Seminars
Spring 2019-2020
Monday, March 30th, 2020
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High Energy Physics Seminar
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New Constraints on Dark Matter from Organic Targets: What Organic Chemistry Can do for Direct Detection
Carlos Blanco,
University of Chicago,
Wednesday, April 1st, 2020
4:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Astronomy Colloquium
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Kathryn Zurek,
Professor of Theoretical Physics,
California Institute of Technology,
Thursday, April 2nd, 2020
4:00pm
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From single to statistical: gravitational-wave populations
Daniel Holz,
University of Chicago,
Friday, April 3rd, 2020
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
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Reparametrization Modes in CFTs & Applications
Felix Haehl,
Institute for Advanced Study,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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● POSTPONED: TAPIR Seminar
Title to be announced
Alexander Grant,
Graduate Research Assistant,
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Cornell University,
Monday, April 6th, 2020
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5:00pm
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Teaching an Old LHC new Higgs
Philip Harris,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
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▶︎ CANCELED: Astronomy Colloquium
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Heino Falcke,
Professor of Astroparticle Physics and Radio Astronomy,
Department of Astronomy,
Radboud University,
Thursday, April 9th, 2020
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Teleportation by size, traversable wormholes, and quantum gravity in the lab
Sepehr Ghazi Nezami,
Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar in Theoretical Physics,
Preskill group,
4:00pm
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Friday, April 10th, 2020
11:00am
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The Statistical Mechanics of Near-Extremal Black Holes
Luca Ilesiu,
Princeton University,
Monday, April 13th, 2020
4:00pm
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Learning Cosmology from the First Starts
Julian Muñoz,
Harvard University,
Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
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Amina Helmi,
Professor of Dynamics, Structure and Evolution of the Milky Way,
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute,
University of Groningen,
Friday, April 17th, 2020
11:00am
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Towards the geometric picture for gravity amplitudes
Jaroslav Trnka,
UC Davis,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Predicting Many Properties of a Quantum System from Very Few Measurements
Hsin-Yuan (Robert) Huang,
Graduate student,
Vidick/Preskill group,
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
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Didier Queloz,
Professor of Astrophysics,
University of Cambridge,
Friday, April 24th, 2020
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Double-scaled and Supersymmetric SYK
Vladimir Narovlansky,
Princeton University,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Harvesting proximity effect in 2D Ferromagnetic Semiconductor Heterostructures for Spin and Valleytronics
Ding Zhong,
Postdoctoral Scholar, Applied Physics and Materials Science,
Faraon Group,
Monday, April 27th, 2020
10:00am
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11:00am
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New limit of the neutron electric dipole moment
Philipp Schmidt-Wellenburg,
Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland,
Wednesday, April 29th, 2020
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▶︎ CANCELED: Astronomy Colloquium
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Andrea Ghez,
Professor of Physics & Astronomy,
Astronomy,
UCLA,
Friday, May 1st, 2020
11:00am
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12:00pm
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1+1d adjoint QCD and non-invertible topological lines
Kantaro Ohmori,
SCGP, Stony Brook University,
Monday, May 4th, 2020
4:00pm
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Composite Higgs Models at the LHC and beyond
Da Liu,
UC Davis,
Wednesday, May 6th, 2020
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Friday, May 8th, 2020
11:00am
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1+1d adjoint QCD and non-invertible topological lines
Dan Harlow,
MIT,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Simulating the collapse of false-vacuum bubbles in spin chains
Ash Milsted,
IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar,
Preskill Group,
Monday, May 11th, 2020
4:00pm
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David Shih,
New Approaches to New Physics Searches at the LHC: Anomaly Detection and Unsupervised Deep Learning,
Rutgers,
Wednesday, May 13th, 2020
4:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Astronomy Colloquium
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Joss Bland-Hawthorn,
ARC Laureate Fellow Professor of Physics,
University of Sydney,
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Watson Lecture - Quantum Matter: Why Does It Matter?
Xie Chen,
Associate Professor of Theoretical Physics,
Caltech,
- Public Event
Friday, May 15th, 2020
11:00am
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Holographic duals of refined partition functions
Chiara Toldo,
Ecole Polytechnique,
Friday, May 22nd, 2020
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Sphere packing, 3d gravity, and random CFTs
Tom Hartman,
Cornell University,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Fractonic order
Wilbur Shirley,
Graduate Student,
Xie Chen Group,
Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
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Jean-Michel Desert,
Assistant Professor,
University of Amsterdam,
Friday, May 29th, 2020
11:00am
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Nothing is certain in string compactifications
Miguel Montero,
Harvard University,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Investigating superconductivity in Twisted Bilayer Graphene (TBG)
Harpreet Singh Arora,
Graduate Student,
Nadj-Perge Group,
Friday, June 5th, 2020
11:00am
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Higher Symmetry and Anomalies in 4d and 6d QFTs
Ken Intriligator,
UC San Diego,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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The ghost in the radiation: Robust encodings of the black hole interior.
Eugene Tang,
Graduate Student,
Preskill Group,