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October 2006
Monday, October 2nd, 2006
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Holographic Probabilities in Eternal Inflation and the String Landscape
Raphael Bousso,
associate professor of physics,
UC Berkeley,
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Discreteness and the Origin of Probability in Quantum Mechanics
Stephen Hsu,
associate professor of physics,
University of Oregon,
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
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Astronomy Colloquium
What Is Getting In and/or Out of Nearby Disk Galaxies?
Daniel Wang,
associate professor of astronomy,
University of Massachusetts Amherst,
Thursday, October 5th, 2006
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Quantum Mechanics of Global Warming
Brad Marston,
professor of physics,
Brown University,
Friday, October 6th, 2006
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Open Strings and Particle Physics
Herman Verlinde,
professor of physics,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar
Physics Potential of a Very Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment Using a Wide-Band Beam
Dr. Mark Dierckxsens,
Brookhaven National Laboratory,
Monday, October 9th, 2006
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Recent Results from the BaBar Experiment
Chih-hsiang Cheng,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
Caltech,
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Results from the Stardust Mission
Donald Brownlee,
professor of astronomy,
University of Washington,
Thursday, October 12th, 2006
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Electric-Magnetic Duality in Gauge Theory: Overview and Recent Developments
Anton Kapustin,
associate professor of theoretical physics,
Caltech,
Friday, October 13th, 2006
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Kellogg Seminar
Parity-Violating Electron Scattering and Strangeness in the Nucleon: Results from HAPPEX-II
Lisa Kaufman,
department of physics,
University of Massachusetts,
Monday, October 16th, 2006
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Massive Jets in Effective Field Theory
Sonny Mantry,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Optimal Quantum Measurements
Rolando Somma,
Los Alamos National Laboratory,
Wednesday, October 18th, 2006
2:30pm
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3:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Opening Mirror Symmetry on the Quintic
Johannes Walcher,
School of Natural Sciences,
Institute for Advanced Study,
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Selfconsistent Lensing and Stellar Dynamics: Probing Galaxies to z=1
Leon Koopmans,
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, the Netherlands,
Thursday, October 19th, 2006
2:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The Quest for the Ultimate Structure of Matter and the Universe: Particle Physics in China
Yifang Wang,
professor,
Institute of High Energy Physics,
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Stem Cells, a Primer
David Baltimore,
president emeritus, Robert Andrews Millikan Professor of Biology,
Caltech,
Friday, October 20th, 2006
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Type-II Actions from an 11-Dimensional Chern-Simons Theory
Dmitry Belov,
research associate,
theoretical physics group,
Imperial College,
4:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar
SO(10) GUT Model, Theta13, and Leptogenesis
Yingchuan Li,
department of physics,
University of Maryland,
Monday, October 23rd, 2006
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Neutrino Anarchy from Quiver Gauge Theories
Tomer Volansky,
department of particle physics,
Weizmann Institute,
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices at the Nanoscale
Paul Goldbart,
professor of physics,
University of Illinois,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Double Chooz and Theta_13
Steven Dazeley,
research scientist,
physics department,
LLNL,
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Lunch Seminar
Turbulence and Dead Zones in Protostellar Disks
Neal Turner,
research scientist,
JPL,
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Imaging Compact Supermassive Binary Black Holes with the Very Long Baseline Array
Greg Taylor,
associate professor,
physics and astronomy department,
University of New Mexico,
Thursday, October 26th, 2006
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Large Hadron Collider: More Symmetries or More Universes?
Lawrence J. Hall,
professor of physics,
UC Berkeley,
Friday, October 27th, 2006
4:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Andreas Piepke,
associate professor, department of physics and astronomy, University of Alabama,
and visiting physicist,
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center,
Monday, October 30th, 2006
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The Inclusive Path to Vub
Bjorn Lange,
senior postdoctoral associate in nuclear science,
MIT,
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum vs. Classical One-Way Communication Complexity
Iordanis Kerenidis,
researcher,
CNRS-University of Paris,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope: Development Status and Science Objectives
Peter F. Michelson,
professor of physics,
Stanford University,