Seminars
Spring 2014-2015
Monday, March 30th, 2015
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2015
1:00pm
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LIGO Seminar
Optical losses and the optical power requirements in the traditional and the intracavity readout topologies of laser gravitational-wave detectors
F. YA. Khalili,
Physics,
Moscow State University,
1:30pm
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2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar
Single mode cavity to avoid parametric instability in laser gravitational wave detector
Sergey Vyachanin,
Physics,
Moscow State University,
Wednesday, April 1st, 2015
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Chemical Signatures of Planet Formation in Gas Rich Disks
Edwin Bergin,
U. Michigan,
Thursday, April 2nd, 2015
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The CMB and Neutrinos
Lyman Page,
Henry De Wolf Smyth Professor of Physics; Chair, Department of Physics,
Princeton University,
Friday, April 3rd, 2015
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Generalized Global Symmetries
Anton Kapustin,
Caltech and Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Enhancing Generalized Unitarity
Jacob Bourjaily,
Neils Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Weak lensing calibrated scaling relations of galaxy groups and poor clusters
Maggie Lieu,
Graduate Student,
Astronomy & Space Research (ASR),
University of Birmingham,
4:30pm
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5:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Holographic quantum error-correcting codes: Toy models for the bulk/boundary correspondence
Fernando Pastawski,
IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar,
Monday, April 6th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Higgs Boson as the Origin of Mass and Inflation
Hong-Jian He,
Tsinghua University,
Wednesday, April 8th, 2015
9:00am
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12:00pm
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Astronomy Workshop - Introduction
Technology Concepts for the Next Generation VLA
Sander Weinreb (Caltech) and Tony Beasley (NRAO),
4:00pm
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Thursday, April 9th, 2015
4:00pm
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Astronomy Workshop - Conclusions
Technology Concepts for the Next Generation VLA
Sander Weinreb (Caltech) and Tony Beasley (NRAO),
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Testing Quantum Systems
Umesh Vazirani,
Roger A. Strauch Professor of EECS, Computer Science Division,
UC Berkeley,
Friday, April 10th, 2015
11:00am
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TAPIR Seminar
Dark Matter Detections in Photons Split by a Million in Energy: Interpretations of X-ray lines and Gamma-ray Bumps
Kevork Abazajian,
Professor,
Dept of Physics & Astronomy,
UC Irvine,
4:30pm
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5:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Matter Wave Interferometry in Microgravity - Towards Quantum Sensors in Space
Markus Krutzik,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Communications Architectures and Research ,
JPL,
Monday, April 13th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar - RESCHEDULED TO MAY 26
First results from DarkSide-50
Maria Monzani,
Stanford,
Wednesday, April 15th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Active Galaxies in Cosmic X-ray Surveys: The Ecology of Distant AGNs
Dave Alexander,
Thursday, April 16th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Environments of Black Holes - New Understandings from NuSTAR
Fiona Harrison,
Benjamin M. Rosen Professor of Physics and Astronomy,
Caltech,
Friday, April 17th, 2015
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Yang-Mills-Einstein Theory as a Double Copy
Henrik Johansson,
NORDITA and Uppsala University,
12:00pm
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1:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Unfolding the color code
Alex Kubica,
Graduate Student,
Preskill Group,
12:00pm
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1:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Entanglement detection by interfering quantum many-body twins
Rajibul Islam,
Postdoctoral Fellow - Greiner Group, Rubidium Gas Microscopy,
MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms,
Monday, April 20th, 2015
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The shape of new physics in (semi-)leptonic B decays
Rodrigo Alonso de Pablo,
UC San Diego,
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015
4:00pm
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Interferometry in a strong light
Cindy Regal,
Assistant Professor of Physics,
University of Colorado Boulder,
Friday, April 24th, 2015
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Integral geometry and the entropic nature of points and lengths
Bartek Czech,
Stanford,
2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
The Impact of Environment on Galaxy Evolution
Stephanie Tonnesen,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Carnegie Observatories,
4:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Unfolding the color code
Alex Kubica,
Graduate Student - Preskill Group,
Monday, April 27th, 2015
4:00pm
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2015
8:00pm
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Charles and Thomas Lauritsen Memorial Lecture
The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
Daniel J. Levitin,
Wednesday, April 29th, 2015
4:00pm
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Thursday, April 30th, 2015
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
"In vivo" Multiphoton Imaging of Mouse Brain
Chris Xu,
Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies,
Applied and Engineering Physics,
Cornell University,
Friday, May 1st, 2015
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
On the Statistics of Biased Tracers in the Effective Field Theory of Large Scale Structures
Zvonimir Vlah,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Physics,
Stanford University,
4:30pm
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5:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Cold atoms coupled to photonic crystals: long range interactions and photon molecules
James Douglas,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Theoretical Quantum-Nano Photonics,
ICFO, Barcelona,
Monday, May 4th, 2015
4:00pm
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2015
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
SESAME- A POSSIBLE SOURCE Of LIGHT IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Eliezer Rabinovici,
Hebrew University,
Wednesday, May 6th, 2015
4:00pm
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Thursday, May 7th, 2015
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum Information Processing and Metrology Using Few Electron Spins in Solids
Amir Yacoby,
Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics,
Harvard University,
Friday, May 8th, 2015
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Geometric engineering, Mirror symmetry and 6d (1,0) to 4d N=2
Dan Xie,
Harvard University,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Electrodynamic Effects of Inflationary Gravitons
Richard Woodard,
University of Florida,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Cosmic Neutrinos and Large-scale Structure
Marilena Loverde,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
KICP,
University of Chicago,
4:30pm
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5:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
DMRG Study of a Quantum Hall system
Scott Geraedts,
Graduate Student,
Condensed Matter Theory,
Caltech,
Monday, May 11th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Models with dilepton + jets final states at the LHC
Joshua Berger,
SLAC,
Tuesday, May 12th, 2015
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar
Using the BayesWave algorithm to detect and characterize binary black hole mergers without waveform templates
Meg Millhouse,
Physics,
Montana State University,
Wednesday, May 13th, 2015
4:00pm
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Thursday, May 14th, 2015
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Physics Research Conference
Neutrinos are Everywhere
Joseph D. Lykken,
Theoretical Physicist, Deputy Director and Chief Research Officer, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory,