Seminar Calendar
October 2017
Monday, October 2nd, 2017
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Dark Fires in the Sky: Model-Independent Dark Matter Detection via Kinetic Heating of Neutron Stars
Nirmal Raj,
Notre Dame University,
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar
The impact of detector characterization on gravitational wave searches
Derek Thomas Davis,
Syracuse,
Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Alex Greaney,
Assistant Professor,
Materials Science and Engineering,
UC Riverside,
5:30pm
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6:30pm
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Arithmetic and Geometric Structures in Physics Seminar
Moonshine, Automorphy, and String Theory
Natalie Paquette,
Theoretical Physics,
Caltech,
Thursday, October 5th, 2017
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Profiling Cells Inside and Out Using Nanostructured Materials
Shana Kelley,
Distinguished Professor ,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Toronto,
Friday, October 6th, 2017
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Uncovering flavor of N=2 SCFTs through geometry
Matteo Lotito,
University of Cincinnati,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Thermodynamics at the nano scale: The work cost of information processing
Philippe Faist,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Brandao Group,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
The Origin of Scales and Scaling Laws in Star Formation
David Guszejnov,
Graduate Student,
TAPIR Group,
Caltech,
Monday, October 9th, 2017
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Empirical determination of Dark Matter velocity distribution
Lina Necib,
Caltech,
Wednesday, October 11th, 2017
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Quasi 2D and 1D van der Waals Materials: From Fancy Physics to Practical Devices
Alex Balandin,
Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
UC Riverside,
Friday, October 13th, 2017
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Applications of the Average Null Energy Condition
Clay Cordova,
Institute for Advanced Study,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Universal Hamiltonians for Exponentially Long Simulation
Thom Bohdanowicz,
Graduate Student, Brandao Group,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Monday, October 16th, 2017
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Non-Gaussian Enhancements of Galactic Halo Correlators due to Isocurvaton Mediated Inflaton Interactions
Alexander Ridgway,
Caltech,
Wednesday, October 18th, 2017
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Insights into dark matter from the stellar halos of galaxies
Robyn Ellyn Sanderson,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Imaging electronic states in van der Waals heterostructures
Brian LeRoy,
Associate Professor,
Physics,
University of Arizona,
Friday, October 20th, 2017
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
The Markov property of the CFT vacuum and the entropic proof of the a-theorem
Eduardo Teste Lino,
Centro Atomico Bariloche,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Exactly Solvable Model for Two Dimensional Topological Superconductor
Zitao Wang,
Graduate Student, Xie Chen Group,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Searching for Biases in Observations of Local Group Dwarf Galaxies Using Simulations
Andrew Graus,
Graduate Student,
UC Irvine,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture
Cosmic Fireworks
Mansi Kasliwal,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Astronomy,
Caltech,
Monday, October 23rd, 2017
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, October 24th, 2017
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4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
"Models of phenotypic plasticity and its role in the transition to metastasis"
Herbert Levine,
Hasselmann Professor of Bioengineering, Co-Director, Center of Theoretical Biological Physics,
Department of Bioengineering,
Rice University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
GW170817: Gravitational Waves from the Merger of Two Neutron Stars
Jess McIver,
Caltech,
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Arithmetic and Geometric Structures in Physics Seminar
p-adic Mellin amplitudes
Sarthak Parikh,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Debris Disks as Probes of Planetary System Evolution
Meredith MacGregor,
Harvard,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Molecular Design Strategies for Functional Soft Materials
Maxwell Robb,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Thursday, October 26th, 2017
1:15pm
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2:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Searching for dark matter annihilation in nearby galaxy groups
Siddarth Mishra-Sharma,
Princeton University,
Friday, October 27th, 2017
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Complexity in holography and QFT
Shira Chapman,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Shining Light On Quantum Magnetism
Nicholas Laurita,
IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar,
Hsieh Group,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
The history of inter- and circumgalactic gas since reionization
Phoebe Upton-Sanderbeck,
Graduate Student,
University of Washington,
Monday, October 30th, 2017
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Unlocking the potential of CMS data: boosted Higgs, low-mass dijet resonances, and data scouting
Javier Duarte,
Fermilab,
Tuesday, October 31st, 2017
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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