Seminar Calendar
April 2011
Friday, April 1st, 2011
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Spin-dependent Transport and Magnetic Response in Topological Insulators
Anton Burkov,
professor of physics and astronomy,
University of Waterloo, Canada,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Adventures along the Quantum-classical Boundary: On Schrödinger Cats, Decoherence and Prospects of Testing Continuous Spontaneous Localization Theories
Markus Arndt,
professor of physics,
University of Vienna,
Monday, April 4th, 2011
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Geometry of Quantum Response in Open Systems
Yosi (Joseph) Avron,
professor of physics,
Israel Institute of Technology,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Effective Conformal Theory and Applications to Model-Building
Andrew Liam Fitzpatrick,
Boston University,
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Visualization of Two Qubits
Yosi Avron,
Department of Physics,
Technion,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
The Edge of Magnetism
Collin Broholm,
professor of physics,
Johns Hopkins University,
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
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Astronomy Colloquium
Brown Dwarf Science with the FIRE Spectrograph: Kinematics, Clouds and Ultracold Atmospheres
Adam Burgasser,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Dissimilar Materials Epitaxy - Applications for Spintronics, Thermoelectrics and Shape Memory Materials
Chrisopher Palmstrom,
professor of electrical and computer engineering,
UC Santa Barbara,
Friday, April 8th, 2011
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Geometric Features of Contracting Adiabatic Evolutions
Yosi Avron,
professor of physics,
Technion,
Monday, April 11th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
How to Build CCAT
Steve Padin,
senior research associate in astrophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Lattice Bosons: a paradigm strongly fluctuating superconductors and "bad metals"
Assa Auerbach,
Professor,
Physics Department ,
Technion,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The Charge Radius of the Proton: A 5 sigma Discrepancy?
Gil Paz,
the University of Chicago,
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
A_n Symmetric Biorthogonal Elliptic Hypergeometric Functions
Fokko van de Bult,
Bateman Research Instructor in Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Probing Galaxies and the IGM with Lyman-alpha Absorption and Emission
Martin Haehnelt,
Cambridge University,
Friday, April 15th, 2011
11:00am
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Monday, April 18th, 2011
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Ground-based Exoplanet Imaging: New Science Programs and the Prospects for Discovery
Justin Crepp,
postdoctoral scholar in astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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4/22
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Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Improving Telescopes with Quantum Repeaters
Daniel Gottessman,
Perimeter Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Density Functional Simulations of Phase Change Materials: Amorphization and Crystallization in Nanoseconds
Robert O. Jones,
professor,
Juelich Research Center,
Institut fur Festkorperforschung (IFF) ,
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
Herschel Observations of Molecular Oxygen in Orion
Paul Goldsmith,
senior research scientist,
JPL,
1:15pm
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2:30pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Chandra's First Decade (Plus) of Discovery (13th Annual Greenstein Lecturer)
Harvey Tananbaum,
CHANDRA Center,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Recent Theoretical Thermoelectric Work at ORNL
David Parker,
Physicist,
Materials Science and Technology Division,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Friday, April 22nd, 2011
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Eternal Inflation in the Light of Quantum Cosmology
James Hartle,
UC Santa Barbara,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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7:45pm
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Monday, April 25th, 2011
12:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Transforming Light Polarization into Matter-spin-qubits and Back, Using Single, Semiconductor Quantum Dots
David Gershoni,
Technion,
Israel Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Topic to be announced.
Shri Kulkarni,
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
A Variational Understanding of the Spin Liquid State of the Hubbard Model on the Honeycomb Lattice
Bryan Clark,
postdoctoral fellow in condensed matter physics,
Princeton University,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
2:30pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Prospect of Particle Physics Experiments in China
Chen Hesheng,
professor and director,
Institute of High Energy Physics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Spacetime Could be Simultaneously Continuous and Discrete, in the Same Way that Information Can Be
Achim Kempf,
University of Waterloo,
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Sphere Partitions Functions and the 3D Superconformal R-charge
Daniel Jafferis,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
High Resolution Imaging of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in Galaxy Clusters
Brian Mason,
National Radio Astronomy Observatory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Chiral Symmetry Breaking Order Parameters from Renormalization Group Optimized Perturbation
Andre Neveu,
University of Montpellier,
Friday, April 29th, 2011
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Supergravity Counterterms Versus Infinity Calculations
Kelly Stelle,
Imperial College,