Seminars
Winter 2017-2018
Thursday, January 4th, 2018
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Physics Research Conference
The conformal bootstrap: magnets, boiling water, and quantum gravity
David Simmons-Duffin,
Assistant Professor of Theoretical Physics,
Caltech,
Friday, January 5th, 2018
2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Mean-motion resonances with eccentric planets: when analytical arguments guide and complement numerical simulations
Virginie Faramaz,
JPL,
Monday, January 8th, 2018
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Wednesday, January 10th, 2018
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Thursday, January 11th, 2018
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Physics Research Conference
Signatures of a 3D quantum liquid crystal
David Hsieh,
Assistant Professor of Physics,
Caltech,
Friday, January 12th, 2018
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
From many modes to many bodies
David Schuster,
Physics Department and James Franck Institute,
University of Chicago,
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High Energy Theory Seminar
symmetries in quantum field theory and quantum gravity
Daniel Harlow,
MIT,
Wednesday, January 17th, 2018
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Astronomy Colloquium
Welcome to the multi-messenger era: a report on the first binary neutron star merger detection
Jennifer Barnes,
Columbia,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Fundamental Neutron Physics at the ILL
Peter Geltenbort,
Institut Laue-Langevin,
Thursday, January 18th, 2018
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Physics Research Conference
Unification from Scattering Amplitudes
Clifford Cheung,
Assistant Professor of Theoretical Physics,
Caltech,
Friday, January 19th, 2018
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Emergent dimensions from large N confinement
Aleksey Cherman,
University of Washington,
12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Improving gravitational-wave detector sensitivity with cryogenic test mass cooling
Johannes Eichholz,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Experimental Physics,
Adhikari Group,
2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Probing the Structure of Active Galactic Nuclei Using Light Echoes
Anna Pancoast,
NASA Einstein Fellow,
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Two challenges for DNA nanotechnology: building interfaces with silicon and cells
Paul W. K. Rothemund,
Research Professor,
Bioengineering, CMS, & CNS,
California Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, January 24th, 2018
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Thursday, January 25th, 2018
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Physics Research Conference
Fuzzy dark matter and the small-scale structure problem
Scott Tremaine,
Richard Black Professor,
School of Natural Sciences - Astrophysics,
Institute for Advanced Study,
Friday, January 26th, 2018
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Higgs branches and chiral algebras of 4d N=2 theories -- a progress report
Leonardo Rastelli,
SUNY Stony Brook,
12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Bulk Entanglement Gravity
Sean Carroll,
Research Professor of Physics,
Caltech,
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TAPIR Seminar
Merging black holes in non-spherical nuclear star clusters
Cristobal Petrovich,
Postdoctoral Fellow and Gruber Foundation Fellow,
Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA),
Monday, January 29th, 2018
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Lepton Universality Violation in B-Meson Decays and Inclusive vs Exclusive |Vcb|
Ben Grinstein,
UC San Diego,
Wednesday, January 31st, 2018
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Thursday, February 1st, 2018
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Physics Research Conference
From Moonshine to Black Holes, Number Theory in Physics
Jeffrey Harvey,
Professor,
Physics Department, Enrico Fermi Institute,
University of Chicago,
Friday, February 2nd, 2018
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Hecke operators for characters of Rational Conformal Field Theory
Jeffrey Harvey,
University of Chicago,
12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Continuous measurements and quantum trajectories in circuit QED
Arian Jadbabaie,
Graduate Student,
Hutzler Group,
1:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Exact Bulk Operators and the Fate of Locality
Jared Kaplan,
Johns Hopkins University,
2:00pm
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Monday, February 5th, 2018
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Meta Material, First Direct Observation of Reverse Cherenkov Radiation, and Test of Babinet Principle
Min Chen,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, February 6th, 2018
4:00pm
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CTLO-Physics-Mathematics Colloquium
Taking a scientific approach to teaching science and engineering
Wednesday, February 7th, 2018
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Circumgalactic Matter Matters for Galaxy Evolution
Jessica Werk,
Univ of Washington,
Thursday, February 8th, 2018
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The life of vortex knots and links and the conservation of helicity
William Irvine,
Associate Professor,
James Franck Institute,
University of Chicago,
Friday, February 9th, 2018
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Quantization of the low temperature action in the SYK model
Josephine Suh,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Theoretical Physics,
Kitaev Group,
2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Theory of EM counterparts of neutron star mergers
Kenta Hotokezaka,
Lyman Spitzer, Jr. Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Astrophysical Sciences,
Princeton University,
Monday, February 12th, 2018
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Leptophilic forces now and then: reconciling (g-2)_\mu and H_0 with gauged L_\mu - L_\tau
Gordon Krnjaic,
Fermilab,
Tuesday, February 13th, 2018
2:30pm
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Physics and Geometry Seminar
The Seiberg-Witten equations with multiple spinors in dimension three
Andriy Haydys,
Freiburg University,
Wednesday, February 14th, 2018
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Astronomy Colloquium
Early Galaxies and Cosmic Reionization: Progress & Challenges
Richard Ellis,
University College London,
Thursday, February 15th, 2018
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Friday, February 16th, 2018
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
On singularities of super-conformal field theories
Mario Martone,
University of Texas - Austin,
12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
A quantum gas of polar KRb molecules in an optical lattice
Jacob Covey,
Richard Chace Tolman Postdoctoral Scholar,
Endres Group,
1:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Seiberg-Witten differential via primitive forms
Dan Xie,
Harvard University,
2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
CANCELLED DUE TO FLU -- TO BE RESCHEDULED
Camille Avestruz,
KICP and Fermi Postdoctoral Fellow,
Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics,
University of Chicago,
Wednesday, February 21st, 2018
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Astronomy Colloquium
Diversity Revealed: Stellar Rotation and the Time Domain Revolution
Marc Pinsonneault,
Ohio State,
Thursday, February 22nd, 2018
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Physics Research Conference
A toy quantum black hole
Alexei Kitaev,
Ronald and Maxine Linde Professor of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics,
Caltech,
Friday, February 23rd, 2018
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Correlation Functions in CFTs with Weakly Broken Higher Spin Symmetry
Sasha Zhiboedov,
Harvard University,
12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Machine Learning and Quantum Physics
Evert van Nieuwenburg,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Refael Group,
1:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topological terms in Yang-Mills theory with time-reversal symmetry
Pavel Putrov,
Institute for Advanced Study,