Calendar
February 2007
Thursday, February 1st, 2007
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Physics Research Conference
Monitoring the Earth's Climate through Gravity: Latest Results from GRACE
Michael Watkins,
research scientist,
Satellite Geodesy and Geodynamics Systems Group,
JPL,
Friday, February 2nd, 2007
11:00am
–
12:00pm
Add to Cal
High Energy Theory Seminar
Infinite Dimensional R Symmetries in M-Theory
Hermann Nicolai,
Albert Einstein Institute,
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
3:00pm
–
4:00pm
Add to Cal
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
The Quantum Chernoff Bound and Asymptotic Error Exponents in Quantum Hypothesis Testing
Frank Verstraete,
professor of theoretical physics,
University of Vienna,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
High Energy Physics Seminar
Constraining the Standard Model: Recent Results from D0
John Ellison,
professor of physics and astronomy,
UC Riverside,
Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Astronomy Colloquium
Fundamentals of Supernova Cosmology
Bob Kirshner,
professor of science,
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
Thursday, February 8th, 2007
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Physics Research Conference
Quasicrystals—Some of Nature's Most Intriguing Forms of Matter
Ron Lifshitz,
senior lecturer in physics,
Tel Aviv University,
Friday, February 9th, 2007
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Kellogg Seminar
Effective Operators, Neutrino Mass, Muon Decay, and Higgs Production
Jennifer Kile,
graduate student in physics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, February 13th, 2007
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
High Energy Physics Seminar
The Electron Cloud at Fermilab and as a Limit to Particle Accelerator Performance
Robert Zwaska,
research scientist,
Fermilab,
Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Astronomy Colloquium
Massive black holes from early times to the present
Marta Volonteri,
University of Cambridge,
Thursday, February 15th, 2007
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Physics Research Conference
Quantum Crystals, Quantum Choreography and Quantum Computing
Matthew P. A. Fisher,
professor of physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
Friday, February 16th, 2007
11:00am
–
12:00pm
Add to Cal
High Energy Theory Seminar
On the CFT/AdS Correspondence and Massive Gravitons
Ofer Aharony,
associate professor of particle physics,
Weizmann Institute,
1:00pm
–
2:00pm
Add to Cal
High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Tohru Eguchi,
department of physics,
University of Tokyo,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Kellogg Seminar
Looking for Dark Matter in the Neutrino Sector
Alexander Kusenko,
associate professor of physics and astronomy,
UCLA,
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
3:00pm
–
4:00pm
Add to Cal
Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Cloning and Broadcasting in Generalized Probabilistic Theories
Matthew Leifer,
visiting postdoctoral researcher,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
High Energy Physics Seminar
Physics Anno 2007 with the Crystal Ball in Its Fourth Incarnation
Bernard Nefkens,
professor of physics,
UCLA,
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Physics Research Conference
Testing the Equivalence Principle for Dark Matter
Marc Kamionkowski,
Robinson Professor of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics,
Caltech,
Friday, February 23rd, 2007
11:00am
–
12:00pm
Add to Cal
High Energy Theory Seminar
Moduli Stabilization in Nongeometric Backgrounds
Katrin Becker,
professor of physics,
Texas A&M University,
1:00pm
–
2:00pm
Add to Cal
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Kellogg Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Paul Langacker,
professor of theoretical elementary particle physics,
the University of Pennsylvania and the Institute for Advanced Studies,
Monday, February 26th, 2007
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
High Energy Physics Seminar
The Scale of Gravity and the Cosmological Constant within a Landscape
Michael Salem,
graduate student in physics,
Caltech,
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
12:00pm
–
1:00pm
Add to Cal
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal