Seminars
Spring 2016-2017
Wednesday, April 5th, 2017
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Thursday, April 6th, 2017
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Physics Research Conference
Deconstructing (and reconstructing) wall turbulence: Characterizing natural and synthetic self-sustaining processes
Beverley McKeon,
Theodore von Karman Professor of Aeronautics; Associate Director, Graduate Aerospace Laboratories,
Caltech,
Friday, April 7th, 2017
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Causality and Universality at Strong Coupling
Tom Hartman,
Cornell University,
2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
The quadrupole formula: a hundred years later
Beatrice Bonga,
Graduate Student,
Penn State,
4:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Enhancing atom-light interactions with "selective radiance": the recipe to exponentially improve photon storage fidelities
Ana Asenjo Garcia,
IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar,
Kimble Group,
Monday, April 10th, 2017
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High Energy Physics Seminar
A small weak scale from a small cosmological constant
Ken Van Tilburg,
IAS,
Tuesday, April 11th, 2017
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CD3 Seminar
Building Training Sets for Astronomical Data; A Bayesian Feature Transformation for Domain Adaptation
Pavlos Protopapas,
Inst. for Applied Computational Science,
Cambridge, MA,
Wednesday, April 12th, 2017
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Astronomy Colloquium: 2017 Neugebauer Lecture
Making the Most Accurate Possible Measurements with Telescopes
David Hogg,
NYU,
Thursday, April 13th, 2017
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum many-body control
Manuel Endres,
Assistant Professor of Physics,
Caltech,
Friday, April 14th, 2017
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Chaos in 2D CFT and Spinning Particle in AdS
Chi-Ming Chang,
QMAP, UC Davis,
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TAPIR Seminar
Helping to paint a more realistic picture of the intergalactic and circumgalactic media through simulation
Devin Silva,
NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow,
Michigan State University,
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Fermi Arcs and Their Topological Character in the Candidate Type-II Weyl Semimetals WTe2 and MoTe2
Flavio Yair Bruno,
Ambizione Research Fellow,
University of Geneva,
Monday, April 17th, 2017
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Effective theories for point sources
Cliff Burgess,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
Tuesday, April 18th, 2017
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LIGO Seminar
Advanced LIGO Calibration Uncertainty for Precision Astrophysics
Craig Cahillane,
LIGO,
Caltech),
Wednesday, April 19th, 2017
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Astronomy Colloquium
An Idiosyncratic Look at LIGO�s Detections and Prospects
Stan Whitcomb,
Caltech,
Thursday, April 20th, 2017
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Physics Research Conference
Can we reverse-engineer the brain?
Michael Roukes,
Robert M. Abbey Professor of Physics, Applied Physics, and Biological Engineering,
Caltech,
Friday, April 21st, 2017
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Holographic lattice field theories
Ingmar Saberi,
University of Heidelberg,
2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Edge of darkness: The splashback radius as a physical halo boundary
Benedikt Diemer,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Theory and Computation,
Harvard-Smithsonian CfA,
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Fault-tolerance in topological stabilizer codes and universal workarounds
Tomas Jochym O'Connor,
Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar,
Monday, April 24th, 2017
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Wednesday, April 26th, 2017
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Thursday, April 27th, 2017
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
Building Science: Multiple Agendas
Thom Mayne,
Architect and Design Director,
Morphosis,
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum simulations: From condensed matter to high energy models
Ignacio Cirac,
Professor Doctor of Physics, Director of the Theory Division,
Max-Planck Institut für Quantenoptik,
Friday, April 28th, 2017
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Vortices in 4d, N=2 SQCD and their Worldsheet Theory from Supersymmetric Localization
Efrat Gerchkovitz,
Weizmann Institute,
2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Observing the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation with the South Pole Telescope
Christine Moran,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
TAPIR,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
On-chip quantum memories for telecom photons using ensembles of erbium ions
Ioana Craiciu,
Graduate Student,
Faraon Group,
Monday, May 1st, 2017
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The EW phase transition improved and unrealized
Patrick Meade,
Stony Brook University,
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017
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Astronomy Colloquium
A Tale of Two Stars - Planetary Formation with Stellar Binaries
Gongjie Li,
Harvard,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
How to break the electroweak symmetry naturally
Jing Shu,
Institute of Theoretical Physics,
The Chinese Academy of Science ,
Thursday, May 4th, 2017
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Physics Research Conference
The Physics and Material Science of Modern Particle Accelerators
Anna Grassellino,
Deputy Division Head,
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL),
Friday, May 5th, 2017
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Integrability of refined Chern-Simons theory
Shamil Shakirov,
Harvard University,
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Entanglement branes in a two-dimensional string theory
Gabriel Wong,
University of Virginia,
2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
The Importance of being Eccentric
Ann-Marie Madigan,
Assistant Professor of Astrophysics,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
Wednesday, May 10th, 2017
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Neutrino physics with liquid xenon detectors
Michelle Dolinski,
Drexel University,
Thursday, May 11th, 2017
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Physics Research Conference
Current and future searches for neutrinoless double beta decay
Michelle Dolinski,
Assistant Professor of Physics,
Drexel University,
Friday, May 12th, 2017
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TAPIR Seminar
Feedback and its Role in Shaping (dwarf) Galaxies
Ferah Munshi,
VIDA Postdoctoral Fellow,
Vanderbilt University,
Monday, May 15th, 2017
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Non-WIMP dark matter and the structure of galaxies
Katelin Schutz,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, May 17th, 2017
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Astronomy Colloquium
Exploring the low surface brightness sky with the Dragonfly Telephoto Array
Pieter van Dokkum,
Yale,
Thursday, May 18th, 2017
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Physics Research Conference
The Remarkable Power of General Relativity
Gary Horowitz,
Distinguished Professor of Physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
Friday, May 19th, 2017
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Applications of light-cone cuts in holography
Gary Horowitz,
UC Santa Barbara,
1:00pm
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Special Geometry & Physics Seminar
Mirror Symmetry for HOMFLYPT Knot Homology
Alexei Oblomkov,
University of Massachusetts,
2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Pulsar Accretion: This Time, It's Magnetized
Kyle Parfrey,
Einstein Fellow,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL),
Monday, May 22nd, 2017
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Confronting CPT and Equivalence Principle with Cold Trapped Antihydrogen
Makoto C. Fujiwara,
TRIUMF,
Wednesday, May 24th, 2017
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Structure of Gaseous Halos Around and Between Galaxies
Eliot t Quataer,
Berkeley,
Thursday, May 25th, 2017
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Physics Research Conference
The Physics of Soft Particles
Henriette Elvang,
Associate Professor of Physics,
University of Michigan,
Friday, May 26th, 2017
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
New Indices in Four-Dimensional N=2 Theories
Thomas Dumitrescu,
Harvard University,
1:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Complexity in Holographic Theories and QFT
Robert Myers,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Interpreting Dwarf Galaxies
Alyson Brooks,
Assistant Professor,
Astronomy Department,
Rutgers University,