Seminars
March 2011
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Entanglement and Renormalization in Many Body Systems
Brian Swingle,
graduate student in physics,
MIT,
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Metallicity Distribution Function of the Milky Way Halo, as Determined from the Hamburg/ESO Survey
Norbert Christlieb,
University of Heidelberg,
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Messy Magnets and Dirty Superfluids
Gil Refael,
associate professor of condensed matter physics,
Caltech,
Friday, March 4th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Holographic C-theorems
Robert Myers,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
Monday, March 7th, 2011
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
How to Turn Graphene into a Room-Temperature Topological Insulator Using Adatoms
Jason Alicea,
assistant professor of physics and astronomy,
UC Irvine,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Measurement of Single Target-Spin Asymmetry in Semi-Inclusive Pion Electroproduction on a Transversely Polarized $^3$He Target
Xin Qian,
Robert A. Millikan Postdoctoral Scholar in Experimental Physics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Theory Cannot be Extended
Roger Colbeck,
postdoctoral researcher,
Perimeter Institute,
4:00pm
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Astronomy Talk
New Constraints on the Evolution of the Stellar-to-Dark Matter Connection: A Combined Analysis of Galaxy-Galaxy Lensing, Clustering, and Stellar Mass Functions from z=0.2 to z=1
Alexie Leauthaud,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
4:00pm
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Friday, March 11th, 2011
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Wilsonian and Holographic Renormalization Groups
Joe Polchinkski,
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Clustering, Caustics, and Collisions in Turbulent Aerosols
Michael Wilkinson,
professor of mathematics and statistics,
Open University, Milton Keynes, UK,
Monday, March 14th, 2011
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Competing Phases of 2D Electrons at $\nu$ = 5/2 and 7/3
Jing Xia,
Tolman Postdoctoral Scholar Experimental Physics,
Caltech,
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Structure and Radiation of Relativistic Jets
Dimitrios Giannios,
Princeton University,
Friday, March 18th, 2011
11:00am
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Monday, March 21st, 2011
4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Supernovae in Galaxy Clusters with the Multi-Epoch Nearby Cluster Survey
David Sand,
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network,
Monday, March 28th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Pre-Main Sequence Stellar Rotation and Star-Disk Interaction
Nairn Baliber,
postdoctoral scholar in astronomy,
Caltech,
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Small Star Opportunity to Find and Characterize Habitable Planets
Jacob Bean,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
The First Room Temperature Continuous Wave (CW) Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) and High Efficiency Blue and Green GaN LEDs
Chun-Yen Chang,
professor,
National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan,
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Near-Earth Comets and Asteroids
Donald K. Yeomans,
senior research scientist and supervisor for the Solar System Dynamics Group,
JPL,