BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The End of exams has come for most of us and its time to celebr ate. Physoc will be holding a BBQ at 78 Sirdar road which is on the road be tween the Library and the Engineering tower.\n\nWe will be providing burger s\, salad\, buns\, ketchup\, cheese and soft drinks. Please bring anything you would like cooked.\n\nBring your own booze to get started for the eveni ng wether you are going to the Ibiza night at the cube or joining us and he ading to jesters. DTEND:20080605T213000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20080605T203000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:End of Exams BBQ UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_167482356@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Physics Ball is back! with a colourful english countryside theme at the Bridge Bar\n\nSaturday 14th June 2008 - 7.30pm till 1am\n\nTic kets are £10 and available EVERY WEEKDAY 12 noon - 1pm in the physics foyer (building 46)\n\nThere will be a buffet dinner with fresh fruits and salad s and all the usual summery stuff! even cakes!\n\nGet your ticket now! DTEND:20080614T213000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20080614T203000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Physics Summer Ball 08 UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_210554105@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Simple: Come along with your instrument and perform!\n\nOr just come along to listen. Bring friends\, housemates\, family and anyone else you know/haven't seen for a while/befriended in jesters. DTEND:20081023T220000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20081023T210000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Physoc Open Mic Night UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_242772590@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:This week is Halloween\, so we are having a themed social in ai d of this on Wednesday!\n\nWe shall be combining a film with a trip to the Dungeon!\n\nThe plan is to start the film at 7:30 in the lecture theatre B and then head on to the Dungeon afterwards. This means there will be no tim e for a pub crawl. People are welcome to bring a few drinks to the cinema b ut remember not to drink too much or nature will call\, so save them for th e walk down.\n\nFANCY DRESS is a must to look the part.\n\nThe film is call ed Event Horizon. It is rated 18 and is pretty scary.\n\n*Dungeon Info*\n\n Wednesday's...\n\nOpen @ 9pm doors shut @ 1am\, close @ 2am FOR THE SOUTH'S BEST STUDENT FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVE CHEESE NIGHT!\n\nVODKA\, PEACH SCHNAPPS AND CORKY'S are all now 80p a single and £1.50 a double including the mixer ! ALL OTHER SPIRITS ARE PRICED BETWEEN £1.50 AND £1.80 (single) including t he mixer. (add 10p single/20p double for red rooster) DRAUGHT PINTS ARE NOW ALL £1.80. ALL OTHER DRINKS ARE PRICED BETWEEN £1.80 AND £2.20! Entry is £ 4 all night.\n DTEND:20081029T203000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20081029T193000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Halloween Night UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_584024664@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:This Tuesday is the presidential election in America and Wednes day is bonfire night. So combining these we have created The Physoc Preside ntial Fireworks.\n\nOlly Morris(President) will be hosting at his house a f irework display. There will also be hot dogs provided.\n\nThere will be lim ited spaces so we will be selling 50 tickets for £2 from 12-1 mon-thurs in the physics foyer.\n\nOn the night meet in the foyer 5:45 to leave to go to ollys at 6. I'll be there to walk you.\n\nYou attend at your own risk and this event will go ahead what ever the weather.\n\nBring your own alcohol w e will provide some soft drinks. DTEND:20081106T184500 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20081106T174500 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Physoc Presidential Fireworks UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_481706881@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Ladies and Gentlemen this is the social you have all been waiti ng for!\nGet out your Golf gear\, pull on your gloves and get ready to drin k this thursday.\n\nWe will be starting at 7:30 at the stags leaving at 8.\ nHere is the list of pubs and the par is in brackets.\n\n* Stags - Pint (4) and strawpedo (reef recommended) (1)\n* Highfield - Double and Mixer (2)\n * Mitre - WKD or BUD 3 for 2 deal (3)\n* Par-sity - 2*corkys shots (2)\n* G ordans - Bottle and Shot deal (4)\n* Hobbit - Jagerbomb (1)\n* Clowns - Bot tle of fosters (3)\n\nEnding in JESTERS!!\n\nFancy Dress is available from the following establishments.\n* Asda - £12 for Shirt + Cardigan\n* Primarn i - £8 sleeved jumper - good patterns! \, £6 horizontal striped jumper\n* B urtons - £8 for golfers hat/cap\n* H+M - £20 thick tank tops - good pattern s\n* Upstairs in Sportsworld (W.Quay) - Golfers gloves £3\n\nIf you haven't played pub golf before this is the basic concept. Each drink is a hole and the par is the number of attempts you have to finish the drink. You will b e giving a score card to keep track of your score. Your score is how many a ttempts it takes you to finish your drink. To win you want to consume your beverage in as little attempts as possible. The prize for completing the co urse under par is respect from your peers.\n\nPeople who do not drink/dont drink lots should come along to laugh and watch as their friends become mor e and more enebriated .\n\nNow for a brief safety message - please do not d rink beyond your limit and do not peer pressure people into drinking more t hen they need/handle. DTEND:20081113T203000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20081113T193000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:PUB GOLF!!!! UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_736869751@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:After the success of last week social and old favourite will be returning the physoc cinema.\n\nThis weeks film is Back to the future.\n\n Come along to lecture theatre B for the film\, squash and free cake. DTEND:20081120T203000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20081120T193000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Physoc Cinema - Back to the future UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_546137400@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Rock into the stags at 8pm where we will catch the bus at 9:15 to get down to varsity on London Road for around 9:30. We will then head on to reflex when we have queue jump.\n\nFancy Dress is encouraged\, 80s movie themes\, tight and bright\, whatever you fancy effort is encouraged. DTEND:20081125T210000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20081125T200000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:80's Night in Reflex UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_348367254@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:At the Bridge so student priced drinks!\nBuffet provided consis ting of traditional English Christmas food (sausages\, turkey pieces\, stuf fing balls\, etc)\nBrass band and magicians\nDJ Chris Stark from KINKI!!!\n A wonderful christmas night costing £10 a ticket\n\nGet tickets from your Y ear Reps(1st-Tom\, 2nd-Gemma\,3rd-Emma\,4th-Chris)\, Events Reps(Sarah and John) and Ele in the 2nd year DTEND:20081209T203000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20081209T193000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Christmas Ball 2008 UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_87879490@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:For the return of the physoc socials we have a classic pub craw l lined up. Having been test run on the football and netball teams we shall be heading from stags to highfield - mitre - varsity - gordans - hobbit - clowns & jesters. Start at 7:30 you're free to choose your partner. DTEND:20090205T203000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20090205T193000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Return! 3 legged pub crawl UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_527572590@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:This will be the final thursday social from Sarah and John and for it we want everyone to dress up as old women\, we want bad make up\, ha nd bags\, maybe smelling of must\, tights\, granny trolleys and homemade zi mmer frames!\nStart in stags as follow the usual pub crawl route starting a t 7:30. DTEND:20090212T113000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20090212T103000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Final social! Old Ladies Crossdressing UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_155710506@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Dear One and All\,\n\n\n\nSo what is the Physoc Big Bang really all about I hear you ask? Well way back in November Physoc won an award (t his was good news) and with this award came a prize.\n\nPhysoc is now givin g you the chance to get your hands on that fan-bloody-tastic prize - an alm ost fully paid for trip for five people to Cern and Grenoble this summer. ( Everything should be paid for apart from the food.)\n\nTo win this prize yo u need to sign your team of five up to compete in the Physoc Challenge Cup. It will be taking place on the evening of the 17th Feb and your team will be put through a series of challenges that will test you to the limit (with in rigourous health and safety guidelines (the challenges will be friendly I promise)).\n\nThe programme for the evening is\n\n7:30 - 9:00 Physoc Chal lenge Cup\n\n9:00 - 9:30 Inaugurations of new committee\n\n9:30 - when we g et chucked out of Free beer and cakes\n\nThe rules for the Physoc Challenge Cup:\n\n£5 per team entry to be paid on the night You can only be a member of one team The provisional dates for the holiday are: 15th - 19th June ho wever these dates could change (although not likely) Sign your team up on t he Physoc notice board from tomorrow (10th Feb)\n\nAny questions please get in touch and I miss you all so much\,\n\n\n\nOlly DTEND:20090217T113000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20090217T103000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Big Bang UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_694919922@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The basic idea is that groups of around five people will pub cr awl the usual route through Portswood. Each team will be given a disposable camera (supplied by us)\, and will be tasked with creating an epic motion picture storyboard (ie a set of still pictures that will tell a story). You will also get paper to record captions for each scene.\nAt the end of the night\, the cameras will be collected\, processed the following week and ju dged – the best storyboard will win a prize. Hopefully we will also get the storyboards online for all to see.\n\nBonus points will be awarded for the following:\n* Best action scene\n* Best romantic/emotional scene\n* Scene involving as many non-physicists as possible\n* Best panoramic scene\n* Bes t props and costumes\n* Nakedness\n* General comedy\nAlso on top of this th ere are super-bonus points to be had if you can get Gandalf into your story somewhere (must have beard and staff – horse optional (but super-super-bon us points if you can get this in)).\n\nSo what do you need to bring? - As m any props as possible to allow for scene variety as you set up your film se ts around the many pubs in Portswood\, and also costumes\, but these are op tional.\n\nHere are some ideas to get you thinking – horror films\, box off ice rip off’s\, superheroes\, adult genre etc etc. DTEND:20090226T113000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20090226T103000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Physoc Golden Globe awards UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_369840232@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:I am very pleased to invite you to our first SEPnet sponsored e vent at this school. Meet the Employers Day is an opportunity for you to di scuss career options with a selection of innovative regional Employers of P hysics graduates on Tuesday 10th March from 4.00 - 7.00 pm.\n\nIt is a day where the majority of you are in the building and have lectures or labs fin ishing at either 4.00\, 5.00 or 6.00 pm. I am hoping that you will be able to attend for at least a half hour on the day. Food and drink will be provi ded !\n\nThis is event is offered to the students of Physics & Astronomy on ly and is not to be missed.\n\nLinda Stone\, SEPnet Employer Liaison Office r DTEND:20090310T090000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20090310T080000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:SEPnet Meet The Employers Day UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_660107571@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:To give the liver cells a rest\, next thursday the 12th Match\, Physoc will be hosting a pub-style quiz in the Physics building. Meet in t he foyer at 1945 for an 2000 start. Teams can be up to five people\, with £ 1 entry per team member - the winning team recieves the pot!\n\nFREE cake a nd refreshments will be available\, and the quiz will be hosted by your ver y own Stephen Fry and Anne Robinson.\n\nQuick heads up on the last social b efore Easter - Physoc shall be visiting Vodka Revs on Wednesday the 18th Ma rch - keep the date free\, more details to follow.\n\nBig love\, Fry and Ro binson x DTEND:20090312T124500 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20090312T114500 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Physoc Big(ish) Quiz UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_914370982@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The end of term is nigh! Join us as we head to Vodka Revolution s on Wednesday the 18th March - Meet in the Stags at 7:30 to get the bus fr om the interchange at about 8:30. We will no doubt stop at a pub or two in town before hitting vodka revs!\n\nIts society night there\, so 2-4-1 Cockt ails and Flavoured Vodka ALL NIGHT LONG for anyone with a society card...bu t they've told us that our student ID's with 'physics and astronomy' will s uffice\, so make sure you bring these!\n\nTheres a loose dress code\, so ma ke sure you come in smart-casuals....I spoke to the guy about this\, he say s any shoes are alright as long as they're not sports trainers.\n\nSo thats 7:30 @ the Stags Head THIS Wednesday - come along\, drink (optional!) and be merry.\n\nJohn and Chris x x DTEND:20090318T123000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20090318T113000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Its a Phodka Revolution UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_411657608@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:To commiserate the end of the easter vacation\, we will be hold ing a back to school social on the first thursday back!\n\nSo drag out thos e old school uniforms that your mum saved from years gone by\; plaited skir ts and grey shorts are the order of the day here!\n\nPrizes for the three b est uniforms\, drag is encouraged.\n\nMeet at Stags 7:30 for an 8pm leave o n Thursday 23rd April\, crawling the usual route through Portswood to the s hiniest of palaces! DTEND:20090423T213000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20090423T203000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Back to School Social UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_886023878@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:"At the end of the universe lies the beginning of vengeance"\n\ nTo coincide with the release of the new Star Trek film\, physoc will be ho sting a film night dedicated to arguably the greatest Star Trek film made thus far.\n\nSo come along to the physics building for an 8 oclock screenin g\, and watch out for those Klingons!\n\nRefreshments will be provided by y our favourite captain kirk and spock.\n\nBeam me up scotty!\n DTEND:20090507T044500 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20090507T034500 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Star Trek: Wrath of Khan! UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_867588534@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:By popular demand\, we have finally booked playzone in Portsmou th.\n\nTickets cost £15 and this covers transport to and from the venue\, a nd 2 hours of playtime including an hour of laser quest access!\n\nTickets will be on sale in the Physics foyer between 1pm and 2pm on tuesday the 5th May til Friday the 8th May. It will be first come\, first serve\, as we ar e limited to about 40 places (+ the 10 drivers).\n\nWe have it booked betwe en 1930 and 2130\, so we are meeting at the Highfield interchange at 1830 f or an 1845 leave.\n\nYou may bring your own refreshments which includes alc ohol\, as they have a special room for this purpose!\n\nAny questions drop us a mail. DTEND:20090514T033000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20090514T023000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Playzone! UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_139821605@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:As the last social of the year (excluding the ball)\, the Sport s rep Simon Gregory has organised a pool tournament for all you fine ladies and gentlemen.\n\nThe event will take place at the Stags on saturday 23rd of May - tables have been booked from 1pm - 3pm.\n\nIts £1 entry per person to cover table costs\, and there'll be prizes for runners up along with th e Physoc Pool Cup for the winner.\n\nSo in a nutshell - on saturday 23rd Ma y meet in the Stags at 1pm - take a break from all that revision and come a long!\n\n(O and we've been told to plug the fact that the Stags sell pizza all day... )\n\nx DTEND:20090522T220000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20090522T210000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Pool Tournament UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_392549361@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:This summer\, Physoc will be holding the ball on the boat\, ["P rincess Caroline":http://www.princesscaroline.net/]. The itinerary is as fo llows:\n\n* *6.00pm* - Boat open for boarding.\n* *7.15pm* - All guests inv ited down to the Lower Restaurant deck where dinner will be served.\n* *8.3 0pm* - Departing on a Gentle Cruise up the river Hamble or in port docks to view Cruise Liners.\n* *8.45pm* - Dancing & Entertainment on the Bridge de ck.\n* *11.30pm* - Returning to Homeport for disembarkation of all guests at their own leisure.\n\nDinner will be a two-course sit down meal consisti ng of a main meal and a dessert (1 Vegetarian and 1 non-Vegetarian option a vailable).\n\n!(left)/images/ball/boat-sm.jpg! The number of places availab le is *limited to 120* so get your tickets as soon as possible. Tickets go on sale *April 27th at 1pm* in the Physics foyer - *£30 a ticket*. DTEND:20090612T030000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20090612T020000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Summer Boat Party UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_298159084@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Official start of the year. DTEND:20091001T100000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091001T090000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Winter Term 2009 UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_555932777@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Across air\, land\, sea and space SELEX Galileo offers integrat ed sensor solutions and through-life capability management for defence syst ems and homeland security applications.\n \nSELEX Galileo leverages on inte rnational strengths to deliver powerful\, innovative solutions and by forgi ng and sustaining leading partnerships\, provides proven capabilities to it s customers.\n\nSELEX Galileo is a leader in surveillance\, protection\, tr acking\, targeting\, navigation & control and imaging systems.\n\nAs well a s giving a talk about careers with the company\, the representative from wi ll be talking about possible summer internship opportunities with the compa ny.\n\nThis lecture will be in LTC in the physics building (46).\n\nSlides from this lecture are available for download DTEND:20091007T170000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091007T160000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:SELEX Galileo UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_295618196@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The new academic year is here\, and whilst it may not be formal ly as important as a new calendar year\, we all knows it deserves just the same warm welcome!\n\nSo we are heading out on Thursday the 8th of October to celebrate the entrance into another lease of Uni life. Or perhaps this i s your first? And what a first it shall be!\n\nThe order of the day will be simple and sweet - dress in your finest white t-shirts (Primarni sell them for a few quid)\, and bring pens so that you can scribble/draw/write/colou r/ruin everyone elses.\n\nWe will meet in the Stags head pub at 7:00pm\, an d leave at 8pm to trek through Portswood\, eventually finishing at Jesters/ Sobar.\n DTEND:20091008T200000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091008T190000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:White T-Shirt Social UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_650161835@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Eighties Tight and Bright!\n\nAnd that about sums it up. \n\nFi nd all your tight and brights in Primarni\, meet in the Stags at 8pm for a bus down to the city center\, and party 80's style in the legendary Reflex club.\n\nMake an effort on this\, and we can all look rather sexy (?) toget her! DTEND:20091013T210000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091013T200000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Reflex Tight 'n Bright UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_281329953@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The search for gravitational waves using ground based laser int erferometers is now well underway\, and becoming progressively more sensiti ve through an ongoing programme of instrument upgrades. In this talk\, Dr D aw will discuss gravitational waves and the physical principles of interfer ometric detectors such as LIGO\, Virgo and GEO600\, before exploring the in triguing possibility of detection of a counterpart to a putative gravitatio nal wave transient either in the optical or the radio. Such a dual-channel detection would provide compelling evidence for first direct detection of g ravitational waves\, as well as providing a wealth of information on the ph ysics of compact gravitational wave sources.