Dr. Dappen’s talk on Monday

Quotes:

“There is no perfect solar model.”

“standard model is good, but not perfect.”

Selected References

1. Basu S, Dappen W, Nayfonov A. Helioseismic analysis of the hydrogen partition function in the solar interior. Astrophys J 1999;518(2):985-93.

2. Christensendalsgaard J, Dappen W. Solar oscillations and the equation of state. Astronomy and Astrophysics Review 1992;4(3):267-361.

3. Dappen W, Mihalas D, Hummer DG, Mihalas BW. The equation of state for stellar envelopes .3. thermodynamic quantities. Astrophys J 1988;332(1):261,&.

4. Elliott JR, Kosovichev AG. The adiabatic exponent in the solar core. Astrophys J 1998;500(2):L199-202.

5. Gough DO, Kosovichev AG, Toomre J, Anderson E, Antia HM, Basu S, Chaboyer B, Chitre SM, ChristensenDalsgaard J, Dziembowski WA, EffDarwich A, Elliott JR, Giles PM, Goode PR, Guzik JA, Harvey JW, Hill F, Leibacher JW, Monteiro MJPFG, Richard O, Sekii T, Shibahashi T, Takata M, Thompson MJ, Vauclair S, Vorontsov SV. The seismic structure of the sun. Science 1996;272(5266):1296-300.

6. Hummer DG, Mihalas D. The equation of state for stellar envelopes .1. an occupation probability formalism for the truncation of internal partition-functions. Astrophys J 1988;331(2):794-814.

7. Mihalas D, Dappen W, Hummer DG. The equation of state for stellar envelopes .2. algorithm and selected results. Astrophys J 1988;331(2):815-25.

Dr. Wolf’s talk on “Novel Materials for Next Generation Spintronics and Nanoelectronics”

Selected References

1. Albert FJ, Katine JA, Buhrman RA, Ralph DC. Spin-polarized current switching of a co thin film nanomagnet. Appl Phys Lett 2000;77(23):3809-11.

2. Bilzer C, Devolder T, Kim JV, Counil G, Chappert C, Cardoso S, Freitas PP. Study of the dynamic magnetic properties of soft CoFeB films. J Appl Phys 2006;100(5).

3. Katine JA, Albert FJ, Buhrman RA, Myers EB, Ralph DC. Current-driven magnetization reversal and spin-wave excitations in Co/Cu/Co pillars. Phys Rev Lett 2000;84(14):3149-52.

4. Paluskar PV, Kohlhepp JT, Swagten HJM, Koopmans B. Co72Fe20B8: Structure, magnetism, and tunneling spin polarization. J Appl Phys 2006;99(8).

5. Parker JS, Watts SM, Ivanov PG, Xiong P. Spin polarization of CrO2 at and across an artificial barrier. Phys Rev Lett 2002;88(19).