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Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022
11:00am 12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

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A circuit-level protocol and analysis for twist-based lattice surgery
Christopher Chamberland, AWS Center for Quantum Computing,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

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Approaching the solar dynamo from unusual angles: M-dwarf stars, polar views, and different dynamo mechanisms
Benjamin Brown, Assistant Professor, Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Controlling interfacial electron and atom transfer reactions for chemical synthesis
Karthish Manthiram, Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech,
Thursday, February 3rd, 2022
1:00pm 2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar

Search for continuous gravitational waves from 20 accreting millisecond X-ray pulsars in O3 LIGO data
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

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Unveiling the Higgs's secrets to unlock new physics
Caterina Vernieri, SLAC,
Friday, February 4th, 2022
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
The O(n) and S_Q Conformal Field Theories in 2 dimensions
Hubert Saleur, University of Southern California,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online Event
Models and Observations of High-Redshift Gravitationally Lensed Quasars
Minghao Yue, Graduate Student, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona,
7:00pm 9:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture

Online Event
Mapping the Universe with Atoms and Molecules that Shine
Guochao Sun, PhD Candidate, Department of Astronomy, Caltech,
Monday, February 7th, 2022
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

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Evaporative Transmission Spectroscopy at Close-in Exoplanet and Exomoon Systems
Apurva Oza, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

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Unlocking the CMS Experiment to Catch Long-lived Particles
Cristian Peña, Fermilab,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

A Post-pandemic Tool for Quantum Materials
Ken Burch, Professor, Boston College,
Wednesday, February 9th, 2022
11:00am 12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Online Event
Our experience with tensor network methods in magnetic resonance
Ilya Kuprov, University of Southampton,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Online Event
Galaxy Evolution with Space-Based Spectroscopy: From Hubble to JWST and Beyond
Casey Papovich, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics & Astronomy, Texas A&M University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Reading Between the Reflections: Order, disorder, transport and functionality
Jessica Krogstad, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne,
Thursday, February 10th, 2022
1:00pm 2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar

Modeling the engines of multi-messenger gravitational wave events
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Neutrino and Dark Radiation Properties from Cosmic Datasets
Marilena Loverde, University of Washington,
Friday, February 11th, 2022
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Josephine Suh, KITP, UC Santa Barbara,
11:00am 12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Online Event
Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm: MaxCut, Spin Glass, and Beyond
Leo Zhou, Dubridge Postdoctoral Scholar, Preskill Group,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online Event
Binary Evolution: a Multi-messenger, Multi-band Puzzle
Katelyn Breivik, Flatiron Research Fellow, Gravitational Wave Astronomy, CCA, Flatiron Institute,
Monday, February 14th, 2022
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Conformal Colliders Meet the LHC
Ian Moult, Conformal Colliders Meet the LHC, Yale University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

Quasi-Periodic Topological Bulk-Bulk Correspondence and the Dry Ten Martini Problem
Dan Borgnia, Physics: Quantum Condensed Matter, Harvard University,
Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Online Event
Stress-Testing the Cold Dark Matter Paradigm
Priyamvada (Priya) Natarajan, Professor of Astronomy, Department of Astronomy and Physics, Yale University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Online Event
Novel Indexing Approaches for Electron Back-Scattered Diffraction: Using the Complete Pattern
Marc de Graef, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University,
Thursday, February 17th, 2022
12:54pm 2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar

Keeping Up With Experimentalists: Accurate predictions for multimessenger gravitational wave astrophysics
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
14 Billion years on, what can we learn about Original Imperfection?
Eric Cornell, JILA, University of Colorado,
Friday, February 18th, 2022
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
de Sitter Microstates from a solvable generalization of the T-Tbar deformation
Eva Silverstein, Stanford University,
11:00am 12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Online Event
Quantum simulation of particle collisions
Federica Surace, AWS Quantum Postdoctoral Scholar, CMT and Preskill Group,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

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Cosmic rays in the context of star formation: propagation and effects
Kedron Silsbee, Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics,
7:30pm 9:30pm
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杯酒谈天线上直播 (Astronomy on Tap, Chinese)

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杯酒谈天线上直播 (Astronomy on Tap, Chinese)
Miao Li, Research Professor, Department of Physics, Zhejiang University,
Linhao Ma, PhD Candidate, Department of Physics, Caltech,
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Some comments on supersymmetric JT gravity and SYK.
Juan Maldacena, Institute for Advanced Study,
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022
11:00am 12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

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Compressive gate set tomography
Martin Kliesch, University of Düsseldorf,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
GraL: In Search of Quasar Gravitational Lenses from Gaia and Beyond
Alberto Krone-Martins, Lecturer, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, University of California, Irvine,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Online Event
"Cinematography" of nanoparticles, membrane proteins, and polymer membranes at the nanoscale
Qian Chen, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne,
Thursday, February 24th, 2022
1:00pm 2:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Searches for New Physics at the Edge of Absolute Zero
Jonathan Ouellet, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Cold and ultra-cold molecules for quantum science
John Doyle, Harvard University,
Friday, February 25th, 2022
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Singularities From Entropy
Raphael Bousso, UC Berkeley,
11:00am 12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Online Event
High fidelity quantum science with Rydberg atom arrays
Adam Shaw, Graduate Student, Endres Group,
1:00pm 2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
What is (the physics of) TMF?
Sergei Gukov, Caltech,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

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Gas dynamics, inflow and star formation in centre of the Milky Way
Mattia Sormani, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Universität Heidelberg,
Monday, February 28th, 2022
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

Online Event
Revealing the Star Formation History of our Solar Neighborhood: Supernova-Driven Star Formation on the Surface of the Local Bubble
Catherine Zucker, Hubble Fellow, Space Telescope Science Institute,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

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Coulomb enhancements for fundamental physics
Ryan Plestid, University of Kentucky,
7:30pm 9:30pm
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Astronomy on Tap

Online Event
"Black Holes" and "Binary Stars"
Ron Tso, PhD Candidate, Department of Physics, Caltech,
Ylva Götberg, Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Observatories,