\n\n"Programme online":http://w ww.phys.soton.ac.uk/colloquia/ DTEND:20091016T153000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091016T143000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Hunt for Gravitational Waves UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_713132230@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Faculty of Engineering\, Sciences and Mathematics are hosti ng a joint social to round off a hectic first few weeks of the new term. It 's a crayola social\, so each society will be wearing different colours - P hysics have been allocated blue!\n\nIt’s an easy way to find people on your course and a great opportunity to get to know them.\n\nWith drinks promos (sponsored by Triibe drinks)\, competitions and prize giveaways\, this prom ises to be a fantastic night. \n\nIt kicks off at 8pm\, and is only £1 entr y!\n\nChris and John will be at the Stags Head at 7:30pm to meet anyone who is unsure of how to get to Sobar or fancies a quick pre-drink beforehand. DTEND:20091019T210000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091019T200000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:FESM Crayola social @ Sobar UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_931858727@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The IT\, Science and Engineering Fair\n\nA range of local\, na tional and international employers. For students looking for a Graduate Job or Internship.\n\nGarden Court 11 am - 3.30 pm DTEND:20091021T120000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091021T110000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Science Careers Fayre UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_75991520@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Serco has had an integral role in the UK civil and defence nucl ear industries for the past 50 years.\n\nSerco's Technical and Assurance Se rvices business provides specialist technical support to the UK nuclear ind ustry. It provides expert safety\, environmental\, risk and asset managemen t advice and operational solutions to many of the UK's civil nuclear sites. For nearly half a century\, it has been providing independent specialist n uclear safety advice to the Royal Navy in support of their nuclear submarin e fleet.\n\nSince 2000\, Serco has been entrusted with the management of th e UK Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE)\, which provides the warheads for t he UK's independent nuclear deterrent. We do this as part of AWE Management Limited (AWEML)\, a 25-year joint venture with Lockheed Martin UK and BNFL .\n\nOur primary role through AWEML is to provide advice and governance to the management of AWE plc and bring the experience and expertise of the par ent companies to bear on AWE's development. \n\nWe have worked together to create a new nuclear programme and project management academy for AWE staf f\, which is now up and running\, with almost a quarter of the staff being trained in the first year. \n\nThis lecture will be in LTA in the Geography building. DTEND:20091021T170000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091021T160000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Serco - Nuclear branch UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_682236673@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:A meeting to learn all about the exciting new outreach program. Come to teaching room 1 (SEPnet on the door) if you are interested in help ing out. DTEND:20091022T120000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091022T110000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Outreach meeting UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_267300926@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:For this week's colloquium\, on Friday 9th October\, we're deli ghted that *Michael Kraft* of our own School of Electronics & Computer Scie nce will give a talk about '*Engineering atom chips*'. This colloquium will be of particular interest to those in the quantum/nano/photonics areas\, a nd undergraduates will\, as always\, be most welcome.\n\nAtom Chips are a n ew and exciting technology that enable the manipulation of atoms close to a chip surface. These chips combine cold atom physics with MEMS microfabrica tion techniques to create electric\, magnetic and optical fields to trap an d manipulate ultra-cold atom clouds.\n\nThe microfabricated chips realise o ptical cavities\, electrostatic actuators and current carrying wires to set up magnetic trapping fields. Besides fundamental physics experiments\, the re are a range of novel devices and sensors on the horizon that use this te chnology. In prototype devices\, atom chips are already being used to make Bose Einstein condensates for applications including atomic clocks on a chi p\, atom interferometry\, and quantum information processing.\n\nThe talk w ill describe micro-fabrication technologies that can realize the required b uilding blocks and components to realize such atom chips. It will mainly fo cus on the microfabrication and design engineering aspects of these chips\, as they almost entirely rely on non-standard fabrication techniques\, whic h need to be specially developed for these chips. Additionally\, they combi ne a range of different physical domains such as optical\, magnetic and ele ctrostatics\, which makes their design and realization challenging.\n\n*2:3 0 in the Physics Seminar Room\, Tea and cakes afterwards*\n\n"Programme onl ine":http://www.phys.soton.ac.uk/colloquia/\n DTEND:20091023T153000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091023T143000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Engineering atom chips UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_861786755@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Culham is at the heart of international efforts to develop fusi on as a sustainable source of energy. The site also houses a hi-tech busine ss centre where companies are exploiting technology transfer from fusion re search.\n\nAs supplier of choice to all our customers\, to be recognised as world leaders in environmental restoration and fusion research. Our goals We have six strategic goals to realise this vision.\n\nTo meet and exceed c ustomers' expectations by: \n* Producing site restoration plans which minim ise costs and accelerate progress\;\n* Beating these costs and timescales i n the delivery of the plans\;\n* Playing a leading role in the commercial r ealisation of fusion power.\n* To continue to improve high standards of saf ety\, security and environmental performance.\n* To develop the skills\, pr ocesses and organisation needed to achieve this vision.\n* To help our peop le achieve their full potential.\n* To maximise the wider benefits of our a ctivities to local economies\, UK industry and UK science.\n* To earn the c onfidence and respect of all our stakeholders.\n\nThis lecture will be in L TB in the Geography building. DTEND:20091028T170000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091028T160000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:UKAEA Culham UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_306550125@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:It's time for you to make a difference - to invest your talents in \nchanging lives and achieving something lasting. \n \nTeach First's un ique two-year programme will enable you to make a real \nimpact. At the sa me time\, it's an opportunity to dramatically enhance \nyour own career pot ential with leadership and management skills \ndevelopment classes\, and va luable coaching and networking opportunities \nwith Teach First's diverse i ndustry supporters. \n \nTo find out more about Teach First please come to our presentation. \n \nWhen: Thursday 29th Oct at 6pm \nWhere: Staff Social Centre - Hartley Suite \n \nFor more information e-mail Dan: dmassey@teach first.org.uk \nTo register your interest in attending please visit our webs ite: \nhttp://graduates.teachfirst.org.uk/events/southampton.php DTEND:20091029T190000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091029T180000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Teach First Presentation UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_235811858@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:One of the Lecturers will be talking about Masters and PHDs. Th e talk is open to anyone who wants to come but will be primarily aimed at f inal year students.\n\nThis will be in Lecture Theatre C in the Physics bui lding. DTEND:20091104T170000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091104T160000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Careers in Academia UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_746721062@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:We will now be heading to Oceana this Wednesday!\n\nIt's studen t night there\, and I quote - 'The biggest student night EVER! 3 rooms of t unes to 'rock your world'.. RnB/HipHop in Bar Quarter\, Club Anthems in Ice house & Cheese/Party in Disco' \n\nThey definitely said the biggest student night EVER! Good stuff. (Although perhaps slightly untrue)\n\nAnyway\, com e along and meet\, chat\, and have some fun with the rest of the physoc hor de.\n\nDress smart casual\, its £3.50 entry - We will meet you all in the Stags at 8pm\, ready to catch a bus down around 9pm.\n\nSee you there!\n\n DTEND:20091104T200000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091104T190000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Oceana! UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_642751095@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Quantum entanglement and the addition and subtraction of a phot on presented by Myungshik Kim from Queen's University\, Belfast\n\nOne of t he most striking formulas we learn during the undergraduate quantum mechani cs course is the commutation relation\, [a\, a+] = 1. For a light field\, t his means that photon annihilation after creation is different from photon creation after annihilation and the difference is equal to the unity. The n on-commutativity is closely related to the uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics\; the precise measurement of two non-commutative observables sim ultaneously is impossible. Even though the bosonic commutation relation is taught in every quantum mechanics course\, the direct and 'exact' proof see med to be experimentally unreachable. In this talk\, the verification of th e bosonic commutation relation is discussed using single photon interferenc e.\n\nProf Kim will demonstrate a scheme based on single-photon interferenc e for transferring the microscopic quantum behaviour to macroscopic classic al objects (as in Schrödinger's cat paradox) by realising arbitrary superpo sitions of distinct quantum operations. Applying them to a classical light field the commutation relation to be verified directly. The Belfast group's results may be interesting because\, in addition to clear demonstration of the fundamental textbook concept in quantum mechanics\, the possibility of implementing general operator superpositions is an alternative promising t ool to control and engineer quantum information for future technologies.