Seminars
Winter 2013-2014
Monday, January 6th, 2014
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Observation of Floquet-Bloch States on the Surface of a Topological Insulator
Nuh Gedik,
Professor,
MIT,
Wednesday, January 8th, 2014
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The evolution of obscured accretion probed by deep and hard X-ray surveys
Andrea Comastri,
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna,
Thursday, January 9th, 2014
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Birth, Care, and Feeding of Cat States in Circuit QED: Quantum Jumps of Photon Parity
Robert Schoelkopf,
Sterling Professor of Applied Physics and Physics,
Yale University,
Friday, January 10th, 2014
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
The Geometry of Supersymmetric Partition Functions
Thomas Dumitrescu,
Princeton,
Monday, January 13th, 2014
2:00pm
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Geometry and Physics seminar
Compactness theorems for sequence of bounded energy SL(2;C) connections in dimensions 3 and 4
Clifford Taubes,
Harvard,
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Imaging Current in Quantum Spin Hall Insulators
Katja Nowack,
Postdoc,
Stanford,
4:15pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Tracing the growth history of the active black hole population with the black hole mass function
Andreas Schulze,
Kavli IPMU,
Wednesday, January 15th, 2014
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Thursday, January 16th, 2014
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Physics Research Conference
Probing Dark Matter with the Cosmic Microwave Background and Large-Scale Structure
Cora Dvorkin,
Postdoctoral Member,
Institute for Advanced Study,
Friday, January 17th, 2014
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Characterizing Anisotropy in the Gravitational Wave Background with Pulsar Timing Arrays
Chiara M. F. Mingarelli,
Graduate Student,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Birmingham,
Tuesday, January 21st, 2014
2:00pm
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Physics and Geometry Seminar
Compactness theorems for sequence of bounded energy SL(2;C) connections in dimensions 3 and 4
Clifford Taubes,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Symmetry Protected Topological Phases: Prediction, Construction, and Classification
Xie Chen,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Extra-solar planetary system formation and evolution in the golden age of high contrast imaging
Dimitri Mawet,
ESO,
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
A Little Big Bang: Strong Interactions in Ultracold Fermi Gases
Martin Zwierlein,
Silverman Family Career Development Professor of Physics,
MIT,
Friday, January 24th, 2014
11:00am
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TAPIR Seminar
Binary inspiral with extreme mass ratios
John Friedman,
Distinguished Professor Emeritus,
Physics,
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,
Monday, January 27th, 2014
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Manipulating microwave photons in complex circuits
David Schuster,
Assistant Professor,
University of Chicago,
Tuesday, January 28th, 2014
4:00pm
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Joint IQI/CMP Seminar
Quantum Information, Entanglement, and Many-Body Physics
Fernando Brandao,
Lecturer,
University College London,
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Live Fast Die Young: The Evolution of Massive Stars towards their Death
Selma de Mink,
CIT/Carnegie,
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Topology, symmetry, and edge states in graphene heterostructures
Andrea Young,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
MIT,
Thursday, January 30th, 2014
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum thermalization and many-body Anderson localization
David Huse,
Professor of Physics,
Princeton University,
Friday, January 31st, 2014
11:00am
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TAPIR Seminar
Questioning Λ: where can we go?
Miguel Zumalacárregui,
Research Associate,
Institute for Theoretical Physics,
University of Heidelberg,
Monday, February 3rd, 2014
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
From "Order By Disorder" to Emergent Electrodynamics in Geometrically Frustrated Pyrochlore Magnets
Kate Ross,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
NIST/Johns Hopkins University,
4:15pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
A Measurement of the Kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect with Bolocam
Jack Sayers,
Caltech,
Wednesday, February 5th, 2014
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Instability of Astrophysics Witnessed in the Twentieth Century
Martin Harwit,
Cornell,
Thursday, February 6th, 2014
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Exploring Big Questions on Small scales
Eugene Demler,
Professor of Physics,
Harvard University,
Friday, February 7th, 2014
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
The holography of electric/magnetic duality breaking
Oscar Varela,
Harvard University,
1:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Scattering coefficients from Monodromies
Maria Rodriguez,
Harvard University,
2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Assessing the Role of Stellar Feedback from Small to Large Scales
Laura Lopez,
Pappalardo Fellow in Physics and NASA Einstein Fellow,
Kavli Institute for Astrophysics & Space Research,
MIT,
Monday, February 10th, 2014
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Toward true topological insulator materials
Johnpierre Paglione,
Professor,
University of Maryland,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Neutrino Interactions at MINERvA
Kevin McFarland,
University of Rochester,
4:15pm
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Wednesday, February 12th, 2014
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Ecology of Galaxy Formation Within the "Cosmic Web"
Chuck Steidel,
Caltech,
Thursday, February 13th, 2014
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
A Habitable Fluvio-Lacustrine Environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars
John Grotzinger,
Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology,
Caltech,
Friday, February 14th, 2014
12:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantum simulation using cold atoms and a brighter future
Chen-Lung Hung,
Postdoc,
Quantum Optics,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Gluons for nothing, gravitons for free...
JJ Carrasco,
Stanford University,
Tuesday, February 18th, 2014
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Ergodicity breaking and entanglement in many-body systems
Dmitry Abanin,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
4:15pm
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2014
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Thursday, February 20th, 2014
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Physics Research Conference
Controlling and Observing Electronic Structure in Artificial Quantum Materials
Kyle Shen,
Assistant Professor of Physics,
Cornell University,
Friday, February 21st, 2014
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TAPIR Seminar
Self-force via worldline integration: from extreme mass ratio inspirals to cosmic strings
Barry Wardell,
Research Associate,
Department of Astronomy,
Cornell University,
Monday, February 24th, 2014
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantum Transport and Correlated Phenomena in Bilayer and Trilayer Graphene Membranes
Jeanie Lau,
Professor,
UC Riverside,
4:15pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Molecular gas, AGNs, star formation and galaxy evolution: a local look at galaxies undergoing the transition
Katherine Alatalo,
IPAC,
Tuesday, February 25th, 2014
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Physics and Geometry Seminar
Real slices of the moduli space of Higgs bundles
Laura Schaposnik,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
Wednesday, February 26th, 2014
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Thursday, February 27th, 2014
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Physics Research Conference
THE BIARD LECTURE - The Discovery of the Anderson-Higgs Mechanism
Philip Anderson,
Joseph Henry Professor of Physics, Emeritus,
Princeton University,
Monday, March 3rd, 2014
4:15pm
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2014
1:30pm
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