The topics listed here are tentative; I'll add more later and probably change some as well. Right now, this is just to give you an idea.

THE TOPICS:

1. Neutrinos from Supernova 1987A
2. The Inflationary Universe
3. The Dilemma of Schrödinger's Cat
4. Measuring Hubble's Constant - Open vs Closed Universe
5. The Cosmic Microwave Background
6. The "Great Wall" of Galaxies
7. Bose-Einstein Condensates
8. The Case for Fractional Charge (the Quantum Hall Effect)
9. Cold Fusion
10. Evidence for a Fifth Force (the Eotvos Experiment)
11. The Gravitational Constant (is it really constant?)
12. The Search for Massive Neutrinos
13. GUTs and TOEs
14. Origin of the Highest-energy Cosmic Rays
15. High-T_c Superconductivity
16. Superfluidity

• Other topics are possible, if you if you are interested in anything else, but they must be approved first by Dr. Edis.
• You can exchange your "default" topic with someone else, if both parties agree to it, and if you both inform Dr. Edis.

Taner Edis