Seminars
Spring 2011-2012
Monday, April 2nd, 2012
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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Disorder Effects in Graphene Nanostructures
Andrei Garcia,
Department of Physics,
Stanford University,
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
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Astronomy Colloquium
Core-Collapse Supernova Theory 78 Years after Baade & Zwicky 1934 -- Where we stand and where we are heading.
Christian Ott,
Caltech,
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
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Physics Research Conference
Dark Energy, Dark Matter and the Emergence of Gravity
Erik Verlinde,
Professor of Theoretical Physics,
University of Amsterdam/KITP,
Monday, April 9th, 2012
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Merger-Induced Black Hole Accretion and Star Formation: Observations vs. Simulations
Hai Fu,
UC Irvine,
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Composite Weak Bosons and the LHC
Harald Fritzsch,
Ludwig-Maximillians University,
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
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Astronomy Colloquium
Nuclear Physics at Two Kiloparsecs with Millisecond Pulsars
Scott Ransom,
NRAO,
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
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Physics Research Conference
Inflation, infinity, equilibrium and the observable Universe
Andreas Albrecht,
Professor of Physics & Department Chair,
UC Davis,
Friday, April 13th, 2012
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Monday, April 16th, 2012
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Heavy-Element Enrichment in the Early Universe Observed with FIRE
Rob Simcoe,
MIT,
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Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
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Thursday, April 19th, 2012
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Physics Research Conference
Dark Matter in the Universe
Katherine Freese,
George E. Uhlenbeck Professor of Physics, Assoc Director, Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics,
University of Michigan,
Friday, April 20th, 2012
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Measurement of the Hawking Temperature for an Analog Horizon
William Unruh,
Univ of British Columbia,
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High Energy Theory Seminar
The Kerr/CFT correspondence and non-relativistic CFTs
Monica Guica,
Univ of Pennsylvania,
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Creating Large Mass Athermal Phonon Detectors with 1-10eV Trigger Thresholds for Coherent nu½-N scattering and Exotic Dark Matter Application
Matt Pyle,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
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Astronomy Colloquium
Water in space: from interstellar clouds to planet-forming disks (14th Annual Greenstein Lecturer)
Ewine van Dishoeck,
Leiden Observatory, The Netherlands & Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching,
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum Coherence in Photosynthesis
Birgitta Whaley,
UC Berkeley,
Birgitta Whaley,
Professor of Chemistry,
UC Berkeley,
Friday, April 27th, 2012
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Monday, April 30th, 2012
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Warm Dark Matter and Low Scale Left-Right Symmetry?
Yue Zhang,
ICTP, Trieste,
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
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Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
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Physics Research Conference
The Discovery of Majorana Fermions in Condensed Matter?
Jason Alicea,
Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy,
UC Irvine,
Friday, May 4th, 2012
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High Energy Physics Seminar
New Physics Searches at the LHC with Razor Variables
Christopher Rogan,
Caltech,
Monday, May 7th, 2012
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
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Astronomy Colloquium
Herschel view on star formation: from local star forming regions to the most distant galaxies
Laurent Vigroux,
IAP Director/Kingsley Visitor,
Thursday, May 10th, 2012
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Physics Research Conference
Diving For Treasure in Complex Data: From Roman Urns to Alzheimer's
Marvin Weinstein,
Theoretical Physicist,
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford,
Friday, May 11th, 2012
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High Energy Physics Seminar
New Physics Searches at the LHC with Razor Variables
Christopher Rogan,
Caltech,
Monday, May 14th, 2012
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High Energy Physics Seminar
How the CMB challenges cosmology's standard model
Glenn Starkman,
Case Western Reserve University,
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
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Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
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Astronomy Colloquium
The 11 Gyr Evolution of Star-forming galaxies: the HiZELS/H-alpha view
David Sobral,
Leiden Observatory,
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
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Physics Research Conference
Beyond Watson and Crick: Recent advances in the use of DNA as a building material
Paul Rothemund,
Senior Research Associate,
Caltech,
Friday, May 18th, 2012
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High Energy Theory Seminar
The cusp anomalous dimension at three loops and beyond
Johannes Henn,
IAS,
Monday, May 21st, 2012
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Detecting Small Planets Orbiting Small Stars Using Small Telescopes and GPS
Cullen Blake,
Princeton,
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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
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Astronomy Colloquium
Early Results from the Cluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble (CLASH)
Marc Postman,
STScI,
Thursday, May 24th, 2012
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Physics Research Conference
From Black Holes to Biological Membranes: Utilizing the Local Nature of Physical Laws to Simplify Complex Problems
Ira Rothstein,
Professor of Physics,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Friday, May 25th, 2012
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Cosmic Evolution of Active Galactic Nuclei
Cosmic Evolution of Active Galactic Nuclei
Günther Hasinger,
Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii,
4:30pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Design of an optomechanical accelerometer
Alex Krause,
Graduate Student,
Applied Physics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum control of diamond defects for quantum information and bio-imaging
Peter Maurer,
Graduate Student,
Department of Physics,
Harvard University,
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Astronomy Tea Talk
From Stardust to Planetesimals
Paola Pinilla,
Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Heidelberg,
Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
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Astronomy Colloquium
Radiative-transfer Modeling of Supernova Spectra and Light Curves. Application to Massive-star Explosions.
Luc Dessart,
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, France,
Monday, June 4th, 2012
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