Seminar Calendar
February 2010
Monday, February 1st, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
The Effect of Dust-gas Energetics on the Star Formation Process
Andrea Urban,
JPL,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar—cancelled
Leon Balents,
professor of physics,
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Secluded Dark Matter and Dark Forces
Maxim Pospelov,
University of Victoria,
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Optical Nano-Rectennas: A New Approach for Optical Energy Harvesting, Imaging and Detection
Jacob Scheuer,
School of Electrical Engineering,
Tel-Aviv University,
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Square-Summable Variations and Absolutely Continuous Spectrum
Yoram Last,
professor of mathematics,
the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Illuminating Deaths of Massive Stars
Robert Quimby,
postdoctoral scholar in astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Experimental Studies of Phase Transformation in Shape Memory Alloys
Samantha Daly,
assistant professor of mechanical engineering,
University of Michigan,
Friday, February 5th, 2010
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Charged Black Branes: Stable or Unstable?
Silviu Pufu,
Princeton University,
Monday, February 8th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:15pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Disorder and Field Driven Superconductor Insulator Transition
Nandini Trivedi,
professor of physics,
Ohio State University,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
New Results from the Final Runs of the CDMS-II Experiment
David Moore,
graduate student in physics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
10:30am
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12:00pm
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Physics and Geometry Seminar
Generating Branes and Hochschild Homology
Mohammed Abouzaid,
research fellow, Clay Mathematics institute,
and postdoctoral fellow,
MIT,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
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
Exoplanetary Atmospheres
Kristen Menou,
assistant professor of astronomy,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Understanding the Initiation of Failure in Metallic Glasses through Nanomechanical Testing
Corinne E. Packard,
postdoctoral associate,
MIT,
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Flight of the Fruit Fly: Life at Intermediate Reynolds Numbers
Itai Cohen,
professor of physics,
Cornell University,
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium: 12th Annual Greenstein Lecturer
Hubble Servicing Mission 4 (12th Annual Greenstein Lecturer)
John Grunsfeld,
Space Telescope Science Institute,
Friday, February 19th, 2010
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Thomas Faulkner,
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Stretched or Sealed? The Fate of Extra Dimensions
I-Sheng Yang,
Columbia University,
Saturday, February 20th, 2010
6:00pm
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11:00pm
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Recent Results from The South Pole Telescope
Joaquin Vieira,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Spins on Simple Metals: Noise in SQUIDs and Spin Glasses
Clare Yu,
professor of condensed matter physics,
UC Irvine,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Observable Effects of Anisotropic Bubble Nucleation
Michael Salem,
postdoctoral research associate,
Institute of Cosmology,
Tufts University,
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Optimal Parametrizations of Adiabatic Paths
Joseph Avron,
department of physics,
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Baron von Munchhausen and the Cat: Swimming in Empty Curved Space
Yosi Avron,
professor of physics,
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Dwarf Galaxies, Dark Matter, and the Threshold of Galaxy Formation
James Bullock,
associate professor of theoretical physics and astronomy,
UC Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Combinatorial Approach to Materials Discovery
Ichiro Takeuchi,
professor,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering ,
University of Maryland,
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
M5-branes, 4d Gauge Theory and 2d CFT
Yuji Tachikawa,
Institute for Advanced Study,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Spin-Orbit Effects in the Mott Regime
Leon Balents,
professor,
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics,
UC Santa Barbara,