Seminars
January 2014
Monday, January 6th, 2014
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Observation of Floquet-Bloch States on the Surface of a Topological Insulator
Nuh Gedik,
Professor,
MIT,
Wednesday, January 8th, 2014
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The evolution of obscured accretion probed by deep and hard X-ray surveys
Andrea Comastri,
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna,
Thursday, January 9th, 2014
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Birth, Care, and Feeding of Cat States in Circuit QED: Quantum Jumps of Photon Parity
Robert Schoelkopf,
Sterling Professor of Applied Physics and Physics,
Yale University,
Friday, January 10th, 2014
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
The Geometry of Supersymmetric Partition Functions
Thomas Dumitrescu,
Princeton,
Monday, January 13th, 2014
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Geometry and Physics seminar
Compactness theorems for sequence of bounded energy SL(2;C) connections in dimensions 3 and 4
Clifford Taubes,
Harvard,
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Imaging Current in Quantum Spin Hall Insulators
Katja Nowack,
Postdoc,
Stanford,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Tracing the growth history of the active black hole population with the black hole mass function
Andreas Schulze,
Kavli IPMU,
Wednesday, January 15th, 2014
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Thursday, January 16th, 2014
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Probing Dark Matter with the Cosmic Microwave Background and Large-Scale Structure
Cora Dvorkin,
Postdoctoral Member,
Institute for Advanced Study,
Friday, January 17th, 2014
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Characterizing Anisotropy in the Gravitational Wave Background with Pulsar Timing Arrays
Chiara M. F. Mingarelli,
Graduate Student,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Birmingham,
Tuesday, January 21st, 2014
2:00pm
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Physics and Geometry Seminar
Compactness theorems for sequence of bounded energy SL(2;C) connections in dimensions 3 and 4
Clifford Taubes,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Symmetry Protected Topological Phases: Prediction, Construction, and Classification
Xie Chen,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Extra-solar planetary system formation and evolution in the golden age of high contrast imaging
Dimitri Mawet,
ESO,
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
A Little Big Bang: Strong Interactions in Ultracold Fermi Gases
Martin Zwierlein,
Silverman Family Career Development Professor of Physics,
MIT,
Friday, January 24th, 2014
11:00am
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TAPIR Seminar
Binary inspiral with extreme mass ratios
John Friedman,
Distinguished Professor Emeritus,
Physics,
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,
Monday, January 27th, 2014
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Manipulating microwave photons in complex circuits
David Schuster,
Assistant Professor,
University of Chicago,
Tuesday, January 28th, 2014
4:00pm
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Joint IQI/CMP Seminar
Quantum Information, Entanglement, and Many-Body Physics
Fernando Brandao,
Lecturer,
University College London,
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Live Fast Die Young: The Evolution of Massive Stars towards their Death
Selma de Mink,
CIT/Carnegie,
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Topology, symmetry, and edge states in graphene heterostructures
Andrea Young,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
MIT,
Thursday, January 30th, 2014
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum thermalization and many-body Anderson localization
David Huse,
Professor of Physics,
Princeton University,
Friday, January 31st, 2014
11:00am
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TAPIR Seminar
Questioning Λ: where can we go?
Miguel Zumalacárregui,
Research Associate,
Institute for Theoretical Physics,
University of Heidelberg,