\n\ n"Programme online":http://www.phys.soton.ac.uk/colloquia/ DTEND:20091106T153000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091106T143000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Quantum entanglement UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_495706458@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:If you're interested in finding out about Summer placements for Summer 2010\, some to this exhibition in the Seminar Room DTEND:20091111T140000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091111T130000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Work placements and Studentships in Physics UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_881872505@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:If you are interested in a Physics career with a difference\, c ome to this talk and hear all about what a medical physicist does and how t o get into medical physics\, all from a medical physicist.\n\nFor a quick i ntroduction "see here":http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/details/Default.aspx?Id =243.\n\nThis lecture will be in LTB in the Geography building.\n DTEND:20091111T170000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091111T160000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Medical Physics UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_74170044@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:It's time to don those thinking caps ladies and gentlemen!\n\nW e are hosting our very own quiz night in the comfort of lecture theatre B t his Thursday @ 8pm.\n\nThe rules are simple:\n\n1) Teams of four and strict ly no more\n2) £1 entry per person\, and the winning team takes the pot (an d maybe we can give the runners up something aswell....)\n\nWe will provide refreshments\, so all you need to supply is a winning team - and I must wa rn all freshers\, we have some seasoned pros amongst the higher years\, so expect some fierce competition!\n\nLast years quiz involved limbo and a wei rd round about cheese rolling\, so come prepared for the unexpected (And of course the standard rounds aswell!) DTEND:20091112T210000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091112T200000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Quiz Night UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_346038544@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:PET imaging presented by Will Hallett from GSK Clinical Imaging Centre\, Imperial College\n\nDetails to be confirmed.\n\n"Programme online ":http://www.phys.soton.ac.uk/colloquia/ DTEND:20091113T153000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091113T143000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:PET imaging UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_212058386@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Have you heard of AIESEC? We are the biggest global organisatio n for students in the world\, we organise internships in 107 countries and we have links to many international companies\, so:\nWant to discover a new culture? Want to gain new skills to develop yourself and your career?\n\nC ome to the AIESEC Work Abroad Introductory Meeting at 6.30 on\n\nMonday 16t h November at the Murray Building (58) Room 1067\n\nThe majority of our int erships will happen over the summer holidays and if you don't want to spend them working\, we also organise voluntary work in many other countries\, s o come along to the meeting and find out what we can offer you.\n\nyou are welcomed to visit us at www.aiesec.co.uk DTEND:20091116T193000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091116T183000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Summer placements abroad UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_851266089@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Have you heard of AIESEC? We are the biggest global organisatio n for students in the world\, we organise internships in 107 countries and we have links to many international companies\, so:\nWant to discover a new culture? Want to gain new skills to develop yourself and your career?\n\nC ome to the AIESEC Work Abroad Introductory Meeting at 6.30 on Tuesday 17th November at the Murray Building (58) Room 1007\n\nThe majority of our inter ships will happen over the summer holidays and if you don't want to spend t hem working\, we also organise voluntary work in many other countries\, so come along to the meeting and find out what we can offer you.\n\nyou are we lcomed to visit us at www.aiesec.co.uk DTEND:20091117T193000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091117T183000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Summer placements abroad UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_775038356@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Former Southampton University student Greg Smith (graduated 200 8) is coming to talk.\n\nMBDA\, a world leader in missiles and missile syst ems\, is a multi-national group with over 10\,000 employees in France\, the United Kingdom\, Italy and Germany. MBDA has three major aeronautical and defence shareholders - BAE Systems (37.5%)\, EADS (37.5%) and Finmeccanica (25%)\, and is the first truly integrated European defence company. In 2008 \, the Group recorded a turnover of 2.7 billion euros\, produced over 3\,00 0 missiles and achieved an order book of 11.9 billion euros. MBDA works wit h over 90 armed forces worldwide. \n\nMBDA has demonstrated its ability to bring together the best skills across the whole of Europe\, and has succeed ed in becoming the prime contractor for a series of strategic multi-nationa l programmes. These include the six-nation Meteor air superiority weapon\, the Franco-British conventionally armed cruise missile\, Storm Shadow/SCALP \, and a family of air defence systems based on the Aster missile for Franc e and Italy (for ground and naval based air defence) and for the UK (naval air defence for the Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyers).\n\nOther programmes s uch as MEADS further serve to position MBDA at the heart of the European de fence sector as well as establishing cooperative transatlantic links with t he principal groups in the US defence industry.\n\nThis lecture will be in Lecture Theatre A of the Geography building. DTEND:20091118T170000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091118T160000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:MBDA Systems UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_404681847@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:EVENT SOLD OUT\n\nFor all those that have paid\, we will be mee ting in the car park behind the University Bus Interchange at 8:20am on Sun day (22nd Nov.) - this is the car park next to the banks and post office\, where we met for playzone.\n\nWe will be leaving at 8:30 sharp\, so please don't be late! After arriving at Paintball Park\, we will kitted out (inclu ding 600 paintballs each)\, and briefed about the day's action. Shooting wi ll start at ~ 10am\, finish at ~ 4:30pm with a lunch break in between. All equipment will be supplied\, but make sure you wear old trainers and clothe s as we will be running around in fields/woods.\n\nAdditional paintballs on the day will be sold at £6 per 100\, so bring some extra cash just in case .\n\nAny questions\, let us know.\n\n"I love the smell of paint in the morn ing..." DTEND:20091122T100000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091122T090000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Paintball UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_977538545@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is one of the UK's leadi ng science and research facilities. It is a world-leading centre of excelle nce in developing and applying the most accurate standards\, science and te chnology available.\n\nNPL occupies a unique position as the UK's National Measurement Institute and sits at the intersection between scientific disco very and real world application. Its expertise and original research have u nderpinned quality of life\, innovation and competitiveness for UK citizens and business for more than a century:\n\n* NPL provides companies with acc ess to world-leading support and technical expertise\, inspiring the absolu te confidence required to realise competitive advantage from new materials\ , techniques and technologies\;\n* NPL expertise and services are crucial i n a wide range of social applications - helping to save lives\, protect the environment and enable citizens to feel safe and secure. Support in areas such as the development of advanced medical treatments and environmental mo nitoring helps secure a better quality of life for all\;\n* NPL develops an d maintains the nation’s primary measurement standards\, supporting an infr astructure of traceable measurement throughout the UK and the world\, to en sure accuracy and consistency.\n\nThis lecture will be in LTC in the physic s building (46). DTEND:20091125T170000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091125T160000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:National Physics Laboratory UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_970538167@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Grab your chequered sweatshirt and irons and head down to the S tags Head for a 7:30 tee off! \n\nThe rules are simple: 9 holes\, 9 drinks\ ; the one who totals the fewest attempts at all the drinks is crowned golfi ng champ! Just watch out for those pesky sand bunkers!\n\nScorecards\, cour se route and pens will be provided on the night. DTEND:20091126T203000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091126T193000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Pub Golf UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_781637642@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Current and future power generation presented by Jonathan May f rom E-On UK.\n\nThe critical questions of how\, where and from what we gene rate power\, and how it is distributed\, depend upon environmental sustaina bility\, geopolitics\, technological developments\, and the availability an d geographical distribution of energy sources. Our current pattern of coal\ , gas\, nuclear\, hydroelectric and wind-based power stations will have to change substantially if we are to meet future demand in a safe\, secure and sustainable fashion.\nThis talk will describe some of the methods by which we generate and distribute power at present\, and their suitability for me eting future needs. It will then examine a range of technologies for future power generation\, and some of the challenges that they present. \n\n"Prog ramme online":http://www.phys.soton.ac.uk/colloquia/ DTEND:20091127T153000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091127T143000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Current and future power generation UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_247442223@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:With Christmas fast approaching\, Physoc feels it’s time to get festive.\n\nTo this end\, we’ll be providing FREE beer and mince pies up i n the seminar room (the big room on the top floor) from 7:30 onwards! ("Fre e?" yes that's right\, free!)\n\nThe night will run as follows:\n\nWe will start the night by doing something charitable - hopefully packing and wrapp ing many gift-filled shoe boxes\, which will be sent to children in need ar ound the globe! This requires people to donate (voluntary)\, so please see the notice board or website for more details.\n\nWe will then be watching t he Muppet Christmas Carol to ensure we all get into the festive mood!