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May 2007
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Practical Error Correction for Quantum Key Distribution
James Harrington,
Los Alamos National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
CMS ECAL 2006 Test Beams Effort
Christopher Rogan,
graduate student in high energy physics,
Caltech,
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Dynamics of Young Star Clusters
Stephen L. W. McMillan,
professor of physics,
Drexel University,
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Recent Results from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe and Future Directions
Lyman Page,
Henry De Wolf Smyth Professor of Physics,
Princeton University,
Friday, May 4th, 2007
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
5-D Black Holes and Strings with Higher Derivatives
Joshua Davis,
postgraduate researcher,
department of physics and astronomy,
UCLA,
Monday, May 7th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Universal Nonperturbative Effects in Two-Jet Event Shapes
Chris Lee,
postdoctoral research associate,
Institute for Nuclear Theory,
University of Washington,
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Geometry of Quantum Criticality
Paolo Zanardi,
associate professor of physics,
USC,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Preparing to Search for New Physics with the CMS ECAL
Marat Gataullin,
assistant scientist in high energy physics,
Caltech,
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Lilia Anguelova,
reasearch associate in theoretical physics,
Queen Mary, University of London,
4:00pm
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Thursday, May 10th, 2007
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Physics Research Conference
Probing Chemical Reactions with Force, One Bond at a Time
Julio Fernandez,
professor of biological sciences,
Columbia University,
Friday, May 11th, 2007
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Sumit Das,
department of physics and astronomy,
University of Kentucky,
4:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar
Neutrino Mass Implications for Beta Decay Parameters and Branching Ratio of pi -> nu nu-bar
Peng Wang,
graduate student in physics,
Caltech,
Monday, May 14th, 2007
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Low-Energy Gauge Mediation from Metastable Vacua
Yuri Shirman,
assistant professor of physics and astronomy,
UC Irvine,
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Finding Braids for Topological Quantum Computation
Nick Bonesteel,
professor of physics,
Florida State University,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
"Electron Neutrino Appearance in MINOS"
Juan Pedro Ochoa,
graduate student in high energy physics,
Caltech,
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
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Astronomy Colloquium
Topic to be announced.
Anneila Sargent,
Rosen Professor of Astronomy, Caltech,
and director,
Owens Valley Radio Observatory,
Thursday, May 17th, 2007
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Visualization of Quantum Phenomena
Wilson Ho,
Donald Bren professor of physics, astronomy, and chemistry,
University of California, Irvine,
Friday, May 18th, 2007
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Kellogg Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Jens Erler,
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
Monday, May 21st, 2007
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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Algorithms for Identifying Hidden Polynomial Functions Graphs
Pawel Wocjan,
assistant professor of computer science,
University of Central Florida,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
LSO/LYSO Crystals for a Future Precision Crystal Calorimeter
Ren-yuan Zhu,
member of the professional staff,
High Energy Physics,
Caltech,
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Cosmology with the SZ-Array and the South Pole Telescope—Ninth Annual Greenstein Lecture
Professor John Carlstrom,
department of astronomy and astrophysics, and department of physics,
University of Chicago,
Thursday, May 24th, 2007
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Numerical Simulations of Black Hole Spacetimes
Lee Lindblom,
senior research associate in theoretical astrophysics,
Caltech,
Friday, May 25th, 2007
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
L. Fernando Alday,
Utrecht University and Institute for Advanced Study,
4:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Christopher Mauger,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
Caltech,
Thursday, May 31st, 2007
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Viscosity, Black Holes, and Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions
Dam Thanh Son,
senior fellow and associate professor,
Institute for Nuclear Theory,
University of Washington,