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   COLLOQUIUM OF THE LABORATORY FOR COMPUTER DESIGN OF MATERIALS
                   School of Computational Sciences
                           (CSI 898-Sec 001)
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           Magnetism and Dynamics in Clusters of Atoms

                       Professor Louis Bloomfield
    Physics Department, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

    Small aggregates of atoms often have properties that are
intermediate between those of atoms and those of the bulk. But these 
clusters also have properties that are uniquely their own. Finite 
size and surface effects can lead to interesting behaviors in these 
small pieces of matter. This talk will discuss ongoing experimental 
work on the magnetism of transition metal clusters and on the 
picosecond dynamics of salt clusters near the finite-size equivalent 
of the melting transition.

                         Monday , March 28, 2005
                                  4:30 pm
               Room 206, Science & Tech. I, Fairfax Campus

Refreshments will be served at 4:15 PM.
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