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Monday, March 30th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

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Dark Matter NMR and its sensitivity to extra couplings
Carl Beadle, University of Toronto,
Wednesday, April 1st, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Relational Perspectives in Quantum Gravity: Quantum Reference Frames and the Observer Dependence of Entropy
Anne-Catherine de la Hamette, ETH Zurich,
12:15pm 1:00pm
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Caltech/IPAC Lunch Seminar

New Views on Extreme Starbursts: Clumps in Local ULIRGs with JWST
Laura Lenkic, Caltech/IPAC,
Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

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Quantum Simulation of the Unknown: Observation of Pseudogap Physics in the Fermi–Hubbard Model at Ultralow Temperatures
Markus Greiner, Professor of Physics, Physics, Harvard,
Friday, April 3rd, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Navigating Collider Phenomenology with Light-Ray Operators & Chew-Frautschi Plot
Hao Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

From Fractionalization to Superconductivity in Flat Chern Bands — And What AI Enables Next
Ahmed Abouelkomsan, MIT,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

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Black-hole METRICS, ringdown and fundamental physics
Adrian Ka-Wai Chung, Postdoctoral Fellow, DAMTP, University of Cambridge,
Monday, April 6th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

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Flavor, Accidentally
Hannah Banks, New York University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

A quantum many-body index for 2d chiral superconductors
Nikita A. Sopenko, Mathematical Physics, Institute for Advanced Study (IAS),
Wednesday, April 8th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Spinspacetime: A New Chapter in Relativity
Joonhwi Kim, Caltech,
12:15pm 1:00pm
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Caltech/IPAC Lunch Seminar

Online Event
Carbon dioxide and evidence for water in the Hottest exo-Neptune
Yoni Brande, University of Maryland,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Special Quantum Matter Seminar

Quantum thermodynamics on superconducting circuits: bolometry and thermalization
Jukka Pekola, Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, Helsinki, FI,
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Thursday, April 9th, 2026
2:00pm 3:00pm
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Special TAPIR Seminar

The emergence of globular clusters and globular-cluster-like dwarfs at the EDGE of galaxy formation
Ethan Taylor, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Surrey, UK,
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4:00pm 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

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Quantum Intelligence
Robert Huang, Assistant Professor of Theoretical Physics, PMA, Caltech,
Friday, April 10th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Scattering on the Coulomb Branch of N=4 SYM
Kelian Häring, University of Amsterdam,
1:00pm 2:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

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A unified approach to the self force problem
Ira Rothstein, Carnegie Mellon University,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Processing massive classical data on small quantum computers
Haimeng Zhao, Huang and Preskill groups,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

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Trapping in Strong Gravity: From Black Hole Images to Gravitational Turbulence
Alejandro Cárdenas-Avendaño, Assistant Professor, Physics Department, Wake Forest University,
Monday, April 13th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

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A Few Thoughts on Flavor
Claudio Manzari, Institute for Advanced Study,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

Continuum Fractons
Shivaji Sondhi, Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford,
Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Controlling and Interrogating Matter at the Fundamental Limits of Space and Time
Mohammed Th. Hassan, University of Arizona,
Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Ultralocal measure is not canonical
Maciek Kolanowski, UC Santa Barbara,
12:15pm 1:00pm
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Caltech/IPAC Lunch Seminar

The High Energy Radiation Environments of Sun-Like Stars with Directly Imageable Habitable Zones
Breanna Binder, Associate Professor, Cal Poly Pomona,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

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Axial vector form factors and the scalar charge of nucleons from lattice QCD
Rajan Gupta, Los Alamos National Laboratory,
Thursday, April 16th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

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Can Antiferromagnetic Order Survive Lattice Melting?
Daniel Podolsky, Condensed Matter & Materials Physics, Technion,
Friday, April 17th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Polar states in AdS3 holography
Ji Hoon Lee, ETH-Zurich,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Quantum eigenvalue processing
Yuan Su, AWS Center for Quantum Computing,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

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Crystallization, Convection, and Magnetism in White Dwarf Stars
Matias Castro-Tapia, Graduate Student, Department of Physics, McGill University,
Monday, April 20th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

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TBA
Pablo Quilez, CERN,
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Light-ray operators and the w(1+infinity) algebra
Mina Himwich, Princeton University,
Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
12:05pm 1:00pm
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Observational Cosmology Seminar

The Money Talk
Sunil Golwala, Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium - Lauritsen Lecture

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Quantum Interconnects and Modularity via Waveguide QED
William Oliver, Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, MIT,
Friday, April 24th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Shruti Paranjape, Brown University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Emulating the Bose-Hubbard Model with Arrays of Superconducting Qubits
William Oliver, Director of the Center for Quantum Engineering, MIT,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

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Gravitational-wave observables beyond timing: astrometry and weak lensing probes
Tal Adi, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics and Astronomy, USC,
Monday, April 27th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

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Seth Koren, University of Notre Dame,
Wednesday, April 29th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Francesco Calisto, Caltech,
Thursday, April 30th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

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Nelson Darkwah Oppong, Assistant Professor of Physics, PMA, Caltech,
Friday, May 1st, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Gaston Giribet, New York University,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Maine Christos, AWS Quantum Postdoctoral Scholar,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

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EDGE: Constraining dark matter with the smallest dwarf galaxies
Stacy Kim, Nashman/CTAC Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Observatories,
Monday, May 4th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

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Ameen Ismail, University of Chicago,
Wednesday, May 6th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Ahmed Sheta, Harvard University,
Thursday, May 7th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

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The Quantum Twisting Microscope: Visualizing Waves in Quantum Matter
Shahal Ilani, Professor of Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science,
Friday, May 8th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Xi Dong, UC Santa Barbara,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

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Title to be announced
Chiara Anselmo, Graduate Student, Department of Physics, University of Milano-Bicocca,
Monday, May 11th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

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Austin Batz, University of Oregon,