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November 2007
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
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Physics Research Conference
The Quantum Hall Effect, Non-Abelian Anyons, and Topological Quantum Computation
Chetan Nayak,
Senior Researcher, Microsoft Station Q and Professor of Physics, UCSB,
Friday, November 2nd, 2007
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Tales from a Braneworld
Luca Grisa,
graduate student in physics,
New York University,
Monday, November 5th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Probing the Decline of Star Formation Since z=1
Jason Melbourne,
postdoctoral scholar in physics, mathematics and astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Physics with Cold Atoms
Asimina Arvanitaki,
graduate student in theoretical physics,
Stanford University,
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
The Power of Quantum Systems on a Line
Sandy Irani,
professor of information and computer science,
UC Irvine,
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
1:00pm
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2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Calabi-Yau Metrics and the Solutions of the Laplacian
Volker Braun,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
From Massive Cores to Massive Stars
Mark Krumholz,
Hubble Fellow in astrophysics,
Princeton University,
Thursday, November 8th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Noble Travails: XENON10, LUX and Other Noble Liquid Detectors Searching for Particle Dark Matter
Rick Gaitskell,
associate professor of physics and head of the particle astrophysics group,
Brown University,
Friday, November 9th, 2007
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Exploring Holographic Approaches to QCD
Umut Gursoy,
École Polytechnique,
Monday, November 12th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Getting Lucky at Palomar: 2x HST Resolution in the Visible
Nicholas Law,
postdoctoral scholar in astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Smoking Guns for Light Resonances at the LHC
Ira Rothstein,
assistant professor of physics,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
The Quantum Phase Transition to Topological Order and Topological Entropy
Alioscia Hamma,
postdoctoral scholar in quantum information and quantum theory,
USC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Hypervelocity Stars Ejected from the Galactic Center
Warren Brown,
associate of the Harvard College Observatory,
Harvard University,
Thursday, November 15th, 2007
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Condensed Matter Physics with Cold Atomic Gases
Leo Radzihovsky,
professor of physics,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
Friday, November 16th, 2007
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Spectral Curve for the Heisenberg Ferromagnet and AdS/CFT
Niklas Beisert,
Max-Planck Institut for Physics, Potsdam,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
AdS Spacetimes and Kaluza-Klein Consistency
Oscar Varela,
academic visitor in theoretical physics,
Imperial College London,
4:00pm
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Monday, November 19th, 2007
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Early Results from the Local Cluster Substructure Survey
Graham Smith,
postdoctoral scholar in astrophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Curved Space, Monsters and Black Hole Entropy
Stephen Hsu,
professor of physics,
University of Oregon,
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
1:00pm
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3:00pm
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Physics and Geometry Seminar
Topological Phases with and without External Symmetry
Alexei Kitaev,
professor of theoretical physics and computer science,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Resilient Quantum Computation in Correlated Environments
Eduardo Novais,
postdoctoral research associate in physics,
Duke University,
3:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
PFA Jet Management and Digital HCAL for the Future International Linear Collider
Lei Xia,
physicist,
Argonne National Laboratory,
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
MSSM-like Models from Strings
Akin Wingerter,
postdoctoral researcher in physics,
Ohio State University,
Monday, November 26th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Stars, Gas, and Dust in Ellipticals: The Mass-Metallicity Relation in Different Galactic Components
Antonio Pipino,
research assistant in astrophysics,
Oxford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Dark Matter Searches
Sunil Golwala,
assistant professor of physics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The XENON Dark Matter Experiment and Its Future
Maria Elena Monzani,
postdoctoral research scientist,
astronomy and astrophysics,
Columbia University,
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Fuel for Galaxy Disks
Mary Putman,
assistant professor of astronomy,
University of Michigan,
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Threat to the Planet: Dark and Bright Sides of Global Warming
James Hansen,
director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies,
and adjunct professor of earth and environmental sciences,
Columbia University,
Friday, November 30th, 2007
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Geometric Phases in String Theory
Julian Sonner,
department of applied mathematics and theoretical physics,
University of Cambridge,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Progress in AdS_3/CFT_2
Ari Pakman,
Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics,
State University of New York, Stony Brook,
4:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar
Neutron Interferometry
Sam Werner,
professor of physics, emeritus,
University of Missouri-Columbia,