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Friday, September 7th, 2018
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

A technique for sub-radian accurate waveforms for EMRIs: A tapestry of multiscale and other approximation methods
Jordan Moxon, Postdoctoral Scholar, TAPIR, Caltech,
Friday, September 14th, 2018
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Compact Object Genealogy Across The Gravitational Wave Spectrum
Stephen Taylor, Postdoctoral Scholar, TAPIR, Caltech,
Wednesday, September 19th, 2018
Thursday, September 20th, 2018
Friday, September 21st, 2018
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Frequency and Internal Structure of Multi-planet Systems
Wei Zhu, Postdoctoral Fellow, CITA,
Friday, September 28th, 2018
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Holography on AdS3xS3xS3xS1 and stringy AdS3 spectra
Lorenz Eberhardt, ETH Zurich,
12:00pm 1:30pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Triggering at 25 ns at HL-LHC: particle-flow and deep learning on FPGAs
Jennifer Ngaduiba, CERN,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Where did the first normal stars come from?
Britton Smith, Assistant Research Scientist, San Diego Supercomputer Center, UC San Diego,
Monday, October 1st, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Development of LArTPC for Neutrino Physics
Xin Qian, Brookhaven National Laboratory,
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

The Terrestrial Planets of Other Stars
David Charbonneau, Harvard,
Thursday, October 4th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

What to do with a Near Term Quantum Computer
Edward Farhi, Cecil & Ida Green Professor of Physics, Emeritus, Google/MIT,
Friday, October 5th, 2018
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Fast radio burst source properties from polarization measurements
Wenbin Lu, Postdoctoral Scholar, TAPIR, Caltech,
Monday, October 8th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Search for the electric dipole moment of the electron with molecular ions
William Cairncross, University of Colorado,
Wednesday, October 10th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

From Exotic to Familiar: Observing Exoplanet Atmospheres in the Coming Decade
Caroline Morley, UT Austin,
Thursday, October 11th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

Spotting the elusive Majorana under the microscope
Ali Yazdani, Class of 1909 Professor of Physics and Director, Princeton Center for Complex Materials, Princeton University,
Friday, October 12th, 2018
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

AdS(2) Gravity and String Theory
Finn Larsen, University of Michigan,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Channeling Quantum Interactions: experiments in waveguide QED with superconducting quantum circuits
Oskar Painter, John G Braun Professor of Applied Physics and Physics; Fletcher Jones Foundation Co-Director of the Kavli Nanoscience Institute,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

QPOs, global modes and magnetized discs
Janosz Dewberry, Graduate Student, Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge University,
Tuesday, October 16th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Attosecond science and its applications to chemical dynamics
Daniel Neumark, Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkekely,
Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

The Wolfe Disk: ALMA Discoveries of Distant, HI-selected Galaxies
J. Xavier Prochaska, UC Santa Cruz,
Thursday, October 18th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

When stars go nonlinear: large amplitude tides and stellar oscillations
Nevin Weinberg, Associate Professor of Physics, MIT,
Friday, October 19th, 2018
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

From Seiberg-Witten Theory to Adjoint QCD
Thomas Dumitrescu, UCLA,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Avoiding Ergodicity: Static and Dynamical Localization in Clean Interacting Systems
Yuval Baum, IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar, Refael Group,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

White Dwarfs and Their Neighbors: From Exoplanets to Explosions
Evan Bauer, Graduate Student, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, UC Santa Barbara,
Monday, October 22nd, 2018
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Nonlocal spin-exchange interactions in a near-concentric cavity
Emily Davis, Graduate Student, Schleier-Smith Group, Stanford University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Subleading Power Resummation from Effective Field Theory
Ian Moult, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
Wednesday, October 24th, 2018
2:00pm 3:00pm
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Special TAPIR Seminar

Dwarf Galaxies in the Southern Sky: Dark Matter Annihilation and the Connection to the Large Magellanic Cloud
Andrew Pace, Postdoc and Mitchell Astronomy Fellow, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Recent Observational Puzzles from Tidal Disruption Flares: Towards Viable Probes in the LSST Era
Brad Cenko, NASA,
Thursday, October 25th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

Elements of a topological quantum computer
Felix von Oppen, Professor of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin,
Friday, October 26th, 2018
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

On the phase diagram of SU(N)xSU(N) gauge theory with bifundamental fermion
Aver Karasik, Weizmann Institute,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Nanoengineered Materials and Interfaces for Quantum Technologies
Pankaj Jha, Postdoctoral Scholar, Atwater Group,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

How stellar feedback and cosmic rays shape galaxies and their halos
Tsang Keung Chan, Graduate Student, Department of Physics, UC San Diego,
Monday, October 29th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Significant Excess of Electron-Like Events in the MiniBooNE Short-Baseline Neutrino Experiment
En-Chuan Huang, LANL,
Tuesday, October 30th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Ultrafast and Non Equilibrium Lattice Dynamics
David A. Reis, Deputy Director of the Stanford PULSE Institute and Professor of Applied Physics and Photon Science, Department of Applied Physics and Photon Science, Stanford University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Some unknown unknowns, and some known unknowns in the Standard Model EFT
Michael Trott, University of Copenhagen and CERN VISC,
Wednesday, October 31st, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

NASA's Next Astrophysics Flagship: The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST)
Jason Rhodes, JPL,
Thursday, November 1st, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

Gigapixel Maps of the Cosmic Microwave Background
Suzanne Staggs, Henry DeWolf Smyth Professsor of Physics, Princeton University,
Friday, November 2nd, 2018
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

A geometric perspective on 5d/6d spectra and anomalies
Monica Kang, Harvard University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Quantum Error-Correcting Codes in Low-Energy Subspaces
Eugene Tang, Graduate Student, Preskill Group,
1:00pm 2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Bootstrapping the long-range Ising model
Connor Behan, Stony Brook University,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

How Black Holes Shape Globular Clusters
Kyle Kremer, Graduate Student, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University,
2:30pm 3:30pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Localization in fractonic random circuits
Rahul Nandkishore, Asst Professor of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder,
Monday, November 5th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

B Decay Anomalies: Still HQETing
Zoltan Ligeti, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
Wednesday, November 7th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

TBD
Decker French, Carnegie Observatories,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Precision microwave spectroscopy of positronium fine structure
Alberto M. Alonso, University College London,