\n\nTh is will be the last social before the Christmas Ball and end of the year\, so come along\, and enjoy some festivities/free food and booze! DTEND:20091201T083000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091201T073000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Physoc Christmas Grotto UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_722947981@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:In 2000\, Professor "David Southwood":http://www.sp.ph.ic.ac.uk /~davids/ was appointed as the Scientific Director of the "European Space A gency":http://www.esa.int. Since then\, and before\, he has worked on many major ESA projects.\n\nHis main interests lie in:\n\n* Solar terrestrial an d solar planetary physics\n* Planetary Science\n* Collison-free magnetohydr odynamics (esp. waves)\n* Space magnetometry \n* Earth Observation \n\nThis will definitely be a talk not to miss if you are at all interested in spac e.\n\nThis lecture will be in LTA in the physics building (46). DTEND:20091202T170000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091202T160000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Talk from the Scientific Director of ESA UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_980902575@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:You are cordially invited to attend the fifth annual Physoc Nob el Lecture\,\n \nThrough a glass\, brightly\nand\nHow to see in the dark\n \ncelebrating the award of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics to Charles Kao\, Willard Boyle and George Smith for the invention of telecommunications opt ical fibres and CCD image sensors.\n \nThe lecture will be on Thursday 3rd December at 6pm in Lecture Theatre A (building 46)\, with refreshments befo rehand in the Seminar Room on level 5.\n \nWe're delighted that this year's lecture will be given by\n \nProf David Payne\, CBE FRS FREng\nDirector of the Optoelectronics Research Centre\, and\nDr David Smith\nReader in the S chool of Physics & Astronomy. DTEND:20091203T190000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091203T180000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Nobel Lecture 2009 UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_7930825@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Cold atoms presented by Ed Hinds from Imperial College\, London \n\nDetails to be confirmed.\n\n"Programme online":http://www.phys.soton.ac .uk/colloquia/ DTEND:20091204T213000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091204T203000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Cold atoms UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_568224553@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Masquerade!!!!\n\nThe ball will be held in Club 4 which is the downstairs bar of the restaurant Dock Gate 4.\n\nTheme is masquerade so tim e to go wild with the ideas!\n\nBlack and silver are the signature colours. \n\nThere will be a hot food buffet.\n\nTicket price TBC. DTEND:20091207T200000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091207T190000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Christmas Ball 2009 UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_72904755@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Stuart Clark is one of the UK’s most widely read astronomy jour nalists. His career is devoted to presenting the complex world of astronomy to the general public. Stuart holds a first class honours degree and a PhD in astrophysics. He is a former editor of Astronomy Now\, the UK’s biggest selling astronomy magazine. Currently he spends most of his time writing b ooks\, punctuating this with work for the European Space Agency\, New Scien tist\, BBC Focus and BBC Sky at Night. He is working on a trilogy of histo rical fiction based on the key turning points in astronomy. Stuart is both a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and a former Vice Chair of the Association of British Science Writers.\n\nAs well as coming to talk\, Stua rt will be bringing some of his books with him for people to buy at a disco unted price.\n\nThis lecture will be in LTC in the physics building (46). DTEND:20091209T170000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091209T160000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Scientific Journalism - Stuart Clark UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_545318252@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The European Patent Office will be on campus on Thursday 10th D ecember to give a presentation on patents\, IP and careers within the EPO. They are specifically wishing to target science students with engineering o r physics backgrounds. The EPO are providing a lecture to postgraduate rese archers and early career research staff at 11am (www.soton.ac.uk/careers/pg r/events/epolecture122009.html) however we are looking to provide at least one undergraduate lecture in addition\, likely to be at 1pm however there i s potential for a 3pm session and potentially another if required at a diff erent time (based on room availability).\n \nEPO are keen to hear from fina list but also happy to engage with 1st and 2nd years as they feel they coul d encourage the take up of languages during studies as careers with EPO req uire knowledge of three European languages (including English). DTEND:20091210T140000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091210T130000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:European Patent Office Lecture UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_350129260@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:For our final Friday afternoon colloquium of the year\, on 11th December\, we're delighted that Becky Parker of the Langton Star Centre an d some of her pupils from the Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys will gi ve a presentation about 'LUCID (Langton Ultimate Cosmic-ray Intensity Detec tor) - putting a CERN detector in space and in schools'. The presentation i s based upon the Langton's astonishing show at the Royal Society Summer Sci ence Exhibition earlier this year\, which prompted several simultaneous sug gestions from here in Physics to enlist Becky and her team for an end-of-ye ar colloquium. This colloquium will be of very general interest\, and under graduates will\, as always\, be most welcome.\n\nThe Langton Star Centre at Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys is working closely with CERN and Sur rey Satellite Technology Limited to put a new design of cosmic ray detector into space. This will be linked to an array of school detectors with the aim of giving students the opportunity to be involved in real physics resea rch when they are at school. The wealth of data expected will make use of the facilities of the GridPP. We are hoping that working in this way with CERN technology will enthuse students and encourage them to consider taking physics and engineering further.\n"Programme online":http://www.phys.soton .ac.uk/colloquia/ DTEND:20091211T153000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091211T143000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:LUCID UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_519292631@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:I know this is the last day of term but Tom Maccarone has organ ised for former students\, including the Sarah Clark\, ex president\, to co me and talk about the jobs they've gone into with their degrees so that eve ryone can see what they can do.\n\nFree Pizza and BEvERages\n\nThe talk wil l take place in the Seminar Room in the Physics building. DTEND:20091211T170000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091211T160000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Free Pizza!!! and BEvERages UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_502711078@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Start of Christmas Holidays! DTEND:20091214T100000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20091214T090000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Christmas 2009 UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_522858325@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:First day of term after the Christmas break\, exams aren't long off now! DTEND:20100104T100000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100104T090000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Spring Term 2010 UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_729958143@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:For this afternoon's colloquium\, we're delighted that Matthias Weidemüller of the University of Heidelberg will talk about 'Rydberg aggre gates: interactions in an ultracold gas of Rydberg atoms'. This colloquium will be of particular interest to those in the quantum/nano/photonics areas \, and undergraduates will\, as always\, be most welcome.\n\nDue to the lon g-range character of the interaction between highly excited atoms\, the dyn amics of an ultracold gas of Rydberg atoms is entirely determined by van-de r-Waals and dipole-dipole interactions. One outstanding property is the tun ability of the strength and the character of the interactions with static e lectric fields. This allows one to explore the transition from a weakly cou pled two-body system to a strongly coupled many-body system. The long-range interaction leads to many-body entanglement and has possible applications in quantum computing. In this talk\, Prof Weidemüller will first give a gen eral introduction into the field of Rydberg gases with special emphasis on our recent experiments.\nIn recent experiments\, the Heidelberg group has s tudied coherent phenomena in an ultracold gas of Rydberg atoms under the in fluence of dipolar interactions. The Rydberg gas is formed in in a magneto- optical trap via cw two-photon excitation of Rb atoms into states with prin cipal quantum number 30 to 100 using cw lasers at 780 nm and 480 nm. Recent results include coherent Rabi oscillations between ground and Rydberg stat es and the observation of the dipole blockade in a mesoscopic sample\, stim ulated rapid adiabatic passage with 90% transfer efficiency into Rydberg st ates\, and studies of the many-body character of resonant energy transfer p rocesses. These experiments reveal the role of interaction-induced mechanic al forces as well as the influence of black-body radiation on the many-part icle motional dynamics of the system. The latest experiments have revealed the antiblockade of excitation\, as the antipode of the dipole blockade\, a nd have explored coherent population trapping under the influence of long-r ange van-der-Waals forces.