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Monday, May 2nd, 2011
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Large Scale Structure and Extreme Star formation at z>4
Peter Capak, staff scientist, IPAC, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar

East Bridge 114
Emulating Quantum Magnetism and t--J Models in Systems of Ultracold Polar Molecules
Salvatore Manmana, JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder,
4:15pm – 5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
On New Physics Models for the Tevatron Top Forward Backward Asymmetry
Kathryn Zurek, Univ of Michigan,
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
9:00am – 10:30am
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Physics and Geometry Seminar

Quanitzation of Slodowy Slices and Instanton Counting
Alexander Braverman, Brown University,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar

Annenberg 107
Parallel Repetition of Entangled Games
Thomas Vidick, UC Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar

Moore B270
Materials and Mechanics for Bio-Integrated Electronics
John Rogers, professor of material science and engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar

Shell Polynomials and Indeterminate Moment Problems
Jacob S. Christiansen, research fellow in mathematical sciences, University of Copenhagen,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Recent Results from the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on Hubble
Michael Shull, University of Colorado,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Catalysis for Sustainable Energy
J.K. Nørskov, professor of chemical engineering and photon science, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University,
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture

Keck 142
Light Trapping for High-efficiency Thin-film Silicon Solar Cells
Corsin Battaglia, EPFL PV-Lab, Switzerland,
Friday, May 6th, 2011
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
The Harmony of Superstring Amplitudes: Implications from/to Field Theory
Stephan Stieberger, MPI Munich,
Monday, May 9th, 2011
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar

Keith Spalding 410
Density of the Universe from the 2MASS Clustering Dipole
Maciej Bilicki, Copernicus Astronomical Center,
4:15pm – 5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Physical Predictions and the Quantum Multiverse
Yasunori Nomura, UC Berkeley,
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar

Annenberg 107
Thermal Stability of Topological Order and Feasibility of Efficient Self-Correcting Quantum Memory
Beni Yoshida, UC Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar

Watson 104
Solid State Nano-photonic Quantum Technologies
Andrei Faraon, Hewlett Packard Laboratories,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
New Ideas in Gravitational-wave Data Analysis
Curt Cutler, senior faculty associate in physics, Caltech , and group supervisor in relativistic astrophysics, JPL,
Michele Vallisneri, visiting associate in physics, Caltech, and research scientist in astrophysics and space sciences , JPL,
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar

Szego Theorem for Finite and Infinite Gap OPUC
Maxim Zinchenko, assistant professor of mathematics, University of Central Florida,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Collective Origin of Spiral Structure in Disk Galaxies
Lars Hernquist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar

East Bridge 114
Magnetic Quasiparticle Scattering Mechanism of Spin-resonance Behavior and Its Relationship with Quasiparticle Interference Pattern in High-Tc Superconductors
Tanmoy Das, Postdoctoral research associate in theoretical condensed matter physics , Los Alamos National Lab,
Friday, May 13th, 2011
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
U-duality, Minimal Unitary Representations and AdS/CFT Duality
Munat Gunaydin, Pennsylvania State University,
Monday, May 16th, 2011
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
The Reionization of Intergalactic Helium
Steve Furlanetto, UCLA,
4:15pm – 5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Higgs at the Tevatron
Wade Fisher, Michigan State University,
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar

Cantor Blowup
Rowan Killip, professor of mathematics, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Adaptive Optics Imaging of Circumstellar Debris Disks
Mike Fitzgerald, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Materials Science on a Single Defect Level: Mapping Bias-induced Transformation in Ferroelectric and Electrochemical Systems
Sergei Kalinin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
4:15pm – 5:15pm
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Applied Physics Seminar

Broad 100
Lensfree On-Chip Microscopy and Tomography Toward Telemedicine Applications
Aydogan Ozcan, professor of electrical engineering, California Nanosystems Institute, UCLA,
Thursday, May 19th, 2011
11:50am – 1:20pm
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2nd Annual Caltech Student Health Fair

San Pasqual Walk
Friday, May 20th, 2011
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
The Binomial Geometry of SU(5) GUTs in F-theory
Mboyo Esole, Harvard University,
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Planck Early Measurements of the Cosmic Infrared Background Anisotropies
Olivier Dore, research scientist, JPL,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar

East Bridge 114
Modulated Interface Lithography {MIL}: The Nanoworld Beyond Bénard Instability
Sandra M. Troian, professor of applied physics, Caltech,
4:15pm – 5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Forward-Backward Asymmetry in Top Quark Pair Production
Dante Amidei, University of Michigan,
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar

Annenberg 107
What Can We Learn from Quantum Entanglement Spectra?
Daniel Arovas, UC San Diego,
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar

Cantor Polynomials and Their Brothers
Barry Simon, IBM Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Electromagnetic Transients from Coalescing Compact Binaries (& Other Exotica)
Brian Metzger, Princeton University,
Friday, May 27th, 2011
11:00am – 5/28 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Lauritsen 469
Topic to be announced.
Andrew Neitzke, the University of Texas,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Energy Dissipation and Conversion in Nanoscale Devices
Eric Pop, professor of electrical and computer engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar

Annenberg 107
Topic to be announced.
Shangyu Zhang, Chinese University of Hong Kong,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Exploring Macroscopic Quantum Mechanics in Advanced Gravitational-wave Detectors
Haixing Miao, postdoctoral scholar in theoretical astrophysics, Caltech,