Seminars
Fall 2010-2011
Monday, September 20th, 2010
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Search for the Local Type Primordial Non-Gaussianity from Large Scale Structure
Donghui Jeong,
Robinson Postdoctoral scholar in theoretical cosmology,
Caltech,
Monday, September 27th, 2010
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Evolution of the Galaxy Stellar Mass Function and Mass-Metallicity Relation Since z=1
John Moustakas,
postdoctoral scholar,
UC San Diego,
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
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Thursday, September 30th, 2010
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Physics Research Conference
Giant Gamma-ray Bubbles in the inner Galaxy: AGN Activity or Bipolar Galactic Wind?
Douglas Finkbeiner,
assistant professor of astronomy,
Harvard University,
Friday, October 1st, 2010
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High Energy Theory Seminar
The Black Hole/Qubit Correspondence
William Rubens,
graduate student in theoretical physics,
Imperial College,
Monday, October 4th, 2010
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Astronomy Tea Talk
The Formation of Retrograde Planetary Orbits
Matthew Payne,
postdoctoral fellow in astronomy,
University of Florida,
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantum Hall Transitions in Trapped Cold Atom Systems
Kun Yang,
professor of physics,
Florida State University,
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Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Entanglement Spectrum of Fractional Quantum Hall States and Quantum Spin Chains
Ronny Thomale,
postdoctoral scholar,
Princeton University,
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
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Astronomy Colloquium
CRTS: An Open Optical Transient Survey
Andrew Drake,
computational scientist,
Caltech,
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
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Physics Research Conference
Extraordinary Advances on Photoemission Experiments
Zhi-Xun Shen,
professor of physics, applied physics, and SSRL,
Stanford University,
Friday, October 8th, 2010
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Gauge Tree Amplitudes in the Pure Spinor Formalism
Oliver Schlotterer,
Max Planck Institute for Physics, Munich,
Monday, October 11th, 2010
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Galaxy Formation with Self-consistently Modeled Stars and Massive Black Holes: Towards An Unabridged Understanding of Their Coevolution
Ji-hoon Kim,
Stanford University,
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantum Quenches in Bulk and Impurity Systems
Stefan Kehrein,
professor of theoretical physics,
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen ,
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
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High Energy Physics Seminar—postponed
Wade Fisher,
assistant professor of high energy physics,
Michigan State University,
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
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Astronomy Colloquium
Diverse Energy Sources for Supernovae
Lars Bildsten,
Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara,
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
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Physics Research Conference
The Search for Complex Order Parameter Symmetry in Unconventional Superconductors
Dale Van Harlingen,
professor of physics,
Materials Research Laboratory and the NSF Science and Technology Center for Superconductivity,
University of Illinois,
Friday, October 15th, 2010
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Chiral Operators on the One Instanton Moduli Space
Noppadol Mekareeya,
Imperial College,
Monday, October 18th, 2010
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Dynamics of NGC 205 and M32, Andromeda's Tidally Distorted Satellites
Kristen Howley,
UC San Diego,
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Walter Hofstetter,
Goethe University, Frankfurt,
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Secondary Photons and Neutrinos from Distant Blazars and the Intergalactic Magnetic Fields
Warren Essey,
UCLA,
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
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Astronomy Colloquium
A Possible Explanation for Puzzling Properties of X-ray Bursts
M. Coleman Miller,
University of Maryland,
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
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Physics Research Conference
High-Temperature Superconductivity: Emergent Phases, Broken Symmetries, and the Power Grid
Laura H. Greene,
professor of physics,
Center for Emergent Superconductivity, Center for Nanoscale Science & Technology,
University of Illinois,
Friday, October 22nd, 2010
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Singular Monopoles and Gauge Theories with Impurity Walls
Sergey Cherkis,
Trinity College, Dublin,
12:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Point Contact Spectroscopy of Strongly Correlated Electron Materials: Andreev Reflection, Multiband Superconductivity, and Magnetism
Laura H. Greene,
professor of physics,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Monday, October 25th, 2010
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Topological Transitions in Dissipative Quantum Transport
Mark Rudner,
postdoctoral scholar in condensed matter theory,
Harvard University,
4:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
KATRIN and Project 8
Benjamin Monreal,
assistant professor of physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Small Gaps, Localization, and the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm
David Gossett,
graduate student in quantum information science,
MIT,
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
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Astronomy Colloquium
A Lensing Map . . . A Redshift Survey
Margaret Geller,
Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
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Physics Research Conference
Cosmological Intimations of Infinity
Anthony Aguirre,
associate professor of physics,
UC Santa Cruz,
Friday, October 29th, 2010
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High Energy Theory Seminar
S duality, Superconformal Index and 2d Topological Field Theory
Abhijit Gadde,
graduate student in physics,
SUNY Stony Brook,
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Annual Meeting of the California-Nevada Section of the American Physical Society
The Warped Side of the Universe
Monday, November 1st, 2010
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Testing the Star Formation Law in Bulgeless Disk Galaxies
Linda Watson,
Ohio State University,
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
The Band Structure, Electron-electron Interaction and Transport in Bilayer Graphene
Jun Zhu,
professor of physics,
the Pennsylvania State University,
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Automation of the Matrix Element Reweighting Model
Pierre Artoisenet,
Ohio State University,
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Spin Systemsas Toy Models for Emergent Gravity
Fotini Markopoulou,
professor of quantum gravity,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
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Astronomy Colloquium
Heavy Vortices and Dark Energy
Phil Chang,
Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics,
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
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Physics Research Conference
The National Ignition Facility: The Path to Ignition, High Energy Density Science and Inertial Fusion Energy
Edward Moses,
principal associate director of NIF and Photon Science,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
Friday, November 5th, 2010
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Wall-crossing of D4-D2-D0 and Flop of the Conifold
Takahiro Nishinaka,
Osaka University,
Monday, November 8th, 2010
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Constraints on Black Hole Growth, Quasar Lifetimes, and Eddington Ratio Distributions from the SDSS Broad Line Quasar Black Hole Mass Function
Brandon Kelly,
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Universal Dynamics in Thermally Isolated Systems
Anatoli Polkovnikov,
assistant professor of condensed matter physics,
Boston University,
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Low Scale Flavor Gauge Symmetries
Giovanni Villadoro,
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center,
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Limits on Estimating a Waveform
Carlton Caves,
professor of physics,
University of New Mexico,
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
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Thursday, November 11th, 2010
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Physics Research Conference
Al+ Optical Clocks for Fundamental Physics, Geodesy, and Quantum Metrology
Till Rosenband,
physicist,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Friday, November 12th, 2010
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantized Pumping and Phase Diagram Topology of Interacting Bosons
Ehud Altman,
senior scientist in condensed matter physics,
Weizmann Institute of Science,