\n\nThis will be at 2.30pm in the seminar room\, Tea and cakes afterwards. "Programme online.":http://www.phys.soton.ac.uk/c olloquia/ DTEND:20100129T153000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100129T143000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Ultracold Gases UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_280825779@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:When the exams are over and the start of a new term is fast app roaching\, Physoc feels it will be the perfect time to blow the dust off y our beer goggles and get partying! To aid this feat we shall be keeping thi ngs simple with an anything goes fancy dress pubcrawl. Many of you will no doubt have collected some gems over the years\, so pull these out and strut your stuff! Meeting at the Stags at 7:00\, we shall be heading the usual r oute through Portswood\, leaving at 7:30. Final stop: Jesters. We believe t here is a beach party fundraiser this night so have booked us q-jump for 10 pm\n\nPrizes will be awarded for the best solo fancy dress and also group f ancy dress (think the Village people etc). \n\nBest of luck with exams\,\n\ nFowler and Spry DTEND:20100205T030000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100204T190000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Physoc Fancy Dress Pubcrawl UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_428454863@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:For our next colloquium\, on Friday 5th February\, we're deligh ted that Hugh Hunt of the University of Cambridge will talk about 'Climate change and sustainable energy'. This colloquium will be of very general int erest\, and undergraduates will\, as always\, be most welcome.\n\nIs climat e change for real? If so\, what can we do about it? What is my own carbon f ootprint? What can I do make a difference? These are the sorts of questions that are addressed in this talk. To answer them we need to do "sums" - jus t simple addition and multiplication is enough. We must reject solutions th at don't "add up" and we mustn't rule out possible solutions purely on emot ive grounds. Most people take sides before they've looked at the sums. Our future is in the balance and we're in danger of making the wrong choices.\n \nThis talk will draw on material from David MacKay's excellent book "Sust ainable energy without the hot air" (which is the recommended book for this semester's PHYS2015 'Energy and the environment').\n\nThis will be at 2.30 pm in the seminar room\, Tea and cakes afterwards. "Programme online.":http ://www.phys.soton.ac.uk/colloquia/ DTEND:20100205T153000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100205T143000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Climate and Energy UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_216224505@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Anyone wishing to run for a position on the committee must sign up during this week and will need to attend the campaign briefing on Thursd ay the 11th at 6pm in the Seminar room. DTEND:20100212T180000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100208T090000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Signup Week UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_384241687@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Before handing over the committee have questions for you\, our members\; we would therefore like to invite you to our ‘chat with physoc’ e vent\, next Tuesday. It is an opportunity for you to ask the committee any questions you might have about how physoc is run\, or to put forward ideas for further improvement of our brilliant society!!\n\nThis event will be he ld in the physics seminar room at 6pm.\n\nPlease note\, if you are thinking of running for a position in the upcoming elections\, questions regarding this should be brought instead to the compulsary briefing on Thursday 11th. DTEND:20100201T190000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100209T180000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Question Time UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_912196596@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:A brief meeting with people who have signed up to campaign for a place on the new committee. We will talk about things like duties and adv ertising during the campaign week. This meeting is compulsory for those tha t wish to be on the committee next year. DTEND:20100211T184500 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100211T180000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Campaign Meeting UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_465306600@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:This will be the week in which the new committee is chosen. Thr oughout this week potential candidates for committee positions will tell yo u about themselves and why you should vote for them. Voting will be on Thur sday and Friday\, with the results being announced at the Crystal Maze soci al on Friday. Good luck for any of those running and to the rest of you\, d on't forget to vote! DTEND:20100219T180000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100215T090000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Campaign Week UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_497230348@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Between 11am and 1pm on Thursday and Friday you will be able to vote for the new Physoc committee\, you will need your student card to be allowed to vote. The ballet box will be in the foyer. DTEND:20100219T130000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100218T110000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Voting UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_654646509@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:This talk will be entitled "Micromechanical resonators" and be given by Markus Aspelmeyer from University of Vienna.\n\nFor our next collo quium\, on Friday 12th February\, we're delighted that Markus Aspelmeyer of the University of Vienna will talk about 'Quantum-Opto-Mechanics: quantum- optical control of nano- and micro-mechanical systems'. This colloquium wil l be of particular interest to those in the quantum/nano/photonics areas\, and undergraduates will\, as always\, be most welcome.\n\nNano- and microme chanical resonators are about to become a new paradigm system for quantum s cience. They combine features that allow unique approaches in both quantum foundations and quantum applications. For example\, their flexibility to co uple to a variety of physical systems (photons\, electrons\, atoms etc.) to gether with their on-chip integrability promises novel transducer schemes f or quantum information processing. At the same time\, their mass and size a llows access to a hitherto untested parameter regime of macroscopic quantum physics such as quantum superposition states involving objects that are vi sible to the bare eye.\n\nQuantum optics provides a well-developed toolbox to enter and control the quantum regime of mechanical systems. Prof Aspelme yer will briefly highlight the recent developments of the field and report the current status in his Vienna experiments on laser cooling micromechanic al resonators towards their quantum ground state and on strong optomechanic al coupling to achieve coherent quantum control. He will also discuss recen t progress towards generating optomechanical quantum entanglement\, which i s at the heart of Schrödinger’s cat paradox.\n\nThis will be at 2.30pm in t he seminar room\, Tea and cakes afterwards. "Programme online.":http://www. phys.soton.ac.uk/colloquia/ DTEND:20100219T153000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100219T143000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Micro-optomechanics UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_447207983@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Next Friday sees the end of campaign week and the handover of t he Physoc committee. Following on from the success of last year's 'Big Bang '\, we will be taking over the Physics building once more for a night of ch allenges\, cake\, beer\, awesome prizes and free Kinki tickets!\n\nInterest ed?... If so\, you'll need to muster a team of four hardy physicists to com pete in a series of challenges that will be tough\, gruelling and slightly edible in places. The top three teams will all win prizes as described belo w:\n\n- First place – four tickets to either Thorpe Park or Go Ape (Your ch oice!)\n- Second place – Tickets for go-karting session.\n- Third place – S mokey Pizza vouchers.\n\nThe challenges are split into four sections – know ledge\, skill\, teamwork and food (yes\, more free food) – so make sure you pick your team wisely.\n\nAfter the challenges\, both the prize giving and Physoc election results will take place in the seminar room - this will be in the presence of much free beer and cake. To finish the evening off\, Ph ysoc will be providing free entry to Kinki\, where the celebrations must su rely continue....\n\nTo enter\, each team member needs to pay a measly £1 o n the night\, which gets you all of the above! - Sign your team up on the P hysoc notice board. \n\nTo sum up – four physicists\, £1 entry each\, Frida y 19th\, 7pm start\, physics building\, free beer/cake/kinki-tickets\, fant astic challenges and prizes (thorpe park\, go ape\, go karting\, pizza)\, e lection results\, new committee\, Big. Bang.\n\nSee you there!\n\n\n\n DTEND:20100219T230000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100219T190000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Physoc Big Bang UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_165979220@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:There will be an all sports social on *Thursday 25th March*\, s tarting off at *7pm in the Stags* for the world renowned stags' pizza\, the n heading on at 8.30 to Varsity for a short pub crawl to *jesters*\, where you will be jumping the queue for a great end to the night. DTEND:20100226T020000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100225T190000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:All Sports UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_118007995@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:For next week's colloquium\, on Friday 26th February\, we're de lighted that Raphael Levy of the University of Liverpool will talk about 'G old nanoparticles\, peptides and cells: the dynamic picture'. This colloqui um will be of particular interest to those in the quantum/nano/photonics ar eas. Undergraduates will\, as always\, be most welcome.\n\nThe dynamic inte ractions and fate of nanomaterials in contact with living systems is though t to be controlled by the structure and chemical properties of its interfac e. In most cases\, the interface is formed by a layer of organic molecules (polymers\, proteins or small molecules). This layer is itself dynamic and can evolve due to ligand exchange\, enzyme activity and non-specific bindin g. The layer encodes the specific recognition properties of the particle an d also often carries active moieties. It is therefore critical for the prog ress of the field that the chemical integrity of the layer and the fate of the core materials can be followed independently in real time.\n\nUsing a c ombination of photothermal (imaging of the core material) and fluorescence (imaging of the organic layer) the Liverpool group has shown that peptides and proteins attached to nanoparticles are degraded by the enzyme Cathepsin L upon cell entry (See et al\, ACS Nano\, 3\, 2461). This process is gener ic: Cathepsin L is ubiquitous and is able to cut a third of the proteome. S uch potential degradation has to be taken into account in the design of fut ure bioconjugated nanomaterials.\n\nThe degradation mentioned above occurs in the endosomal/lysosomal compartments of the cell. Finding intracellular delivery strategies which reach the cytosol and bypass these compartments i s of primary importance for applications of nanomaterials in imaging and na nomedicine. Dr Levy will present a range of approaches currently under inve stigation in our lab\, including the use of targeting peptides and permeabi lizing toxins.