Seminar Calendar
November 2010
Monday, November 1st, 2010
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
Internal Stellar Kinematics of the Nearby Compact Elliptical M32
Kirsten Howley,
UC Santa Cruz,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Special Mathematical Physics Seminar
Decimations and Superpositions in Random Matrix Theory
Peter Forrester,
professor of mathematics and statistics,
University of Melbourne,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Testing the Star Formation Law in Bulgeless Disk Galaxies
Linda Watson,
Ohio State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
The Band Structure, Electron-electron Interaction and Transport in Bilayer Graphene
Jun Zhu,
professor of physics,
the Pennsylvania State University,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Automation of the Matrix Element Reweighting Model
Pierre Artoisenet,
Ohio State University,
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Spin Systemsas Toy Models for Emergent Gravity
Fotini Markopoulou,
professor of quantum gravity,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
12:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Heavy Vortices and Dark Energy
Phil Chang,
Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Dislocation Multiplication and Nucleation
Wei Cai,
professor of mechanical engineering,
Stanford University,
Friday, November 5th, 2010
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Wall-crossing of D4-D2-D0 and Flop of the Conifold
Takahiro Nishinaka,
Osaka University,
Monday, November 8th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Constraints on Black Hole Growth, Quasar Lifetimes, and Eddington Ratio Distributions from the SDSS Broad Line Quasar Black Hole Mass Function
Brandon Kelly,
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Universal Dynamics in Thermally Isolated Systems
Anatoli Polkovnikov,
assistant professor of condensed matter physics,
Boston University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Scattering of Neutrons and X-rays in Functional Materials
Raphael P. Hermann,
professor,
Institute for Solid State Research, JCNS and JARA-FIT, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH and,
University of Liège, Belgium,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Low Scale Flavor Gauge Symmetries
Giovanni Villadoro,
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center,
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Limits on Estimating a Waveform
Carlton Caves,
professor of physics,
University of New Mexico,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Dissipative Solitons: New Nonlinear Waves in Ultrafast Fiber Lasers
Frank Wise,
professor of applied physics,
Cornell University,
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
Keely Finkelstein,
Texas A&M University,
Steve Finkelstein,
Texas A&M University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, November 11th, 2010
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
High-Contrast Imaging and Atmospheric Modeling of Luminous Planets and Low-Mass Brown Dwarfs
Thayne Currie,
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center,
Friday, November 12th, 2010
11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantized Pumping and Phase Diagram Topology of Interacting Bosons
Ehud Altman,
senior scientist in condensed matter physics,
Weizmann Institute of Science,
Monday, November 15th, 2010
12:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Simulations of the Magellanic Stream in a First Infall Scenario
Gurtina Besla,
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Disordered Nonlinear Systems: From Localization to Hyper-transport
Yevgeny Krivolapov,
Technion Institute of Technology Israel,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Energy-Dependent Composition of UHECRs and the Future of Charged Particle Astronomy
Antonio Calvez,
UCLA,
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
12:00pm
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3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Learning from Examples Using Quantum Annealing
Hartmut Neven,
Google,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Quantum Imaging of Topological Phases
Hari Manoharan,
professor of physics,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Newtonian Noise or How to Get into Serious Trouble (and Out Again)
Jan Harms,
senior research fellow in physics,
LIGO,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Yong Shi,
postdoctoral scholar in astronomy,
IPAC,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Wheels within Wheels: Hamiltonian Dynamics as a Hierarchy of Action Variables
Rory Perkins,
graduate student,
Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Violent Events in Extrasolar Planetary Systems: From Post-T Tauri Stars to White Dwarfs
Ben Zuckerman,
professor of astronomy, emeritus,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Deformation at the Nanoscale: Pushing the Limits of Strength
Dan Gianola,
professor of materials science and engineering,
the University of Pennsylvania,
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
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Friday, November 19th, 2010
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Exact Results in Black Hole Entropy Counting
Joao Gomes,
University of Paris,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Monday, November 22nd, 2010
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4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Superconductivity in the Repulsive Hubbard Model: An Symptotically Exact Weak Coupling Solution
Srinivas Raghu,
assistant professor of physics and astronomy,
Rice University,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Information Processing with Atomic Spin Ensembles
Eugene Polzik,
professor,
Niels Bohr Institute,
Copenhagen University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar—cancelled
Tonio Buonassissi,
professor of mechanical engineering and manufacturing,
MIT,
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Analytic Quasi-Periodic Cocycles with Singularities: Lyapunov Exponent and Spectral Theory for Extended Harper's Model
Christoph Marx,
UC Irvine,
Monday, November 29th, 2010
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Mott Insulators of Ultracold Alkaline Earth Fermions: A New Class of Quantum Magnets
Michael A. Hermele,
assistant professor of theoretical condensed matter physics,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
4:15pm
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Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Money
Andrew Lutomirski,
graduate student in theoretical physics,
MIT,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Coupling Phonons with Photons and Atoms via Cavity Optomechanics
Eugene Polzik,
professor of physics,
Neils Bohr Institute,
Copenhagen University,