Seminars
May 2014
Thursday, May 1st, 2014
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Measurement of attosecond electron tunnel ionization times
Hadas Soifer,
Weizmann Institute,
Friday, May 2nd, 2014
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
New Exact Results in Calabi-Yau, D-branes, and Orientifoulds
Sungjay Lee,
University of Chicago,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
T-duality and scattering of stringy states
Jnan Maharana,
Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, India,
2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
The Cosmic Dawn - Physics of the First Luminous Objects
Ken Chen,
IAU-Gruber Fellow,
Astronomy and Astrophysics,
U.C. Santa Cruz,
Monday, May 5th, 2014
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Symmetry protection beyond band theory: models of bosonic symmetry-protected phases in 3D
Fiona Burnell,
Assistant Professor,
University of Minnesota,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The cosmological constant problem in scalar gravity and a naturally light dilaton
Prateek Agrawal,
Fermilab,
4:15pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Highly magnetic neutron stars: bewildering astrophysical laboratories and cosmological tools
Rosalba Perna,
Stony Brook,
Wednesday, May 7th, 2014
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Thursday, May 8th, 2014
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Physics Research Conference
Controlling superconductivity with light
Alessandra Lanzara,
Professor of Physics,
UC Berkeley,
Friday, May 9th, 2014
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Unitarity and crossing symmetry in the S Matrix of large N Chern Simons theory with fundamental matter
Shiraz Minwalla,
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Formation and Evolution of Star Clusters
Michael Fall,
Astronomer w/tenure,
Space Telescope Science Institute,
Monday, May 12th, 2014
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Manipulating single electrons in silicon for quantum computing
Michael Lilly,
Scientist,
The Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT),
Sandia National Laboratories,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
New Techniques for difficult LHC signatures
Matthew Buckley,
Rutgers University,
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Black holes, star products and entanglement
Monica Guica,
University of Pennsylvania,
Wednesday, May 14th, 2014
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Thursday, May 15th, 2014
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Leonidas Alaoglu Memorial Lecture
32nd Annual Leonidas Alaoglu Memorial Lecture
Avi Wigderson,
Professor,
School of Mathematics,
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton,
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Explorations in the Physics and Mathematics of Moonshine
Shamit Kachru,
Professor of Physics,
Stanford University,
Friday, May 16th, 2014
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TAPIR Seminar
I-Love-Q
Nico Yunes,
Assistant Professor,
Physics Department,
Montana State University,
4:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Unconventional magnetism in dissipative atomic systems
Tony Lee,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Institute for Theoretical Atomic Molecular nad Optical Physics (ITAMP),
Harvard University,
Monday, May 19th, 2014
4:15pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Lessons in Near-Field Cosmology from Simulating the Local Group
Shea Garrison-Kimmel,
UC Irvine,
Wednesday, May 21st, 2014
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Rest-frame Optical Spectra: A Window into Galaxy Formation at z~2
Alice Shapley,
UCLA,
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
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Physics Research Conference
Ocean Worlds of the Outer Solar System
Kevin Hand,
Deputy Chief Scientist, Solar System Exploration,
JPL,
Friday, May 23rd, 2014
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Bootstrapping Conformal Field Theories
David Simmons-Duffin,
Institute for Advanced Study,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
New Diagnostics of MHD Turbulence in the Multiphase ISM
Blakesley Burkhart,
Graduate Student,
Department of Astronomy,
UW-Madison,
4:30pm
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5:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Transfer-matrix treatment of surface disorder in topological insulator
Kun Woo Kim,
Graduate Student,
Condensed Matter Theory - Refael Group,
Caltech,
Tuesday, May 27th, 2014
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information (IQI) Weekly Seminar
Rapid Mixing of Quantum Local Dissipative Systems
Angelo Lucia,
Universidad Complutense de Madrid,
4:15pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
IZI: Inferring Metallicities and Ionization Parameters with Bayesian Statistics
Guillermo Blanc,
Carnegie,
Wednesday, May 28th, 2014
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Thursday, May 29th, 2014
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Physics Research Conference
The Galactic Center: Unveiling the Heart of our Galaxy
Andrea Ghez,
Professor of Physics & Astronomy,
UCLA,
Friday, May 30th, 2014
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Measuring the pseudo-spin space of hydrogenated graphene
Thomas Szkopek,
Associate Professor ,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
McGill University,