Seminar Calendar
November 2016
Tuesday, November 1st, 2016
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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016
12:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Spectral shift functions and Dirichlet-to-Neumann maps
Jussi Behrndt,
Institut für Numerische Mathematik,
Technische Universität Graz,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Cool and Luminous Transients from Merging Binary Stars
Ondrej Pejcha,
Princeton,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Heat Under the Microscope
Austin Minnich,
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics,
Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering; Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science,
Caltech,
Friday, November 4th, 2016
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
3d N = 2 theories on circle bundles and the Bethe equations
Brian Willett,
KITP/UCSB,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Exact solutions of N = (0 , 2) Landau - Ginzburg models
Pavel Putrov,
IAS,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Constraining Dark Physics with Simulations
Oliver Elbert,
Graduate Student,
UC Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Rare-earth ions in crystals for integrating quantum resources
John Bartholomew,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Faraon Group,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture
How to Prepare for the Great American Eclipse of 2017
Erika Hamden,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Physics,
Caltech,
Monday, November 7th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium Series
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
TBD
Dr. Kevin Schlaufman,
Carnegie Observatories,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
A new beginning for transient gravitational-wave astrophysics
Vivien Raymond,
Albert Einstein Institute,
Wednesday, November 9th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Quantum Approximate Markov Chains and the Locality of Entanglement Spectrum
Fernando Brandao,
Theoretical Physics,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Plasmonic Metal Oxide Nanocrystals
Delia Milliron,
Associate Professor, Fellow of the Henry Beckman Professorship, Fellow of the Frank A. Liddell, Jr., Fellowship in Chemical Engineering,
McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering ,
University of Texas, Austin,
Friday, November 11th, 2016
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Holography and the quantum renormalization group
Elias Kiritsis,
University of Crete,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Holography and the quantum renormalization group
Elias Kiritsis,
University of Crete,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
The Surprising Physics of Boundary Layer Accretion
Mikhail Belyaev,
TAC Fellow, Postdoctoral Scholar,
UC Berkeley,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Active Semiconductor Nanowire and Metafilm Devices
Mark Brongersma,
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering ,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Classification and simulation of quantum phases by symmetric tensor networks
Shenghan Jiang,
Graduate Student,
Boston College,
Monday, November 14th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Open Effective Field Theory for Deeply Inelastic Reactions
Eric Braaten,
Ohio State University,
Tuesday, November 15th, 2016
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium Series
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
TBD
Prof. Jacqueline van Gorkom,
Columbia Univ.,
Wednesday, November 16th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
AGN coronae in the NuSTAR era, evidence for hybrid plasma?
Andrew Fabian,
Cambridge,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Rapid Acquisition of 3D Data at the Mesoscale for Structural and Functional Materials
Tresa M. Pollock,
Alcoa Professor of Materials and Department Chair of Materials Science,
Materials Department,
University of California, Santa Barbara,
Friday, November 18th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Defects in Optically Active Semiconductors for Quantum Applications
Kai-Mei Fu,
Assistant Professor, Physics and Electrical Engineering ,
Department of Physics,
University of Washington,
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Growth and singularity in 2D fluids
Andrej Zlatos,
Department of Mathematics,
UC San Diego,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Measurement protocols for entanglement entropies and entanglement spectra of cold atoms
Hannes Pichler,
AMP,
Harvard-Smithsonian, Center for Astrophysics,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
What is the contribution of blazars to the IceCube neutrino flux?
Maria Petropoulou,
Einstein Post Doctoral Fellow,
Physics and Astronomy,
Purdue University,
Monday, November 21st, 2016
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Entanglement Spectroscopy of Quantum Many-body Systems
Guanyu Zhu,
Joint Quantum Institute (NIST-University of Maryland),
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar
Multimessenger Astronomy in the First Two Years of Advanced LIGO
Alex Urban,
LIGO,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special TAPIR Seminar
A unified treatment of tidal disruption by Schwarzschild black holes
Mike Kesden,
Assistant Professor,
University of Texas, Dallas,
Tuesday, November 29th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Optical Multidimensional Coherent Spectroscopy
Steve Cundiff,
Professor of Physics,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium Series
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
TBD
Prof. Marcia Rieke,
Univ. of Arizona,
Wednesday, November 30th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Spectral Theory Sum Rules, Meromorphic Herglotz Functions and Large Deviations
Barry Simon,
Mathematics Department,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Elasticity and Thermodynamics of Metallic Liquids, Glasses, and Crystals
William L. Johnson,
Ruben F. and Donna Mettler Professor of Engineering and Applied Science,
Applied Physics and Materials Science Department,
Caltech,