\n\nAnother major challenge in the field is the structural ch aracterization of nanomaterials. This challenge is similar to the one faced by biologists in the early days of structural biology. Dr Levy will report on recent progress on the structural characterization of peptide-capped na noparticles.\n\nThis will be at 2.30pm in the seminar room\, Tea and cakes afterwards. "Programme online.":http://www.phys.soton.ac.uk/colloquia/ DTEND:20100226T153000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100226T143000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Nanoscale biology UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_55829501@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Need to get your CV sorted and application forms done for when you graduate? TeachFirst are offering a session to demonstrate how to get p ast the initial stage of any job application. It will show what makes a goo d application form and CV\, what to include and what to avoid. Most importa ntly\, it will give you the skills needed to successfully complete your app lications. \n\nThis will take place in the seminar room of the physics buil ding.\n DTEND:20100302T193000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100302T180000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Application Forms and CVs UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_759106496@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The name of the game is to gather an assortment of items in tea ms of 4. These will be easily attainable at the drinking establishments we shall be visiting on our travels from the Mitre towards Sobar\, and have no fear\, the items will not be the kind of things which will incite the bars taff to phone the police!\n\nStarting at 8pm from the Mitre\, we'll give ea ch group a copy of the list\, a pen and a bag to store your scavenged items \, we'll then head to Varsity\, Gordons and the Hobbit\, where amazing priz es will be given to the team with the most items off of the list. Using our Q-jump\, we'll then be able to walk straight into the magical wonderland t hat is Sobar on a Tuesday - £1 doubles!\n\nIf you are attending the Teach F irst event\, we should be in Varsity until about 9pm after leaving the Mitr e\, so come and join us there!\n\nTeams of about four\, next Tuesday\, be t here about 8pm\, cheap drinks\, much fun\, don't miss out!\n DTEND:20100303T020000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100302T200000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Scavenger Hunt UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_160879691@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:For this week's colloquium\, on Friday 5th March\, we're deligh ted that Simon Hooker of the University of Oxford will talk about 'Laser-dr iven plasma accelerators'. This colloquium will be of very general interest \, and undergraduates will\, as always\, be most welcome.\n\nElectrons are pushed away from the front and back of a high-intensity laser pulse as it p ropagates through a plasma\, leading to the formation of a plasma wave whic h trails the laser pulse. The longitudinal electric field within this wave can be as high as 100 GV/m ? more than three orders of magnitude larger tha n that found in the RF accelerators used at synchrotron and particle accele rator facilities around the world. Laser-driven plasma accelerators are the refore able to accelerate particles to high energies in a fraction of the l ength required with conventional technology\, and in the longer term may of fer a way to reach energies beyond those possible with current technology.\ n\nProf Hooker will describe the operation of laser-driven plasma accelerat ors and discuss the factors which limit the beam energy that they can reach . He will present the results of several experiments\, including recent exp eriments with the Astra-Gemini laser\, in which electron beams were generat ed with energies up to 1 GeV. He will also discuss the application of laser -driven plasma accelerators to the generation of tunable femtosecond-durati on x-ray pulses\, as well as their potential for reaching energies signific antly beyond the GeV range.\n\nThis will be at 2.30pm in the seminar room\, Tea and cakes afterwards. "Programme online.":http://www.phys.soton.ac.uk/ colloquia/ DTEND:20100305T153000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100305T143000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Laser-plasma accelerators UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_250303182@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Physoc are doing a quiz! Be excited.\nTeams of 4\, amazing priz es (even better than the prizes from the Scavenger Hunt). Be in the Physics building at 7.30\, entry is £1 per person.\nWe'll provide you with plenty of cake & crisps & drinks.\n\nHope you can make it!\n\nMuch love\, \nPoppy & Sam xx DTEND:20100311T230000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100311T193000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Physoc do the best quiz ever. UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_158314754@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:On Friday 12th March\, we're delighted that Almut Beige of the University of Leeds will talk about 'Energy concentration in composite quan tum systems'. This colloquium will be of particular interest to those in th e quantum/nano/photonics areas. Undergraduates will\, as always\, be most w elcome.\n \nThe spontaneous emission of photons from optical cavities and f rom trapped atoms has been studied extensively in the framework of quantum optics. Theoretical predictions based on the rotating wave approximation (R WA) are in general in very good agreement with experimental findings. Howev er\, current experiments aim at combining better and better cavities with l arge numbers of tightly confined atoms. Here we predict an energy concentra ting mechanism in the behavior of such a composite quantum system which can not be described by the RWA. Its result is the continuous leakage of photon s through the cavity mirrors\, even in the absence of external driving. We conclude with a discussion of the predicted phenomenon in the context of th ermodynamics.\n\nThis will be at 2.30pm in the seminar room\, Tea and cakes afterwards. "Programme online.":http://www.phys.soton.ac.uk/colloquia/ DTEND:20100312T153000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100312T143000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Energy in atom-cavities UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_515636349@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Our final colloquium of the term will be given by Alison Cooke of the University of Cambridge / Cooke Associates\, and follows the talk gi ven a few weeks ago by Hugh Hunt. Where Hugh was addressing the problems of energy consumption and sustainable sources\, Alison will discuss what's kn own as the '2050 roadmap'\, being developed by her colleague David Mackay i n his role as scientific advisor to the Department of the Environment and C limate Change - ie the options and preferred routes by which we can cut car bon emissions and reach a more sustainable balance of energy production and consumption. A working title for the talk is 'The 2050 roadmap to sustaina ble energy'\, but I'll let you have the final title and abstract as soon as I have it from Alison.\n \nThis talk\, like Hugh's\, will be of particular interest to those following our course PHYS2015 'Energy and the environmen t'.\n\nThis will be at 2.30pm in the seminar room\, Tea and cakes afterward s. "Programme online.":http://www.phys.soton.ac.uk/colloquia/ DTEND:20100319T153000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100319T143000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:2050 climate change roadmap UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_830151094@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:First day of Easter Holidays! DTEND:20100322T100000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100322T090000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Easter 2010 UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_623104034@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:First day of the Summer term\, back to work now everyone! DTEND:20100419T100000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100419T090000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Summer Term 2010 UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_968239943@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:To welcome you all back from Easter\, Physoc are taking a trip to Reflex! So dress up in your tightest & brightest clothes & we'll rave it up to some awesome 80s music. Meet at the Giddy Bridge (where there's a Re al Ale festival going on!) at 8.30\, then at about 9 we'll head over to Rev s for a few cocktails. We've got queue jump at Reflex and it's free entry b efore 10 (or £1 after). Hope to see you all there!\nLove you all! \nPoppy & Sam xx DTEND:20100420T025500 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100420T195400 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:REFLEX! UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_291751412@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:For our first colloquium of the term (Friday 23rd April)\, we'r e delighted that Steve Mann of the University of Bristol will talk about 'S ynthesis\, emergence and new properties of hybrid nanoscale objects'. This colloquium will be of particular interest to those in the quantum/nano/phot onics areas. Undergraduates will\, as always\, be most welcome.\n \nOrganiz ed-matter chemistry is concerned with the synthesis\, characterization and application of complex materials that exhibit order on length scales from t he molecular to macroscopic. Recently\, new strategies have been developed for the integration of organic self-organization and inorganic assembly suc h that hybrid nanoscale objects and nanostructures can be constructed by eq uilibrium (bottom-up templating) or non-equilibrium processes (synergistic emergence). These principles will be illustrated using several examples of the Bristol group's most recent work including the co-assembly of block cop olymer/titania (silica) nanowires\, synthesis of metallic nanowires arrays within cross-linked protein crystals\, reconstitutive co-assembly of graphe ne/DNA nano-hybrids and the unprecedented formation of solventless liquid p roteins at room temperature. DTEND:20100423T153000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100423T143000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Synthesis\, emergence and new properties of hybrid nanoscale object s UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_705954785@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:A slow saunter between pubs in Portswood which supply real ale\ , with a view to enjoying the joys of a decent beer and some good conversat ions. For those who don’t like real ale\, you will of course not be forced into drinking it and those that love it will probably still talk to you.\nS tarting at Varsity at 8pm on Tuesday (27th) finishing at The Hobbit\, which is open till 3am (or you can head on down to Jesters or SoBar).\nReal Ale offers in Varsity and The Hobbit all night\,\nIntermediate stops to be anno unced soon!\nHope to see you there!