Seminar Calendar
November 2009
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Timing the Starburst AGN-Connection
Vivienne Wild,
Institut d'astrophysique de Paris,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Random Quantum Satisfiability: Statistical Mechanics of Quantum Optimization
Chris Laumann,
graduate student in theoretical physics,
Princeton University,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
CDF in Its Prime: Searches for b', Z' and Friends
Daniel Whiteson,
UC Irvine,
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Categorically Isolating Quantum Properties
Chris Heunen,
graduate student,
University of Oxford,
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Relaxation Enhancement by Fluid Flow and Quantum Dynamics
Alexander Kiselev,
professor of mathematics,
the University of Wisconsin, Madison,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Microlensing: Measuring the Galactic Distribution of Planets
Andy Gould,
professor of mathematical and physical sciences,
Ohio State University,
Friday, November 6th, 2009
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Perturbative Spectra in Gauge Theories with Gravity Duals at Four Loops and Beyond
Christoph Sieg,
Neils Bohr Institute,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Mesoscopic Cavity QED with a Single Quantum Dot
Martin Winger,
Institute of Quantum Electronics,
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ),
Monday, November 9th, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Ly-alpha Emission from Galaxy Formation
Claude-André Faucher-Giguere,
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Infinite-Randomness Quantum Critical Points Induced by Dissipation
Thomas Vojta,
associate professor of physics,
Missouri University of Science and Technology,
4:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Determining Alphas(mZ): New Precision Results from Jets
Iain Stewart,
MIT,
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Optimizing the Layout and Error Properties of Quantum Circuits
John Kubiatowicz,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Random Dirac Operators with Time Reversal Symmetry
Christian Sadel,
visiting assistant professor of mathematics,
UC Irvine,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Acellular Porcine Tissue Crosslinked with Functionalized Nanomaterials
Sheila Grant,
professor of biological engineering,
University of Missouri-Columbia,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantum Spin Liquid with Fermi-surface: Exact Solution of Kitaev-type Model
Misha Feigelman,
Landau Intitute,
Friday, November 13th, 2009
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Fractional Charge in Time-Inversion Invariant Systems
Roman Jackiw,
MIT Center for Theoretical Physics,
Monday, November 16th, 2009
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Characterizing the Chemistry of the Milky Way Stellar Halo
Ian Roederer,
graduate student in astronomy,
University of Texas,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Tunneling Spectral Dip: A Universal Feature of High TC Superconductors
John Zasadzinski,
professor of physical sciences,
Illinois Institute of Technology,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
CP Violation for the Heaven and Earth—A KM Saga
George W.S. Hou,
National Taiwan University,
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Faster Quantum Algorithm for Evaluating Game Trees
Ben Reichardt,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
School of Computer Science,
University of Waterloo,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
GW Detector Calibration
Peter Kalmus,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
LIGO,
Caltech,
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Ground States of Supersymmetric Matrix Models
Douglas Lundholm,
graduate student in mathematics,
KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Mapping the Milky Way: From SDSS and 2MASS to LSST and Gaia
eljko Iveziæ,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
The Two Conflicting Narratives of Metal-Optics
Eli Yablonovitch,
professor of electrical engineering and computer science,
UC Berkeley,
Friday, November 20th, 2009
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Holography of Charged Dilaton Black Holes
Shamit Kachru,
Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Free-Space Excitation of Propagating Surface Plasmon Polaritons
Lukas Novotny,
professor of optics, biomedical engineering, and physics,
Institute of Optics,
University of Rochester,
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Multi-wavelength Studies of Galaxy Clusters and Their Use as Cosmological Probes
Doron Lemze,
Tel Aviv University,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantum Kinetic Approach to the Calculation of Thermal Transport and the Nernst Effect
Karen Michaeli,
Department of Condensed Matter Physics,
Weizmann Institute of Science ,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Supermodels for early LHC
Zoltan Ligeti,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Dynamically Corrected Gates
Kaveh Khodjasteh,
Dartmouth College,
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Scattering for CMV Matrices and the Strong Szego Theorem
Alexander Kheifets,
associate professor of mathematics,
University of Massachusetts, Lowell,
Monday, November 30th, 2009
4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Topic to be announced.
Luis Reyes,
research fellow,
Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, the University of Chicago,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Infrared Spectroscopy of Correlated Electron Matter at the Nanoscale
Dimitri N. Basov,
professor of physics,
UC San Diego,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Antimatter Production, Trapping and Antimatter Plasmas
Joel Fajans,
professor of physics,
UC Berkeley,