Seminars
January 2016
Monday, January 4th, 2016
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The Twisted Universe: Cosmic Polarization Tests of CPT Violation
Brian Keating,
UC San Diego,
Thursday, January 7th, 2016
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Magnetic Toys in the Sky
Yuri Levin,
Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow,
Monash University,
Friday, January 8th, 2016
11:00am
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
An Energy Barrier is Necessary for the Thermal Stability of Stabilizer Quantum Memories
Anna Komar,
Graduate Student,
Preskill Group,
Monday, January 11th, 2016
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Light Dark Matter from Boltzmann Factors
Josh Ruderman,
New York University,
Tuesday, January 12th, 2016
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Low energy probes of high energy physics
David Moore,
Stanford University,
Wednesday, January 13th, 2016
4:00pm
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Thursday, January 14th, 2016
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Physics Research Conference
What does a typical dynamical system look like?
Omer Tamuz,
Assistant Professor of Economics and Mathematics,
Caltech,
Friday, January 15th, 2016
11:00am
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TAPIR Seminar
Boltzmann Brains: Why They Appear, and Why They Are Bad
Sean Carroll,
Research Professor of Physics,
Physics Department,
Caltech,
Tuesday, January 19th, 2016
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar
Improving Searches for Compact Binary Coalescences in Advanced LIGO
TJ Massinger,
Physics,
Syracuse University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
An EFT for Forward Scattering and Factorization Violation
Iain Stewart,
MIT,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Pushing noble liquids to new limits: dark matter detection in xenon and superfluid helium
Scott Hertel,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, January 20th, 2016
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Thursday, January 21st, 2016
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum Field Theory, Quantum Gravity, and Quantum Information
Stefan Leichenauer,
UC Berkeley,
Friday, January 22nd, 2016
11:00am
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Kellogg Seminar
"Singlet Catalyzed Electroweak Phase Transition"
Peter Winslow,
Postdoctoral Research Associate,
Department of Physics,
University of Massachusetts Amherst,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Bridging theory and observations - Fundamental physics with cosmological surveys
Elisabeth Krause,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
KIPAC,
Stanford University/SLAC,
4:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Progress toward a spin squeezed 171Yb optical atomic clock
Boris Braverman,
Graduate Student,
Vladan Vuletić Group,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar
"HIdden Sector Shining the Light: Gamma-Ray Excess and Diphoton Excess"
Jiang-Hao Yu,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Department of Physics,
University of Massachusetts Amherst,
Monday, January 25th, 2016
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Gravitational wave astrophysics with pulsar timing arrays
Chiara Mingarelli,
Caltech,
Tuesday, January 26th, 2016
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar
Monsters in the Dark: Glimpsing the High-Energy Signatures of Black Hole Formation with Multimessenger Astronomy
Alex Urban,
Physics,
U Wisconsin Milwaukee,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Clocks to weigh Beyond Standard Model Physics: Muon g-2 and the Neutrino Mass Scale
Martin Fertl,
Univeristy of Washington,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2016
9:00am
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Astronomy Colloquium
Highlights from the Grism Lens-Amplified Survey from Space (GLASS)
Tommaso Treu,
UCLA,
Thursday, January 28th, 2016
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
What can we learn from modifying gravity ?
Claudia de Rham,
Assistant Professor of Physics,
Case Western Reserve University,
Friday, January 29th, 2016
11:00am
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TAPIR Seminar
Inferring the Galactic gravitational potential with Gaia and friends
Robyn Sanderson,
NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Astronomy,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar
"Two-step electroweak baryogenesis"
Grigory Ovanesyan,
Postdoctoral Research Associate,
Physics,
University of Massachusetts Amherst,