Seminars
Fall 2023-2024
Friday, November 3rd, 2023
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
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Heavy element nucleosynthesis & energetic neutrinos from highly magnetized outflows
Monday, November 6th, 2023
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
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Axion electrodynamics through the lens of condensed matter
Prineha Narang,
UCLA,
Wednesday, November 8th, 2023
10:00am
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10:30am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
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Poincaré generators of spinning binary in the post-Minkowskian approach
Sangmin Lee,
Seoul National University,
12:15pm
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1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Seminar
Exploring the Diversity of Exoplanet Atmospheres at High-Spectral Resolution
Jake Turner,
Cornell University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM
Searching for Signposts of Failed White Dwarf Supernovae
JJ Hermes,
Assistant Professor; Director of Graduate Admissions,
Boston University,
Thursday, November 9th, 2023
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
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Constraints on WIMP Dark Matter Models with Astrophysical Observations
Mehrdad Phoroutan-Mehr,
UC Riverside,
12:30pm
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1:30pm
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INQNET Pizza Seminar
Special AI & Misinformation Seminar: " IQ Journalism: Predicting the quality of news stories based on explainable AI"
Catherine Sotirakou,
- Internal Event
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
The Cosmic Neutrino Background (CνB): Its distribution on the surface of the Earth and its manipulation on laboratory scales
Mina Arvanitaki,
Perimeter Institute,
Friday, November 10th, 2023
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
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Generalized entropy for general subregions in quantum gravity
Antony Speranza,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Classical and Quantum Complexity of Quantum Dynamics
Dominik Wild,
Max-Planck Institute for Quantum Optics,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar
Catalogs and populations with ground-based and space-based gravitational-wave detectors
- Internal Event
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Monday, November 13th, 2023
12:30pm
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1:30pm
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INQNET Pizza Seminar
High-dimensional entanglement and chip-scale quantum information processing
Dr Xiang Cheng,
- Internal Event
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
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Leveraging quantum sensors to shine new light on searches for low-mass dark matter
Kelly Stifter,
SLAC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar
Universal fluctuations in ergodic quantum dynamics, and their use for benchmarking highly entangled states
7:00pm
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8:30pm
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Tuesday, November 14th, 2023
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
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Horizons as Eavesdroppers: Horizons Decohere Quantum Superpositions
Daine Danielson,
University of Chicago,
Wednesday, November 15th, 2023
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Joint IQIM/AWS Seminar Series
Identification and characterization of topological order without and with tensor networks
Norbert Schuch,
University of Vienna,
12:15pm
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1:00pm
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Caltech/IPAC Lunch Seminar
Unveiling the Atmospheres of Exoplanets: Exploring Detection, Evolution, and Habitability
Raissa Estrela,
JPL-NASA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM
Characterizing the Life Cycle of the Interstellar Medium and Star Formation in Galaxies with Far-Infrared Spectral Lines
Jorge Pineda,
ASTHROS Balloon Principal Investigator,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),
Thursday, November 16th, 2023
10:30am
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11:30am
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
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Wielding Frequency Dependent Squeezing against Quantum Back-Action in the LIGO Gravitational Wave Observatories
Lee McCuller,
Caltech,
Friday, November 17th, 2023
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
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Chaos in Observable Algebras of Quantum Gravity
Nima Lashkari,
Purdue University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
How simulating balls and springs captures the power of quantum computing
Robin Kothari,
Google,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
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Binary Interaction and the Explodability of Massive Stars
Rachel Patton,
Graduate Student,
Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP),
Ohio State University,
Monday, November 20th, 2023
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
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The Piezoaxionic Effect: dark matter detection and new forces
Amalia Madden,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar
Solvable models for 2+1D quantum critical points with a non-local area law of entanglement
Monday, November 27th, 2023
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
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Prospecting for new physics using muons
Jure Zupan,
University of Cincinnati,
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wednesday, November 29th, 2023
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Joint IQIM/AWS Seminar Series
Quantum Computation with Quantum LDPC Codes in Reconfigurable Atom Arrays
Hengyun (Harry) Zhou,
Harvard and QuEra,
12:15pm
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1:00pm
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Caltech/IPAC Lunch Seminar
SDSS-V Instrumentation Program and Survey Status
Solange Ramirez,
Carnegie Observatories,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM
The Future of AI in Astronomy
Cecilia Garraffo,
Astrophysicist,
Center for Astrophysics,
Harvard University,
Thursday, November 30th, 2023
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
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Quantum Hair and Black Hole Information
Stephen Hsu,
Michigan State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
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Using Nuclear Reactors to Study Neutrinos
Pedro Ochoa,
Friday, December 1st, 2023
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
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Massive gravity is not positive
Giulia Isabella,
UCLA,
12:30pm
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1:30pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
W state is not the unique ground state of any local Hamiltonian
Lei Gioia,
Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar,
Xie Chen Group,
Monday, December 4th, 2023
10:30am
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11:30am
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Special AMO Seminar
Dipole-dipole interactions between individual molecules in an optical tweezer array
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
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Neutrino Scattering for Neutrino Oscillations
Kevin McFarland,
University of Rochester,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar
Floquet codes, automorphisms, and quantum computation
Margarita Davydova,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
4:00pm
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12/15
5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
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State-of-the art R&D on optical photon detection at Fermilab
Alexander Kish,
Fermilab,
Wednesday, December 6th, 2023
12:15pm
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1:00pm
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Caltech/IPAC Lunch Seminar
RAPID: Roman Alerts Promptly from Image Differencing
Mansi Kasliwal,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM
Modeling Luminous Accretion Flows Around Black Holes
James Stone,
Institute for Advanced Study,
Princeton University,
Friday, December 8th, 2023
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Data-driven compression of electron-phonon interactions
Yao Luo,
Bernardi Group,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar
bhpwave: A perturbative waveform model for binaries with spinning massive black holes
Zach Nasipak,
- Internal Event
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
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With great precision comes great challenges: Gravitational Wave Observations of Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals
Lorenzo Speri,
Graduate Student,
Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity,
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (AEI),
Sunday, December 10th, 2023
8:00am
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12/13
12:00pm
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Monday, December 11th, 2023
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar
Magnetization oscillations in a kagome spin liquid candidate: evidence for fermionic spinons and emergent gauge field
Patrick Lee,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, December 12th, 2023
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Wednesday, December 13th, 2023
12:00pm
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12/16
5:00pm
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12:15pm
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1:00pm
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Caltech/IPAC Lunch Seminar
Masses and Orbits for Planets Likely to be Observed with Ariel/CASE
Robert Zellem,
JPL,
Thursday, December 14th, 2023
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
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Deep Learning for Theory: from Particle Physics to the Poincaré Conjecture
Jim Halverson,