2013 Misel Family Lecture
The William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute is proud to host the 8th Annual Misel Family Lecture. This lecture is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Questions? Please contact us at ftpi@umn.edu or 612-625-6055. We look forward to seeing you there!
“Why is Warm Glass Stickier than Cold Glass?"
Professor Eric Cornell
University of Colorado, Boulder
McNamara Alumni Center, Memorial Hall
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.
Abstract: What we think of as "empty" space is really filled with a fluctuating electric field. These tiny electric fields are spooky-seeming but entirely real. They give rise to the stickiness of a perfectly clean glass surface. I'll talk about a set of experiments we did on this so-called Casimir-Polder force; time permitting I'll explore connections to eschatology as well.