Seminar Calendar
November 2007
Friday, November 2nd, 2007
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Tales from a Braneworld
Luca Grisa,
graduate student in physics,
New York University,
Monday, November 5th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Probing the Decline of Star Formation Since z=1
Jason Melbourne,
postdoctoral scholar in physics, mathematics and astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Physics with Cold Atoms
Asimina Arvanitaki,
graduate student in theoretical physics,
Stanford University,
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Fun and Games with the CD Kernel
Barry Simon,
International Business Machines Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Calabi-Yau Metrics and the Solutions of the Laplacian
Volker Braun,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
The Optical Antenna: A Versatile Tool for Nanophotonics
Ken Crozier,
assistant professor of electrical engineering,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
From Massive Cores to Massive Stars
Mark Krumholz,
Hubble Fellow in astrophysics,
Princeton University,
Friday, November 9th, 2007
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Exploring Holographic Approaches to QCD
Umut Gursoy,
École Polytechnique,
Monday, November 12th, 2007
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Getting Lucky at Palomar: 2x HST Resolution in the Visible
Nicholas Law,
postdoctoral scholar in astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Smoking Guns for Light Resonances at the LHC
Ira Rothstein,
assistant professor of physics,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Hypervelocity Stars Ejected from the Galactic Center
Warren Brown,
associate of the Harvard College Observatory,
Harvard University,
Thursday, November 15th, 2007
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Friday, November 16th, 2007
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Spectral Curve for the Heisenberg Ferromagnet and AdS/CFT
Niklas Beisert,
Max-Planck Institut for Physics, Potsdam,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
AdS Spacetimes and Kaluza-Klein Consistency
Oscar Varela,
academic visitor in theoretical physics,
Imperial College London,
3:00pm
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8:00pm
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Monday, November 19th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Early Results from the Local Cluster Substructure Survey
Graham Smith,
postdoctoral scholar in astrophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Curved Space, Monsters and Black Hole Entropy
Stephen Hsu,
professor of physics,
University of Oregon,
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
1:00pm
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3:00pm
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Physics and Geometry Seminar
Topological Phases with and without External Symmetry
Alexei Kitaev,
professor of theoretical physics and computer science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Improving the Bandwidth and Stability of Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors with Suspension Point Interferometers
Yoichi Aso,
postdoctoral research scientist in physics,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
PFA Jet Management and Digital HCAL for the Future International Linear Collider
Lei Xia,
physicist,
Argonne National Laboratory,
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
MSSM-like Models from Strings
Akin Wingerter,
postdoctoral researcher in physics,
Ohio State University,
Monday, November 26th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Stars, Gas, and Dust in Ellipticals: The Mass-Metallicity Relation in Different Galactic Components
Antonio Pipino,
research assistant in astrophysics,
Oxford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Dark Matter Searches
Sunil Golwala,
assistant professor of physics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The XENON Dark Matter Experiment and Its Future
Maria Elena Monzani,
postdoctoral research scientist,
astronomy and astrophysics,
Columbia University,
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Nonlinear Dynamics of a System of Particle-Like Wavepackets
Alex Figotin,
professor of mathematics,
UC Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Fuel for Galaxy Disks
Mary Putman,
assistant professor of astronomy,
University of Michigan,
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Can Silicon Change Photonics?
Bahram Jalali,
professor of electrical engineering,
UCLA,
Friday, November 30th, 2007
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Geometric Phases in String Theory
Julian Sonner,
department of applied mathematics and theoretical physics,
University of Cambridge,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Progress in AdS_3/CFT_2
Ari Pakman,
Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics,
State University of New York, Stony Brook,