September 2015
Borrel Lecture 9/15/15
Monthly lecture that covers multidisciplinary scientific areas with free drinks and snacks.
Drinks at the Members Room 9/9/15
Join us for (free!) drinks and snacks at the FMF members room before the NIXX Bios
Pool Tournament 9/3/15
Coming thursday, the 3d of September, it is time for the opening activity from the DOEN! Like last year, we are going pooling at Cue Action. This is a great way for the new members to get to know some people and for old members to get to know the new people. You can sign up at fmf.nl or the NSFW. The activity is free. Hope to see you all there!
Drinks at the Members Room 9/2/15
What better way to start the year with some (free!) drinks and snacks? Join us at the FMF members room!
July 2015
Niet-Nixx-Bios: Her 7/2/15
This month we have an awesome surprise. We have a license left for another movie night. The Nebula was not able to organize this, so some industrious members have taken it upon themselves to show a movie. They are thus proud to announce this months 'niet-nixx'.
Kamerborrel 7/2/15
There is still some budget left so the board decided to organise one last kamerborrel for this lecture year. Free beer, soda and snacks will be available.
June 2015
The Physics colloquium: Shaken not Stirred! James 6/25/15
Everyone knows James Bond and his many dangerous adventures he has to survive. But how can he catch a plane in the free fall as shown at the beginning of the movie Goldeneye? How likely is it that the magnetic watch from the movie "Live and Let Die" really works? These and similar questions in the life of top agents are answered in the lecture from a physics standpoint and garnished with film sequences. At the end of the lecture, the question is discussed why James Bond's vodka Martini has to be always shaken and is not allowed to be stirred.
BAKborrel 6/24/15
Bake a cake, and taste the pie of others
Sailing Paterswoldsemeer 6/23/15
Join the sportcie for our last activity of the year; Sailing and chilling at the beach.
Coupling gravity to a scalar field: towards the mo 6/19/15
To model cosmic inflation and to address the present time accelerating expansion of the universe, one often adds a scalar field to the theory of General Relativity. This should be done in such a way that the notorious Ostrogradski instability is avoided. A natural question to ask would be: what is the most general theory of a scalar field coupled to General Relativity, that is free from this instability? As of today, the answer remains unknown. In this talk I will review the basics of such theories and explain the nature of the unwanted instability and how it can be circumvented. Lastly, I will comment on the difficulties one encounters in trying to construct the most general healthy theory.