Seminar Calendar
March 2016
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016
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Astronomy Colloquium
Stars In Motion: Impact in Star Formation, Compact Objects, and Galactic Centers
Jessica Lu,
U. Hawaii,
Friday, March 4th, 2016
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Optomechanical, vibrational and thermal properties of graphene nanoresonators
Cornelia Schwarz,
Institut Néel, CNRS,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
AdS4 solutions of massive IIA from dyonic supergravity and their simple Chern-Simons dual
Oscar Varela,
Utah State University,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
S-duality of u(1) gauge theory with theta=pi on non-orientable manifolds: Applications to topological insulators and superconductors
Max Metlitski,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Using the cosmos to search for the invisible: the hidden worlds of dark matter, black holes, and structure formation
Katelin Schutz,
Graduate Student,
Department of Astronomy,
UC Berkeley,
Monday, March 7th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, March 8th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Women's History Month Event
International Women's Day Celebration and Photography Opening Lunch Reception
Azita Emami,
Professor of Electrical Engineering ,
Engineering and Applied Science,
Caltech,
Simona Bordani,
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering,
Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Atomic-Layer Semiconducting Crystals for Emerging 2D Devices and Nanosystems
Philip Feng,
Assistant Professor,
Case School of Engineering,
Case Western Reserve University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
First Results from Advanced LIGO
Prof. Alan Weinstein,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
MULTI-MESSENGER MONSTERS!!!
Sarah Burke Spolaor,
National Radio Astronomy Observatory,
Wednesday, March 9th, 2016
1:30pm
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3/11
2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Gravity Dual of Relative Entropy and Comments on Bulk Reconstruction
Jennifer Lin,
IAS,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Thinking Big (and Small) : Frontier Science in the Era of Wide Field Lensing Surveys
Alexie Leauthaud,
Kavli IPMU, Tokyo,
Thursday, March 10th, 2016
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Black hole degeneracies from brane-instantons
Sameer Murthy,
King's College ,
Friday, March 11th, 2016
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Exploring the Link Between Galaxy Evolution Parameters and Pulsar Timing Array Observations
Joseph Simon,
Graduate Student,
Physics,
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,
Tuesday, March 15th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Thinking Big (and Small): Frontier Science in the Era of Wide Lensing Surveys
Prof. Alexie Leauthaud,
IPMU,
Wednesday, March 16th, 2016
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Friday, March 18th, 2016
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Deformation quantization from superconformal symmetry in three dimensions
Chris Beem,
IAS,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
The link between fluid instabilities in a core-collapse supernova and asymmetric accretion flows in a collapsing progenitor
Kazuya Takahashi,
JSPS Fellow,
High-Energy Astrophysics Group,
Waseda University,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture
What Causes the Northern Lights? A Tour of Aurorae on Different Planets
Sebastian Pineda,
Graduate Student,
Caltech,
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar
Searching for continuous gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1
Badri Krishnan,
Physics,
AEI,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Measuring the Mass Function of Dark Matter Subhalos with ALMA Observations of Graviationally Lensing Surveys
Dr. Yashar Hezaveh,
Stanford,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Strains And Simulations: Inferring Properties of Gravitational Wave Sources Without Models
James Clark,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
Thursday, March 24th, 2016
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar
Quantum Speed Meter Based on Dissipative Coupling
Sergey Vyatchanin,
Moscow State Univeristy,
Friday, March 25th, 2016
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Defects and Instantons in five-dimensional field theories
Hee-Cheol Kim,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Physics near Rapidly Spinning Black Holes
Samuel Gralla,
Asst Professor,
Dept of Physics,
University of Arizona,
Monday, March 28th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Decoherence as a way to measure extremely soft collisions with low-mass dark matter
Jess Reidel,
Perimeter Institute,
Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar
Reverse Engineering Supernovae
Dan Milisavljevic,
Center for Asirophysics,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
"Thinking Big (and Small): Frontier Science in an Era of Wide Field Lensing Surveys"
Prof. Alexie Leauthaud,
IPMU,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Hidden sectors: a window on the dark universe
Bertrand Echenard,
Caltech,
Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
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Materials Research Lectures
The Dark Side of Artificial Photosynthesis
Manny Soriaga,
Visiting Faculty Associate and Principal Investigator ,
Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis ,
Caltech,