The 3 talks in this lecture series describe recent results obtained in the lab of Prof. Ong. The colloquium, describing a fundamental feature that distinguishes cuprate superconductors from low-Tc (BCS) superconductors, is aimed at a general audience. Seminars 1 and 2 are slightly more technical. Seminar 1 describes experiments that investigate the interesting question of what happens to the Dirac electrons at the �Dirac Point� in graphene in a high magnetic field. Seminar 2 introduces the relatively new topic of topological insulators. Professor Ong is one of the leading solid state physics experimentalists. For his research accomplishments in high-Tc superconductivity he was warded the 2006 Kamerlingh Onnes Prize (with S. Uchida and H. Takagi). This lecture series is dedicated to the memory of Professor Charles Kuper.

Program of Lectures

Type	Title	Date	Time	Location	Presentation
Colloquium	Vorticity and phase fluctuations in cuprate superconductors	29-Apr-2010	14:30	Lidow Rosen Auditorium (323)	—
Theor./Math. Physics Seminar	Cooper pairing above and below Tc in the cuprates	02-May-2010	14:30	Lewiner Seminar Room (412)	—
Theor./Math. Physics Seminar	Transport investigation of topological insulators	04-May-2010	14:30	Lidow Nathan Rosen (300)	—