Seminars
Fall 2011-2012
Monday, September 12th, 2011
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Observing the Growth of the Most Massive Black Holes at High Redshifts
Benny Trakhtenbrot,
Tel-Aviv University,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
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Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
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Thursday, September 15th, 2011
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Friday, September 16th, 2011
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Monday, September 19th, 2011
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Doing More with Photometry: Studying binary companions with orbital photometry
Avi Shporer,
(UCSB) ,
Monday, September 26th, 2011
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Probing the Age and Helium Enrichment of the Galactic Bulge with the Red Giant Branch Bump
David Nataf,
(Ohio State University) ,
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Spin-triplet supercurrent in ferromagnetic Josephson junctions
Norman O. Birge,
Professor,
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Michigan State University,
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
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Astronomy Colloquium
Characterizing the distant galaxy population using pseudo-spectroscopy
Mariska Kriek,
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics/Berkeley,
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
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Physics Research Conference
Topological order and quantum entanglements -- from a unification of light and electrons to a classification of interacting topological insulators/superconductors
Xiao-Gang Wen,
Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics,
MIT,
Friday, September 30th, 2011
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Monday, October 3rd, 2011
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Exploring the Gas-Cycle in High-Redshift Galaxies: A Joint Effort of Theory and Observations
Michele Fumagalli,
(UCSC) ,
4:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Higgs searches with diboson decays with CMS experiment
Emanuele Di Marco,
Caltech,
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
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Astronomy Colloquium
Galaxy Formation and Evolution through Metals
Lisa Kewley,
Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii,
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
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Physics Research Conference
Game Change at the LHC
Maria Spiropulu,
Associate Professor of Physics,
Caltech,
Friday, October 7th, 2011
11:00am
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Monday, October 10th, 2011
12:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Generic wavefunction approach to two-dimensional fractional topological insulators
Xiao-Liang Qi,
Asssistan Professor of Physics,
Department of Applied Physics,
Stanford University,
2:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Searches for Extra Dimensions and Black Holes at CMS
Greg Landsberg,
Brown University,
4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Encounters at the Edge of a Cluster: Environment's Effect on Galaxy Evolution
Dennis Just,
(Steward Observatory) ,
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
1:15pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Charge Orbits and Symmetries for Supersymmetric Black Holes
Sergio Ferrara,
CERN,
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Turbulence, Computers and Stars
David Arnett,
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona,
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
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Physics Research Conference
The Physics of Superconducting Calorimeters: Applications in Nuclear Safeguards
Kent Irwin,
Fellow, NIST, U.S. Dept. of Commerce ,
Professor Adjoint, Dept. of Astrophysics & Planetary Science,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
Friday, October 14th, 2011
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Novel topological phenomena in non-equilibrium systems
Takuya Kitagawa,
PH D. Candidate,
Physics Department,
Harvard University,
Monday, October 17th, 2011
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Dirac Fermions in HgTe Quantum Wells
Laurens W. Molenkamp,
Professor,
Physics,
Wuerzburg University, Germany,
4:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Results from high energy neutrino searches from Gamma-ray Bursts with the IceCube neutrino observatory
Peter Redl,
Univ of Maryland,
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
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Astronomy Colloquium
A 1% Proper Motion Measurement for the Large Magellanic Cloud
Nitya Kallivayalil,
Yale,
Thursday, October 20th, 2011
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum Magnetism with Ultracold Atoms A Microscopic View on Artificial Quantum Matter
Markus Greiner,
Assistant Professor of Physics,
Harvard University,
Monday, October 24th, 2011
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Astronomy Tea Talk
The Puzzle of LINERs and the Warm Ionized Gas in Early-type Galaxies
Renbin Yan,
NYU,
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Transport through Andreev Bound States in a Superconductor-Quantum Dot-Graphene System
Nadya Mason,
Professor,
Department of Physics,
University of Illinois,
4:00pm
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
10:30am
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Physics and Geometry Seminar
Donaldson-Thomas invariants and wall-crossing formulas
Yan Soibelman,
Kansas State University,
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
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Thursday, October 27th, 2011
11:30am
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
On the complexity of the commuting local Hamiltonian problem and tight conditions for Topological Order in such systems
Lior Eldar,
Hebrew University,
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
New topologically ordered phases of condensed matter
Joel Moore,
UC Berkeley,
Friday, October 28th, 2011
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Are Brightest Halo Galaxies Central Galaxies?'
Ramin Skibba,
Steward Observatory,
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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
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Physics Research Conference
A quest for sources of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays
Kumiko Kotera,
Fairchild Fellow, Caltech,
Researcher, CNRS, France ,
Friday, November 4th, 2011
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Monday, November 7th, 2011
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Astrophysically Motivated Bulge Disk Decompositions in SDSS
Claire Lackner,
Yale,
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Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
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Astronomy Colloquium
Ultracompact white dwarf binaries; a fresh look
Paul Groot,
Radboud University,
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
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Physics Research Conference
Experimental identification and manipulation of topological insulators
David Hsieh,
MIT,
Friday, November 11th, 2011
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Monday, November 14th, 2011
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Kinematics and Energetics in the Nuclei of Local Luminous Infrared Galaxies
Vivian U,
CfA,