\nLove you all! DTEND:20100428T000000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100427T200000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Real Ale Pub Amble UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_583237717@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:An amazing extravaganza of entertainment\, as various physicist s take control of the microphone and let loose the cacophany of talents tha t they undobtedly possess.\n\nAt the Bridge Bar in the Students' Union \nOn Wednesday the 5th May\nFrom 8pm\nFriends and fans welcome\nThe bar will be open!\n\nIf you would like to sing a song\, play a tune\, do a magic trick \, tell some jokes\, read a poem\, do a monologue\, hypnotise a victim\, sh ow off your burping skills\, swallow a snake\, parade your physical deformi ties or declare your undying love please sign up in the physics building fo yer or email Sam at sdc1g08@soton.ac.uk\n\nLove you all! xx DTEND:20100505T000000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100505T200000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Open Mic Night UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_192687970@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:For this week's colloquium (Friday May 7th)\, we're delighted t hat Neil Greenham of the University of Cambridge will talk about '*Plastic solar cells*'. This colloquium will be of particular interest to those in t he quantum/nano/photonics areas. Undergraduates will\, as always\, be most welcome.\n \nSolar energy is ubiquitous\, but for solar cells to contribute a significant reduction in carbon emissions they need to be cheaper than t he current silicon technology and capable of being produced over vast areas . Solar cells based on semiconducting polymers are therefore attractive si nce they can be produced by roll-to-roll printing onto flexible substrates. The efficiencies of these cells are improving rapidly\, but are still not high enough for large-scale application. Prof Greenham will describe some of the science surrounding organic solar cells\, addressing the issues of how to separate charges in an organic semiconductor\, how to reduce recombi nation losses\, and how to image and control nanostructures on the nanometr e lengthscales required. DTEND:20100507T153000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100507T163000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Plastic solar cells UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_86468028@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Because everyone loved it so much last year\, we're going to Pl ayzone again!\n\nIt's been booked on Thursday 13th May from 7.30 til 9.30 a nd it's going to cost you £15 each. This includes 2 hours of playtime & tra nsport to and from Playzone.\n\nMeet in the Physics foyer at 6.30pm.\n\nTic kets will be on sale in the foyer between 12 and 1 on the 28th and 29th Apr il and the 5th and 6th of May. They will be on a first come\, first served basis as we are limited to about 50 people. \n\nIf anyone is willing to dri ve then please let Poppy or Sam know (you'll get your ticket for free!).\n\ nHope you're all properly excited.\nLove you lots\,\nPoppy & Sam xx DTEND:20100513T223000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100513T170000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Physoc do Playzone (again) UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_225242535@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:We're delighted that our own Matt Coombes will talk about 'The first results from the LHC'. Matt is one of our own finalists\, and has jus t returned from spending a year at CERN as part of our prestigious 'Particl e Physics with a Research Year Abroad' programme. The colloquium will be of particular interest to those in the quantum/nano/photonics areas. Undergra duates will\, as always\, be most welcome.\n \nWith the Large Hadron Collid er colliding particles at record energies since the end of 2009\, there has been a great interest from the world's media and scientists. This talk aim s to give a simple introduction to the exciting physics currently taking pl ace at the LHC. Each of the four main experiments on the LHC ring will be i ntroduced. The physics aims of each experiment will be discussed with a loo k at the new physics that may be observed at energy levels that only the LH C is capable of probing. A performance update of the LHC since its 2009 sta rt up will also be given. DTEND:20100514T153000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100514T143000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:First Results from the LHC UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_963447154@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:We're delighted that Kai Bongs of the University of Birmingham will talk about 'Quantum gases - quantum simulation and precision sensors'. This colloquium will be of particular interest to those in the quantum/nan o/photonics areas. Undergraduates will\, as always\, be most welcome.\n \nU ltracold atomic gases offer a pristine resource for the study of fundamenta l quantum phenomena as well as the realization of ultraprecise sensors. Thi s talk will present an introduction to cold atom physics and optical lattic es. Here the bosonic superfluid to Mott insulator transition is one groundb reaking example of the possibility to simulate one quantum system with anot her one. On the applied side the talk will discuss quantum sensors based on atom interferometry and some technological developments in the area of qua ntum gases in space. DTEND:20100521T153000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100521T143000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Quantum Gases UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_93510964@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:We're delighted that Charles Swithinbank of the Scott Polar Res earch Institute and British Antarctic Survey will talk about 'Sixty years o n ice'. This colloquium will be of very general interest\, and undergraduat es will\, as always\, be most welcome.\n \nCharles Swithinbank is the first person to have an unbroken career in polar research from graduation to ret irement. His first Antarctic expedition at the age of 22 led to an Oxford D .Phil in glaciology. He went on to work in Arctic Canada before enjoying 26 years with the Scott Polar Research Institute\, the British Antarctic Surv ey\, the U.S Antarctic Program and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition. He has voyaged to the North Pole in a submarine and has worked at the South Pole.\ n \nDr Swithinbank is the author of four volumes of autobiography. DTEND:20100528T153000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100528T143000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Sixty Years On Ice UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_676609683@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The plague caused by the bacterium yersinia pestis is reckoned to have caused 200 million deaths since it was first recorded devastating t he Byzantine empire in the sixth century\, to have wiped out at least a qua rter of the population of Europe as the Black Death in medieval times\, and to have killed a fifth of London's population in the Great Plague of 1665- 6. Spread then by fleas as an infection of the lymph nodes (buboes\, hence bubonic)\, the plague can also infect the lungs and be spread directly from person to person through coughs and sneezes. Pneumonic plague is regarded as one of the most likely diseases to be used in a modern bioterrorism atta ck\, and its epidemiology is therefore keenly studied.\n \nDr Hall will dis cuss the nature of this unpleasant and often fatal disease\, how it is tran smitted\, its eco-epidemiology\, and the crucial part played\, when it occu rs in modern society\, by human perceptions and responses to it. He will ou tline some conclusions from epidemiological studies suggesting helpful stra tegies for managing any outbreaks\, and will describe the role of the Healt h Protection Agency and other agencies in planning for and management of su ch events. The talk will be lavishly illustrated.\n \nThe Microbial Risk As sessment group\, within the Health Protection Agency\, is tasked with provi ding evidence based advice relating to new and emerging infections. Plague\ , in its various forms\, is an endemic disease in parts of the world and is fatal in almost all untreated cases. As such it is a risk to public health and this presentation considers the effect of natural disease importation on wildlife ecology\, the impact of small numbers of human cases of pneumon ic plague and the control of larger releases. Whilst evaluating the control of larger releases we analyse the results from a behavioural survey on pub lic reaction to plague releases. The evidence base for assumptions and para meterisation of models when used to inform contingency plans must be critic ally appraised. DTEND:20100611T153000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100611T143000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Using mathematical models to plan for outbreaks of plague UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_678280393@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:We're delighted that Axel Kuhn of the University of Oxford will talk about 'Controlling and interfacing atoms and light'. This colloquium will be of particular interest to those in the quantum/nano/photonics areas . Undergraduates will\, as always\, be most welcome.\n \nIn the endeavour o f constructing a quantum computer\, a major challenge is to couple and cont rol a large ensemble of identical quantum systems at the single-particle le vel. In this colloquium\, Prof Kuhn will first show how to interface singl e atoms with single photons in high-finesse optical resonators\, and then i ntroduce his group's approach of manipulating these atoms with an array of optical tweezers. These two approaches are the keys to scalable quantum net works\, which one could use for quantum computing or simulation. DTEND:20100618T153000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100618T143000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:One at a time\, please! (or single atoms and single photons on dema nd) UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_838734039@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The last day of the summer term\, then three months off for sum mer! Woop! DTEND:20100618T190000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100618T180000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:End of 09/10 Academic Year UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_976959099@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Meet at Clowns to meet the freshers\, dressed in a plain white T-shirt and carrying assorted marker pens. The idea is to convert these pla in T-shirts into T-shirts which are in no way plain\, but are extravagantly decorated with interesting phrases\, artwork\, obsenities\, declarations\, diagrams and doodles. Freshers will be met\, drinking games played\, then onwards to the inevitable yet famous Jesters on our high-volume Queue-jump\ , till the lights come on! DTEND:20100810T020000 DTSTAMP:20100910T003321 DTSTART:20100710T200000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:White T-Shirt Social UID:2010-09-10T00:33:21-07:00_96090709@railgun64.32438 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR