Seminar Calendar
October 2011
Monday, October 3rd, 2011
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Exploring the Gas-Cycle in High-Redshift Galaxies: A Joint Effort of Theory and Observations
Michele Fumagalli,
(UCSC) ,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Higgs searches with diboson decays with CMS experiment
Emanuele Di Marco,
Caltech,
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
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Applied Physics Seminar
Explaining the Strange Electronic Properties of Cuprates, Including Superconductivity
Jamil Tahir-Kheli and William A. Goddard III,
Materials and Process Simulation Center,
California Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
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Astronomy Colloquium
Galaxy Formation and Evolution through Metals
Lisa Kewley,
Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii,
Friday, October 7th, 2011
11:00am
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Monday, October 10th, 2011
12:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Generic wavefunction approach to two-dimensional fractional topological insulators
Xiao-Liang Qi,
Asssistan Professor of Physics,
Department of Applied Physics,
Stanford University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Searches for Extra Dimensions and Black Holes at CMS
Greg Landsberg,
Brown University,
4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Encounters at the Edge of a Cluster: Environment's Effect on Galaxy Evolution
Dennis Just,
(Steward Observatory) ,
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
12:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
Looking at the dynamics of the inner Galaxy with Herschel - HIGGS: The Herschel Inner Galaxy Gas Survey
Chris Martin,
Oberlin College,
12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Charge Orbits and Symmetries for Supersymmetric Black Holes
Sergio Ferrara,
CERN,
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Turbulence, Computers and Stars
David Arnett,
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona,
Friday, October 14th, 2011
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Novel topological phenomena in non-equilibrium systems
Takuya Kitagawa,
PH D. Candidate,
Physics Department,
Harvard University,
Monday, October 17th, 2011
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Dirac Fermions in HgTe Quantum Wells
Laurens W. Molenkamp,
Professor,
Physics,
Wuerzburg University, Germany,
4:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Results from high energy neutrino searches from Gamma-ray Bursts with the IceCube neutrino observatory
Peter Redl,
Univ of Maryland,
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
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Astronomy Colloquium
A 1% Proper Motion Measurement for the Large Magellanic Cloud
Nitya Kallivayalil,
Yale,
Friday, October 21st, 2011
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Towards non-classical mechanical states in an optomechanical whispering gallery mode resonator
Warwick Bowen,
Professor,
Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems University of Queensland,
Brisbane, Australia,
Monday, October 24th, 2011
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Applied Physics Seminar
Manipulation of light by strong interactions in nanostructures
Tal Ellenbogen,
Dr.,
Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Harvard,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
The Puzzle of LINERs and the Warm Ionized Gas in Early-type Galaxies
Renbin Yan,
NYU,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Transport through Andreev Bound States in a Superconductor-Quantum Dot-Graphene System
Nadya Mason,
Professor,
Department of Physics,
University of Illinois,
4:00pm
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
10:30am
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Physics and Geometry Seminar
Donaldson-Thomas invariants and wall-crossing formulas
Yan Soibelman,
Kansas State University,
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
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Materials Research Lecture
Self-Assembled Nanostructures in Mixed III-V and III- N Epitaxial Layers and their Influence on Devices
Subhash Mahajan,
Distinguished Professor and Special Adviser to the Chancellor ,
University of California, Davis,
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
11:30am
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12:30pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
On the complexity of the commuting local Hamiltonian problem and tight conditions for Topological Order in such systems
Lior Eldar,
Hebrew University,
Friday, October 28th, 2011
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Are Brightest Halo Galaxies Central Galaxies?'
Ramin Skibba,
Steward Observatory,
4:00pm
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