Seminar Calendar
November 2006
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
12:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Multi-Hamiltonian Structures for the Toda Lattice and the Ablowitz-Ladik System
Irina Nenciu,
Courant Instructor of Mathematics,
Courant Institute,
12:15pm
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1:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs in the Taurus and Upper Scorpius Associations
Catherine Slesnick,
graduate student in astronomy,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Supersymmetric Renormalization Prescription and Finitness in N = 4 Super-Yang-Mills Theory
Laurent Baulieu,
Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies, Paris,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Inner Workings of Early-Type Galaxies: Cores, Nuclei, and Supermassive Black Holes
Laura Ferrarese,
senior research officer,
NRC/HIA,
Friday, November 3rd, 2006
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Kristian Kennaway,
postdoctoral fellow in physics,
University of Toronto,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Magnetically Induced Electronic States in Two-Dimensional Superconductors
Jongsoo Yoon,
assistant professor of physics,
University of Virginia,
Monday, November 6th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Landscape Predictions for the Higgs Boson and Top Quark Masses
Taizan Watari,
postdoctoral fellow in physics,
Caltech,
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Highly Nonlinear Phononic Crystals
Chiara Daraio,
assistant professor of aeronautics and applied physics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Trouble in Paradise? The Tale of Solar Abundances
Sarbani Basu,
pfrofessor of astronomy and DGS,
Yale University,
Friday, November 10th, 2006
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Joerg Teschner,
Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Hamburg, Germany,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Search for Broken Time-Reversal Symmetry in Sr2RuO4 and Other Novel Superconductors
Aharon Kapitulnik,
professor of physics and applied physics,
Stanford University,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Frederik Denef,
associate professor,
department of physics and astronomy,
Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven,
Sunday, November 12th, 2006
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, November 13th, 2006
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Top Flavor Violation: From the B Factories to the LHC
Michele Papucci,
postdoc in particle physics,
UC Berkeley,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Tuesday, November 14th, 2006
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
A Revolution in Numerical Simulations of Binary Black Holes
Mark Scheel,
senior research fellow in theoretical astrophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
On the Spectral Theory of 1-D Continuous Schrödinger Operator with Unbounded Potential
Stanislav Molchanov,
professor of mathematics,
University of North Carolina, Charlotte,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Ends of Stellar Lives at the Galactic Center
Michael Muno,
postdoctoral researcher in astronomy,
Caltech,
Thursday, November 16th, 2006
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Friday, November 17th, 2006
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Albion Lawrence,
assistant professor of physics,
Brandeis University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
SLE for String Theorists
Paul Wiegmann,
professor of physics,
University of Chicago,
Monday, November 20th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The Start-up of the OPERA Experiment
Alessandro Paoloni,
research scientist,
Frascati LNF,
INFN,
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
A Revised Model for the Formation of Disk Galaxies
Stephane Courteau,
assistant professor of physics,
Queen's University,
Monday, November 27th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Improving Event Generators with Effective Theories
Christian Bauer,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Generating Squeezed States of Light for Gravitational Wave Detection
Kirk McKenzie,
Center for Gravitational Physics,
Australian National University, Canberra,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Baryogenesis Below the TeV Scale Abs
Federico Urban,
graduate student and research assistant in physics,
INFN—University of Ferrara,
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
The Effect of Disorder on Polymer Depinning Transitions
Ken Alexander,
professor of mathematics,
USC,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topological Strings on Compact Calabi-Yau Spaces: Modularity and Boundary Conditions
Minxin Huang,
research associate in physics,
University of Wisconsin, Madison,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
A New Generation of Stellar Population Synthesis Models, and Galaxy Evolution
Claudia Maraston,
Marie Curie Fellow,
department of astrophysics,
University of Oxford,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Vaults: Biologically Based Nanocapsules for Cell Targeting
Lenny Rome,
professor of biological chemistry and senior associate dean of research,
David Geffen School of Medicine,
UCLA,