Seminars
Winter 2012-2013
Friday, January 4th, 2013
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Topic to be Announced
Richard O'Shaughnessy,
Research Associate,
Center for Gravitation and Cosmology,
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee,
Monday, January 7th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
From yeV to TeV: Search for the Neutron Electric Dipole Moment at the FRM-II Reactor
Doug Beck,
University of Illinois,
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Partial-indistinguishability obfuscation using braids
Stephen Jordan,
NIST,
Thursday, January 10th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Promise of Urban Science
Steven E. Koonin,
Director, NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP),
NYU,
Friday, January 11th, 2013
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
BPS spectrum, wall crossing and quantum dilogarithm identity
Dan Xie,
Institute for Advanced Study,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Tidal disruption by spinning supermassive black holes
Mike Kesden,
Postdoc,
Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics,
New York University,
Monday, January 14th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
RASICAM: The Radiometric All-Sky Infrared CAMera at Cerro Tololo, Chile
Peter Lewis,
Stanford University,
Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Exploring the Extreme Universe with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Julie McEnery,
GSFC/Maryland,
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Once Upon a Time in Kamchatka: The Extraordinary Search for Natural Quasicrystals
Paul Steinhardt,
Princeton University,
Friday, January 18th, 2013
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Exploring curved Superspace
Guido Festuccia,
Institute for Advanced Study,
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, January 24th, 2013
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Do bacteria play tit-for-tat? Dynamics of a public good in bacterial micro-colony.
David Bensimon,
ENS, Paris,
Friday, January 25th, 2013
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Light states in Chern-Simons theory coupled to fundamental matter
Shamik Banerjee,
Stanford University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Strong-Field Gravitational Wave Tests of General Relativity
Nicolas Yunes,
Assistant Professor,
Physics,
Montana State University,
Monday, January 28th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum computational matter
Stephen Bartlett,
University of Sydney,
Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Quantifying High-Redshift Star Formation with Gamma-Ray Bursts - Promises and Perils
Dan Perley,
Caltech,
Thursday, January 31st, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Friday, February 1st, 2013
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Complementarity vs Firewalls: Are there surprising quantum gravity effects near black hole horizons?
Donald Marolf,
UC Santa Barbara,
Monday, February 4th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Quantum states of matter and anti-matter in gravitational and centrifugal potentials
Valery Nesvizhevsky,
Institut Laue-Langevin,
Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Device-independent quantum information
Velario Scarani,
Centre for Quantum Technologies and Department of Physics, National University of Singapore,
Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Observing the Unobservable: Tracing Dark Matter Haloes and Galaxy Assembly
Genevieve Graves,
Princeton,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Searches for new physics at CMS in hadronic final states
Maurizio Pierini,
CERN,
Thursday, February 7th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
THE MATHEMATICS OF CAUSE AND EFFECT: Thinking Nature and Talking Counterfactuals
Judea Pearl,
Depts. of Computer Science and Statistics,
UCLA,
Friday, February 8th, 2013
11:00am
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Cosmology 2017: Testing Gravity, Dark Energy, and Neutrinos
Eric Linder,
Co-Director,
Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Special Seminar
TBD
Fernando Brandao,
ETH Zurich, Institute for Theoretical Physics,
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Exponential decay of correlations implies area law
Fernando Brandao,
ETH Zurich, Institute for Theoretical Physics,
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, February 14th, 2013
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Black Holes: Probes of the Cosmos and Fundamental Physics
Frans Pretorius,
Professor of Physics,
Princeton University,
Friday, February 15th, 2013
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
2d TQFT structure of the superconformal indices with outer-automorphism twists
Jaewon Song,
UC San Diego,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Tidal Effects in Double White Dwarf Binaries
Francesca Valsecchi,
Graduate Student,
Dearborn Observatory,
Northwestern University,
Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Observations of Star-Forming Galaxies in the Reionization Era
Richard Ellis,
Caltech,
Thursday, February 21st, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
This Talk is Cancelled, To Be Rescheduled at a Later Date
John Grotzinger,
Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology,
Caltech,
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Metal-insulator transition in holography
Sean Hartnoll,
Stanford University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Shining Light on the Properties of Dark Matter: Coupling Baryon and Dark Matter Physics in Galaxy Formation Models
Fabio Governato,
Research Professor,
Astronomy Department,
University of Washington,
Monday, February 25th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantum Criticality in Mott Insulators
Ribhu Kaul,
Professor,
Department of Physics,
University of Kentucky,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Fundamental Physics with Optically Levitated Objects
Asimina Arvanitaki,
Stanford University,
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
4:00pm
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Thursday, February 28th, 2013
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Versatility of Dirac Electrons in Graphene
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero,
Mitsui Career Development Assistant Professor of Physics,
MIT,
Friday, March 1st, 2013
11:00am
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Winding strings on Calabi Yau manifolds and closed geodesics
Peng Gao,
Simons Center for Geometry and Physics,
SUNY Stony Brook,
Monday, March 4th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Resonating-valence-bond Trial Wavefunctions (and beyond) for Frustrated Quantum Magnets
Kevin Beach,
Professor,
Department of Physics,
University of Alberta,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
"Understanding the Dark Matter - Baryon Connection Through Disk Galaxy Assembly"
Sarah Miller,
UC Riverside/Caltech,
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Exploding stars and Cosmic Acceleration: Better Precision in the Infrared
Robert Kirshner,
Harvard,
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum fluctuations: From the Casimir Effect to Quantum Entanglement
Israel Klich,
Assistant Professor of Physics,
University of Virginia,
Monday, March 11th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
SmB6: An Ideal Topological Insulator
Jing Xia,
Professor,
Department of Physics,
University of California Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:15pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
'Kinetic Luminosity of Quasar Outflows and its Implications to AGN Feedback: VLT/Xshooter and HST/COS Observations'
Nahum Arav,
Virginia Tech,