Seminar Calendar
February 2014
Monday, February 3rd, 2014
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
From "Order By Disorder" to Emergent Electrodynamics in Geometrically Frustrated Pyrochlore Magnets
Kate Ross,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
NIST/Johns Hopkins University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Microstructure Based Laser-Driven Particle Accelerators
Joel England,
SLAC,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
A Measurement of the Kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect with Bolocam
Jack Sayers,
Caltech,
Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Device engineering with quantum and/or artificial materials
Yuki Sato,
Rowland Junior Fellow,
The Rowland Institute,
Harvard University,
Wednesday, February 5th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Instability of Astrophysics Witnessed in the Twentieth Century
Martin Harwit,
Cornell,
Friday, February 7th, 2014
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
The holography of electric/magnetic duality breaking
Oscar Varela,
Harvard University,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Scattering coefficients from Monodromies
Maria Rodriguez,
Harvard University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Assessing the Role of Stellar Feedback from Small to Large Scales
Laura Lopez,
Pappalardo Fellow in Physics and NASA Einstein Fellow,
Kavli Institute for Astrophysics & Space Research,
MIT,
Monday, February 10th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Thin film interference in ultra-thin layers: color coatings, tunable absorbers, and anomalous thermal emitters
Mikhail Kats,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Toward true topological insulator materials
Johnpierre Paglione,
Professor,
University of Maryland,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Neutrino Interactions at MINERvA
Kevin McFarland,
University of Rochester,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Wednesday, February 12th, 2014
4:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Super-resolution fluorescence imaging and applications to aggregation-prone proteins in cells
Steffen J. Sahl,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Ecology of Galaxy Formation Within the "Cosmic Web"
Chuck Steidel,
Caltech,
Thursday, February 13th, 2014
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Photonic topological insulators and pseudomagnetism
Mikael C. Rechtsman,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Physics Department,
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology,
Friday, February 14th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantum simulation using cold atoms and a brighter future
Chen-Lung Hung,
Postdoc,
Quantum Optics,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Gluons for nothing, gravitons for free...
JJ Carrasco,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Beauty and Wonder in Exciton-Polariton Condensates
Na Young Kim,
Physical Science Research Associate,
Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory,
Stanford University,
Tuesday, February 18th, 2014
4:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
From Force and Torque Sensing To The Quantum Harmonic Oscillator...Using Optomechanical Springs
John Davis,
Assistant Professor,
University of Alberta,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Ergodicity breaking and entanglement in many-body systems
Dmitry Abanin,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Color Outside the Lines: The Search for Multijet Physics at the LHC
Mariangela Lisanti,
Princeton University,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2014
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Friday, February 21st, 2014
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Self-force via worldline integration: from extreme mass ratio inspirals to cosmic strings
Barry Wardell,
Research Associate,
Department of Astronomy,
Cornell University,
Monday, February 24th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantum Transport and Correlated Phenomena in Bilayer and Trilayer Graphene Membranes
Jeanie Lau,
Professor,
UC Riverside,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Shedding New Light on Sterile Neutrino Cosmology
Brian Shuve,
Perimeter Institute,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Molecular gas, AGNs, star formation and galaxy evolution: a local look at galaxies undergoing the transition
Katherine Alatalo,
IPAC,
Tuesday, February 25th, 2014
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Physics and Geometry Seminar
Real slices of the moduli space of Higgs bundles
Laura Schaposnik,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
Wednesday, February 26th, 2014
4:00pm
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Friday, February 28th, 2014
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Applied Physics Seminar
Majorana Fermions in Chains of Magnetic Atoms on a superconductor
Stevan Nadj-Perge,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Department of Physics,
Princeton University,