Seminar Calendar
October 2006
Monday, October 2nd, 2006
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Holographic Probabilities in Eternal Inflation and the String Landscape
Raphael Bousso,
associate professor of physics,
UC Berkeley,
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Robust Bayesian Detection of Unmodeled Bursts of Gravitational Waves
Antony Searle,
postdoctoral fellow in physics,
Australian National University, Canberra,
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Symplectic Forms and Symplectic Flows on Orthogonal Polynomials
Barry Simon,
International Business Machines Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
What Is Getting In and/or Out of Nearby Disk Galaxies?
Daniel Wang,
associate professor of astronomy,
University of Massachusetts Amherst,
Friday, October 6th, 2006
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Open Strings and Particle Physics
Herman Verlinde,
professor of physics,
Princeton University,
Monday, October 9th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Recent Results from the BaBar Experiment
Chih-hsiang Cheng,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
Caltech,
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
"Entropy of Orthogonal Polynomials: Some Results, Some Open Problems"
Andrei Martinez-Finkelshtein,
department of mathematics,
Universidad de Almeria, Spain,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Results from the Stardust Mission
Donald Brownlee,
professor of astronomy,
University of Washington,
7:00pm
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8:30pm
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National Coming-Out Week Keynote Event
Marriage Discrimination and Moral Values: Seeking Equality for Same-Sex Couples in the Courts, Politics, and Beyond
Monday, October 16th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Massive Jets in Effective Field Theory
Sonny Mantry,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Ultracompact Binaries: Orbital Periods Shorter than This Talk
Lars Bildsten,
permanent member,
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
Wednesday, October 18th, 2006
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
A Strong Szegö Theorem for Jacobi Matrices
Eric Ryckman,
graduate student in mathematics,
UCLA,
2:30pm
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3:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Opening Mirror Symmetry on the Quintic
Johannes Walcher,
School of Natural Sciences,
Institute for Advanced Study,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Selfconsistent Lensing and Stellar Dynamics: Probing Galaxies to z=1
Leon Koopmans,
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, the Netherlands,
Thursday, October 19th, 2006
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The Quest for the Ultimate Structure of Matter and the Universe: Particle Physics in China
Yifang Wang,
professor,
Institute of High Energy Physics,
Friday, October 20th, 2006
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Type-II Actions from an 11-Dimensional Chern-Simons Theory
Dmitry Belov,
research associate,
theoretical physics group,
Imperial College,
Monday, October 23rd, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Neutrino Anarchy from Quiver Gauge Theories
Tomer Volansky,
department of particle physics,
Weizmann Institute,
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Double Chooz and Theta_13
Steven Dazeley,
research scientist,
physics department,
LLNL,
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
Turbulence and Dead Zones in Protostellar Disks
Neal Turner,
research scientist,
JPL,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
First and Second Kind Paraorthogonal Polynomials and Their Zeros
Wanwah (Lilian) Wong,
graduate student in mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Imaging Compact Supermassive Binary Black Holes with the Very Long Baseline Array
Greg Taylor,
associate professor,
physics and astronomy department,
University of New Mexico,
Monday, October 30th, 2006
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The Inclusive Path to Vub
Bjorn Lange,
senior postdoctoral associate in nuclear science,
MIT,
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Status of LIGO's Fifth Science Run
Shourov Chatterji,
postdoctoral scholar,
LIGO Laboratory,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope: Development Status and Science Objectives
Peter F. Michelson,
professor of physics,
Stanford University,