Seminar Calendar
January 2008
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
The Phase Diagram of Holographic QCD
Oren Bergman,
Institute for Advanced Study,
Friday, January 11th, 2008
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Noncommutative Solitons and Integrable Systems
Masashi Hamanaka,
assistant professor of mathematics,
Nagoya University,
Monday, January 14th, 2008
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The Tevatron Race for the Higgs Boson
Ben Kilminster,
researcher in particle physics,
Ohio State University,
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
ATLAS Experiment Design and Early Physics
Jason Nielsen,
assistant professor of physics,
UC Santa Cruz,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Seminar on Teaching and Learning
Understanding the International Classroom: How Culture Impacts Teaching and Learning
James Stigler,
professor of psychology,
UCLA,
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Pure AC Spectrum for Reflectionless Jacobi, CMV, and Schrodinger Operators
Maxim Zinchenko,
postdoctoral scholar in mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
AzTEC 1100 Micron Survey of (Sub-)millimeter Galaxies: Cosmic Variance, Large Scale Structure, and the LMT
Minq Yun,
radio astronomer and an associate professor of astronomy,
University of Massachusetts,
Friday, January 18th, 2008
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
New Paths in the String Theory Landscape
Magdalena Larfors,
graduate student in theoretical physics,
Uppsala University,
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
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
Binary Black Holes: Numerical Simulations and Approximation Methods
Lawrence Kidder,
senior research associate in astronomy,
Cornell University,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Strong Dispersive Coupling between a High Finesse Cavity and a Micromechanical Object
Jack Harris,
assistant professor of physics and applied physics,
Yale University,
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Mean Field Analysis of Low-Dimensional Systems
Lincoln Chayes,
professor of mathematics,
UCLA,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Detecting Extrasolar Planets, Plants, and Beaches
Ed Turner,
professor of astrophysical sciences,
Princeton University,
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Unparticle Physics
Howard Georgi,
professor of physics,
Harvard University,
Monday, January 28th, 2008
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Pseudo-Chern-Simons Terms in the Standard Model, with Applications
Jeff Harvey,
professor of physics,
The University of Chicago,
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Observation of a New Bottom-Strange Xi(b) Baryon at CDF
Dmitry Litvintsev,
research scientist in particle physics,
Fermilab,
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
The Quantum Ising Model via Stochastic Geometry
Geoffrey Grimmett,
professor of pure mathematics and mathematical statistics,
Cambridge University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Terahertz Detection of Many-Body Signatures in Semiconductor Heterostructures
Professor Sangam Chatterjee,
professor of physics,
Philipps-Universität Marburg,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Dark Matter and Dwarf Galaxies
James S. Bullock,
assistant professor of physics,
department of astronomy,
UC Irvine,