Seminar Calendar
January 2014
Thursday, January 2nd, 2014
11:15am
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12:15pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Spin Transport and Majorana Fermions: Exploiting Spin-Orbit Coupling in Semiconductor Nanowires and Topological Insulators
Vlad Pribiag,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Kavli Institute of Nanoscience,
Delft University of Technology,
Monday, January 6th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Observation of Floquet-Bloch States on the Surface of a Topological Insulator
Nuh Gedik,
Professor,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wednesday, January 8th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The evolution of obscured accretion probed by deep and hard X-ray surveys
Andrea Comastri,
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna,
Friday, January 10th, 2014
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
The Geometry of Supersymmetric Partition Functions
Thomas Dumitrescu,
Princeton,
Monday, January 13th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Imaging Current in Quantum Spin Hall Insulators
Katja Nowack,
Postdoc,
Stanford,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Nucleosynthesis, Neff, and Neutrino Mass Implications from Dark Radiation
Evan Grohs,
UC San Diego,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Tracing the growth history of the active black hole population with the black hole mass function
Andreas Schulze,
Kavli IPMU,
Wednesday, January 15th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, January 16th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Photonic generation of ultrastable microwave signals
Scott Diddams,
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
Friday, January 17th, 2014
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Characterizing Anisotropy in the Gravitational Wave Background with Pulsar Timing Arrays
Chiara M. F. Mingarelli,
Graduate Student,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Birmingham,
Tuesday, January 21st, 2014
2:00pm
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2:00pm
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Physics and Geometry Seminar
Compactness theorems for sequence of bounded energy SL(2;C) connections in dimensions 3 and 4
Clifford Taubes,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Measuring the neutron-star equation of state with gravitational waves from binary inspiral
John Friedman,
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Symmetry Protected Topological Phases: Prediction, Construction, and Classification
Xie Chen,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Extra-solar planetary system formation and evolution in the golden age of high contrast imaging
Dimitri Mawet,
ESO,
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
8:00pm
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9:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Conference Lecture
The Next Life of Silicon
Gabriel Aeppli,
Director,
London Centre for Nanotechnology,
Friday, January 24th, 2014
8:30am
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6:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Binary inspiral with extreme mass ratios
John Friedman,
Distinguished Professor Emeritus,
Physics,
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,
Monday, January 27th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Manipulating microwave photons in complex circuits
David Schuster,
Assistant Professor,
University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Effective Field Theory of Cosmological Large-Scale Structures
Leonardo Senatore,
Stanford,
Tuesday, January 28th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Joint IQI/CMP Seminar
Quantum Information, Entanglement, and Many-Body Physics
Fernando Brandao,
Lecturer,
University College London,
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Live Fast Die Young: The Evolution of Massive Stars towards their Death
Selma de Mink,
CIT/Carnegie,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Topology, symmetry, and edge states in graphene heterostructures
Andrea Young,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lectures
COMPLEX THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS
G. Jeffrey Snyder,
Faculty Associate,
Applied Physics and Materials Science,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lectures
COMPLEX THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS
G. Jeffrey Snyder,
Faculty Associate,
Applied Physics and Materials Science,
California Institute of Technology,
Friday, January 31st, 2014
11:00am
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Questioning Λ: where can we go?
Miguel Zumalacárregui,
Research Associate,
Institute for Theoretical Physics,
University of Heidelberg,