situation.

11/02/2010 - Dr Alan R Whitney, MIT Haystack Observatory - Creating a Radio Telescope the Diameter of the Earth
Physics Lecture Theatre 1, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay
Recent developments in Very Long Base Line (VLBI) astronomy allow production of the most detailed images of some of the most distant objects in the universe and can exquisitely measure the wiggles and wobbles of the Earth as it moves through space.

19/11/2009 - Dr Marc Duldig - Particle Astronomy ­ the Second Window
Physics Lecture Theatre 1, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay
5:00 pm Annual General Meeting; 8:00 pm Public Lecture

20/10/2009 - Dr Charley Lineweaver, Australian National University - Is there more than one Universe?
Physics Lecture Theatre 1, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay
Current ideas of the very early universe are based on quantum cosmology. The ideas suggest that our Universe may be embedded in a larger hierarchy of parallel universes called the Multiverse. The talk will suggest possible tests for its existence.

08/10/2009 - Professor David Jamieson, University of Melbourne - Galileo's invention of the astonomical telescope and his remarkable discoveries: moons, stars and a new planet
Physics Lecture Theatre 1, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay
A look through Galileo's log books suggests that he observed Neptune 234 years before its official discovery

17/09/2009 - Professor Ray Norris, Australian National Telescope Facility - The Astronomy of Aboriginal Australians
Physics Theatre 1, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay
The ancient cultures of Aboriginal Australians have a strong astronomical component, linking their stories and ceremonies intimately with the sky, often in beautiful and fascinating ways.

07/09/2009 - Professor Penny Sackett, Australian Government Chief Scientist - Contributions of Astronomy to all of Science
Physics Lecture Theatre 1, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay

13/08/2009 - Associate Professor Christine Charles, RSPSE, Australian National University - The 2009 Women in Physics Lecture: To planets or just to the shops, Plasmas pave the path
Lecture Theatre 1, Physics Building, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay
Plasmas have existed since the very first moments of the Universe. It is the stuff of stars. It fills the space between stars. It gives us the beautiful northern and southern aurorae. Our houses have plasma TV displays, plasma lights (fluorescent tub

02/07/2009 - Professor Geraint Lewis, School of Physics, University of Sydney - Is the Universe made for me? The anthropic principle in Astronomy
Physics Lecture Theatre 1, Sandy Bay
How lucky we are, finding ourselves living on a planet with just the right conditions for liquid water to flow on its surface. More than that, we live in a universe old enough, and with just the right laws of physics, to forge the heavy elements from

27/11/2008 - Professor Bob Delbourgo - Branch AGM and Lecture
Physics Lecture Theatre 3, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay
5:00 AGM
5:30 Professor Bob Delbourgo: "The 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics: Broken Symmetry"

10/09/2008 - Dr Michael Smith, University of Queensland - The 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics: Discovery of giant magnetoresistance
Physics Lecture Theatre 1, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay
Giant magnetoresistance, discopvered by Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg in 1988, is a property of nanostructured stacks of magnetic metal layers. The electrical resistance of these systems undergoes a large (giant) change when subjected to a magnetic

19/08/2008 - Dr Anya Reading - Imaging the Interior of the Earth
Physics Lecture Theatre 1, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay
The talk will outline some of the many ways by which the structure of the Earth's mantle and core.

26/06/2008 - Professor Bob Vincent - Atmospheric Waves and Climate Change
Physics Lecture Theatre 1, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay
The lecture will discuss how the atmosphere works, why there are differences between the northen and southern hemispheres (such as why there is an ozone hole in the south) and will present recent measurements made from stratospheric balloons.

21/05/2008 - Dr K G McCracken - Tales of a Foot-loose Physicist.
Physics Lecture Theatre 1, Sandy Bay
A description of a very varied and highly successful career based on a sound physics background

29/04/2008 - Professor Don Melrose - Electron Cyclotron Masers in Astrophysical and Space Plasmas
Physics Lecture Theatre 1, Sandy Bay
The talk will review the development of the theory of ECME in the astrophysical and space literature, and then discuss the unsolved problems that remain.

01/11/2007 - Dr Cathy Foley - AGM & Public Lecture
Physics Theatre 3 (AGM); Theatre 1 (Lecture); University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay
Lecture Title: "Superconductivity: Has it changed or touched your life?"

09/10/2007 - Professor Tanya Monro, University of Adelaide - Public Lecture - New optical fibres for applications beyond data transmission
Physics Lecture Theatre 1, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay
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27/09/2007 - Professor John Dickey, University of Tasmania - Public Lecture - Why do we need Cosmology?
Physics Lecture Theatre 1, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay
The 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded jointly to John C Mather and George F Smoot for their discovery of the black-body form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation.

16/08/2007 - Dr Ian Allison, Antarctic Ecosystems and Climate CRC, University of Tasmania - Science Plans for the International Polar Year
Physics Lecture Theatre 1, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay
The International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008 is the largest internationally coordinated polar research effort in the past 50 years. It will include research and observations in both the Arctic and Antarctic and will explore the strong links these re

10/05/2007 - Dr John Greenhill, University of Tasmania - Searching for extra-solar planets
Physics Lecture Theatre 1, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay
Over 200 extra-solar planets have been discovered in the last 10 years. The current situation and future prospects in the field will be reviewed, with special emphasis on the gravitational microlensing method.

19/04/2007 - Prof Bill Erickson, University of Maryland - The Early Years of Radio Astronomy: A Personal Perspective
Physics Lecture Theatre 1, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay
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