Seminars
February 2014
Monday, February 3rd, 2014
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
From "Order By Disorder" to Emergent Electrodynamics in Geometrically Frustrated Pyrochlore Magnets
Kate Ross,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
NIST/Johns Hopkins University,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
A Measurement of the Kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect with Bolocam
Jack Sayers,
Caltech,
Wednesday, February 5th, 2014
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Instability of Astrophysics Witnessed in the Twentieth Century
Martin Harwit,
Cornell,
Thursday, February 6th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Exploring Big Questions on Small scales
Eugene Demler,
Professor of Physics,
Harvard University,
Friday, February 7th, 2014
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
The holography of electric/magnetic duality breaking
Oscar Varela,
Harvard University,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Scattering coefficients from Monodromies
Maria Rodriguez,
Harvard University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Assessing the Role of Stellar Feedback from Small to Large Scales
Laura Lopez,
Pappalardo Fellow in Physics and NASA Einstein Fellow,
Kavli Institute for Astrophysics & Space Research,
MIT,
Monday, February 10th, 2014
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Toward true topological insulator materials
Johnpierre Paglione,
Professor,
University of Maryland,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Neutrino Interactions at MINERvA
Kevin McFarland,
University of Rochester,
4:15pm
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Wednesday, February 12th, 2014
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Ecology of Galaxy Formation Within the "Cosmic Web"
Chuck Steidel,
Caltech,
Thursday, February 13th, 2014
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
A Habitable Fluvio-Lacustrine Environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars
John Grotzinger,
Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology,
Caltech,
Friday, February 14th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantum simulation using cold atoms and a brighter future
Chen-Lung Hung,
Postdoc,
Quantum Optics,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Gluons for nothing, gravitons for free...
JJ Carrasco,
Stanford University,
Tuesday, February 18th, 2014
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Ergodicity breaking and entanglement in many-body systems
Dmitry Abanin,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
4:15pm
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2014
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Thursday, February 20th, 2014
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Physics Research Conference
Controlling and Observing Electronic Structure in Artificial Quantum Materials
Kyle Shen,
Assistant Professor of Physics,
Cornell University,
Friday, February 21st, 2014
1:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Self-force via worldline integration: from extreme mass ratio inspirals to cosmic strings
Barry Wardell,
Research Associate,
Department of Astronomy,
Cornell University,
Monday, February 24th, 2014
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantum Transport and Correlated Phenomena in Bilayer and Trilayer Graphene Membranes
Jeanie Lau,
Professor,
UC Riverside,
4:15pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Molecular gas, AGNs, star formation and galaxy evolution: a local look at galaxies undergoing the transition
Katherine Alatalo,
IPAC,
Tuesday, February 25th, 2014
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Physics and Geometry Seminar
Real slices of the moduli space of Higgs bundles
Laura Schaposnik,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
Wednesday, February 26th, 2014
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Thursday, February 27th, 2014
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
THE BIARD LECTURE - The Discovery of the Anderson-Higgs Mechanism
Philip Anderson,
Joseph Henry Professor of Physics, Emeritus,
Princeton University,