Seminars
Spring 2010-2011
Monday, March 28th, 2011
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Pre-Main Sequence Stellar Rotation and Star-Disk Interaction
Nairn Baliber,
postdoctoral scholar in astronomy,
Caltech,
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Small Star Opportunity to Find and Characterize Habitable Planets
Jacob Bean,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
The First Room Temperature Continuous Wave (CW) Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) and High Efficiency Blue and Green GaN LEDs
Chun-Yen Chang,
professor,
National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan,
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Near-Earth Comets and Asteroids
Donald K. Yeomans,
senior research scientist and supervisor for the Solar System Dynamics Group,
JPL,
Friday, April 1st, 2011
11:00am
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Spin-dependent Transport and Magnetic Response in Topological Insulators
Anton Burkov,
professor of physics and astronomy,
University of Waterloo, Canada,
Monday, April 4th, 2011
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Geometry of Quantum Response in Open Systems
Yosi (Joseph) Avron,
professor of physics,
Israel Institute of Technology,
4:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Effective Conformal Theory and Applications to Model-Building
Andrew Liam Fitzpatrick,
Boston University,
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Visualization of Two Qubits
Yosi Avron,
Department of Physics,
Technion,
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Brown Dwarf Science with the FIRE Spectrograph: Kinematics, Clouds and Ultracold Atmospheres
Adam Burgasser,
UC San Diego,
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
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Physics Research Conference
Engaging Spins in Semiconductors for Quantum Information Processing
David Awschalom,
professor of physics and of electrical and computer engineering,
UC Santa Barbara,
Friday, April 8th, 2011
11:00am
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Monday, April 11th, 2011
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Astronomy Tea Talk
How to Build CCAT
Steve Padin,
senior research associate in astrophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Lattice Bosons: a paradigm strongly fluctuating superconductors and "bad metals"
Assa Auerbach,
Professor,
Physics Department ,
Technion,
4:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The Charge Radius of the Proton: A 5 sigma Discrepancy?
Gil Paz,
the University of Chicago,
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
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Astronomy Colloquium
Probing Galaxies and the IGM with Lyman-alpha Absorption and Emission
Martin Haehnelt,
Cambridge University,
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
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Physics Research Conference
A New Approach to Wind Energy
John O. Dabiri,
professor of aeronautics and bioengineering,
Caltech,
Friday, April 15th, 2011
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Monday, April 18th, 2011
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Ground-based Exoplanet Imaging: New Science Programs and the Prospects for Discovery
Justin Crepp,
postdoctoral scholar in astronomy,
Caltech,
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Improving Telescopes with Quantum Repeaters
Daniel Gottessman,
Perimeter Institute,
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
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Astronomy Colloquium
Chandra's First Decade (Plus) of Discovery (13th Annual Greenstein Lecturer)
Harvey Tananbaum,
CHANDRA Center,
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum Light and Sound
Andrew Cleland,
professor of physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
Friday, April 22nd, 2011
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Eternal Inflation in the Light of Quantum Cosmology
James Hartle,
UC Santa Barbara,
1:00pm
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Monday, April 25th, 2011
12:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Transforming Light Polarization into Matter-spin-qubits and Back, Using Single, Semiconductor Quantum Dots
David Gershoni,
Technion,
Israel Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Topic to be announced.
Shri Kulkarni,
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
A Variational Understanding of the Spin Liquid State of the Hubbard Model on the Honeycomb Lattice
Bryan Clark,
postdoctoral fellow in condensed matter physics,
Princeton University,
4:15pm
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
2:30pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Prospect of Particle Physics Experiments in China
Chen Hesheng,
professor and director,
Institute of High Energy Physics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Spacetime Could be Simultaneously Continuous and Discrete, in the Same Way that Information Can Be
Achim Kempf,
University of Waterloo,
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
1:15pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Sphere Partitions Functions and the 3D Superconformal R-charge
Daniel Jafferis,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
High Resolution Imaging of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in Galaxy Clusters
Brian Mason,
National Radio Astronomy Observatory,
4:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Chiral Symmetry Breaking Order Parameters from Renormalization Group Optimized Perturbation
Andre Neveu,
University of Montpellier,
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
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Physics Research Conference
Pushing Einstein's Boundaries: Gravitational Approaches to the Challenges of Modern Cosmology
Mark Trodden,
professor of physics and endowed chair,
the University of Pennsylvania,
Friday, April 29th, 2011
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Supergravity Counterterms Versus Infinity Calculations
Kelly Stelle,
Imperial College,
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Large Scale Structure and Extreme Star formation at z>4
Peter Capak,
staff scientist,
IPAC,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Emulating Quantum Magnetism and t--J Models in Systems of Ultracold Polar Molecules
Salvatore Manmana,
JILA,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
4:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
On New Physics Models for the Tevatron Top Forward Backward Asymmetry
Kathryn Zurek,
Univ of Michigan,
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
9:00am
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Physics and Geometry Seminar
Quanitzation of Slodowy Slices and Instanton Counting
Alexander Braverman,
Brown University,
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Parallel Repetition of Entangled Games
Thomas Vidick,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
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Astronomy Colloquium
Recent Results from the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on Hubble
Michael Shull,
University of Colorado,
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
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Physics Research Conference
Gravity Mapping and Climate Monitoring: Past and Future
Michael M. Watkins,
GRACE Project Scientist,
JPL,
Friday, May 6th, 2011
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
The Harmony of Superstring Amplitudes: Implications from/to Field Theory
Stephan Stieberger,
MPI Munich,
Monday, May 9th, 2011
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Physical Predictions and the Quantum Multiverse
Yasunori Nomura,
UC Berkeley,
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Thermal Stability of Topological Order and Feasibility of Efficient Self-Correcting Quantum Memory
Beni Yoshida,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
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Astronomy Colloquium
Collective Origin of Spiral Structure in Disk Galaxies
Lars Hernquist,
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Magnetic Quasiparticle Scattering Mechanism of Spin-resonance Behavior and Its Relationship with Quasiparticle Interference Pattern in High-Tc Superconductors
Tanmoy Das,
Postdoctoral research associate in theoretical condensed matter physics ,
Los Alamos National Lab,