Seminar Calendar
March 2011
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Entanglement and Renormalization in Many Body Systems
Brian Swingle,
graduate student in physics,
MIT,
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
Direct Imaging of Extrasolar Planets: New Insights on the Remarkable Planetary System of Bright Star HR8799
Ben Zuckerman,
professor of astronomy,
UCLA,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Hermitian Matrix Model with External Source: Critical Case with r-Airy Kernel
Seung Yeop Lee,
Sherman Fairchild Research Fellow in Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Metallicity Distribution Function of the Milky Way Halo, as Determined from the Hamburg/ESO Survey
Norbert Christlieb,
University of Heidelberg,
Friday, March 4th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Holographic C-theorems
Robert Myers,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
In-Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Observations of the Charging and Discharging Processes of Lithium Ion Batteries
Jian Yu Huang,
staff scientist ,
Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies ,
Sandia National Laboratories,
Monday, March 7th, 2011
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
How to Turn Graphene into a Room-Temperature Topological Insulator Using Adatoms
Jason Alicea,
assistant professor of physics and astronomy,
UC Irvine,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Measurement of Single Target-Spin Asymmetry in Semi-Inclusive Pion Electroproduction on a Transversely Polarized $^3$He Target
Xin Qian,
Robert A. Millikan Postdoctoral Scholar in Experimental Physics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Theory Cannot be Extended
Roger Colbeck,
postdoctoral researcher,
Perimeter Institute,
4:00pm
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Astronomy Talk
New Constraints on the Evolution of the Stellar-to-Dark Matter Connection: A Combined Analysis of Galaxy-Galaxy Lensing, Clustering, and Stellar Mass Functions from z=0.2 to z=1
Alexie Leauthaud,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Astrometric Effects of a Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background
Laura Book,
graduate student in theoretical astrophysics,
Caltech,
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
CFT Primary Fields and the Calculus of Conformal Dimensions
Nikolai Makarov,
professor of mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Friday, March 11th, 2011
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Wilsonian and Holographic Renormalization Groups
Joe Polchinkski,
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Clustering, Caustics, and Collisions in Turbulent Aerosols
Michael Wilkinson,
professor of mathematics and statistics,
Open University, Milton Keynes, UK,
Monday, March 14th, 2011
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Competing Phases of 2D Electrons at $\nu$ = 5/2 and 7/3
Jing Xia,
Tolman Postdoctoral Scholar Experimental Physics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
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Applied Physics Seminar
Predictive Defect Engineering for Scalable Photovoltaics at $1/Wp
Tonio Buonassissi,
professor of mechanical engineering and manufacturing,
MIT,
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
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Astronomy Colloquium
Structure and Radiation of Relativistic Jets
Dimitrios Giannios,
Princeton University,
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
An Update on SKA
Minh Huynh,
associate professor,
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR),
University of Western Australia,
Friday, March 18th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Monday, March 21st, 2011
4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Supernovae in Galaxy Clusters with the Multi-Epoch Nearby Cluster Survey
David Sand,
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network,
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
Combining Doppler Radial Velocities and High-Contrast Imaging: Constraints on the True Mass and 3d orbit of Brown Dwarfs and Extrasolar Planets
Justin Crepp,
Caltech,
Friday, March 25th, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Non-equilibrium Dynamics of DNA Nanotubes
Rizal Hariadi,
graduate student in applied physics,
Caltech,
Monday, March 28th, 2011
4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Pre-Main Sequence Stellar Rotation and Star-Disk Interaction
Nairn Baliber,
postdoctoral scholar in astronomy,
Caltech,
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
4:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Seeing Magnetic Light: Quantifying and Enhancing Magnetic Dipole Emission
Rashid Zia,
professor of engineering,
Brown University,
4:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Expanding the Network of Advanced GW Detectors
Jay Marx,
LIGO,
Caltech,
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
12:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Small Star Opportunity to Find and Characterize Habitable Planets
Jacob Bean,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
The First Room Temperature Continuous Wave (CW) Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) and High Efficiency Blue and Green GaN LEDs
Chun-Yen Chang,
professor,
National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Novel Carbon Aerogel Architectures for Energy Storage Applications
Theodore F. Baumann,
chemist, Advanced Materials Synthesis Group,
Chemical Sciences Division,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,