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February 2009
Monday, February 2nd, 2009
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Confronting the White Elephant: Upsilon Physics at the Babar B-Factory
Stephen Sekula,
postdoctoral scientist in physics,
Ohio State University and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center,
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Structure and Evolution of Obscured Quasars
Nadia Zakamska,
Institute for Advanced Study,
Thursday, February 5th, 2009
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Laser-Polarized Noble Gases: A Powerful Probe for Biology, Medicine, and Subatomic Physics
Gordon D. Cates Jr.,
professor of physics,
University of Virginia,
Friday, February 6th, 2009
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Target Space Duality in Curved Backgrounds
Volker Schomerus,
professor of string theory,
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron,
4:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar
Polarized He-3, the Electric Form Factor of the Neutron, and Quark Orbital Angular Momentum
Gordon Cates,
professor of physics,
University of Virginia,
Monday, February 9th, 2009
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Selected Physics Results from the Pierre Auger Southern Observatory
John Matthews,
professor of physics,
University of New Mexico,
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
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Astronomy Colloquium
Nature and Evolution of the Most Luminous Galaxies
Andrew Blain,
assistant professor of astronomy,
Caltech,
Thursday, February 12th, 2009
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Physics Research Conference
Many-Body Quantum Interference: Seeing Strongly Correlated States of Ultracold Atoms
Ehud Altman,
senior scientist,
Weizmann Institute of Science,
Friday, February 13th, 2009
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
A Framework for the Baryon Asymmetry, Dark Matter and the Moduli Problem
Piyush Kumar,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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Kellogg Seminar
Searching for Dark Matter with Liquid Argon—The DEAP/CLEAN Project
Bei Cai,
postdoctoral scholar in particle astrophysics,
Queen's University,
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Interacting Anyonic Fermions in a Two-body Color Code Model
Hector Bombín,
postdoctoral scholar,
Universidad Complutense, Madrid,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
DM-TPC: A Novel Approach to Directional Dark Matter Detection
Gabriella Sciolla,
assistant professor of physics,
MIT,
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
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Astronomy Colloquium
Galaxies Under the Cosmic Microscope: Resolving Galaxy Formation on Sub-kpc scales via Gravitational Lensing
Mark Swinbank,
Institute for Compuational Cosmology,
University of Durham,
Thursday, February 19th, 2009
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Physics Research Conference
Mechanical Structures at Quantum Limits: State of Play and Future Prospects
Keith Schwab,
professor of applied physics,
Caltech,
Friday, February 20th, 2009
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Operator Space of Pure Spinors and Some Applications
Yuri Aisaka,
International Fellowships Program, Sao Paolo,
1:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Albion Lawrence,
assistant professor of physics,
Brandeis University,
Monday, February 23rd, 2009
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Topic to be announced.
Julianne Dalcanton,
associate professor of astronomy,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The mu-problem in Non-Minimal Gauge Mediation
John Mason,
postdoctoral fellow in physics,
Harvard University,
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Continuous vs. Discrete Oracles
Daniel Gottesman,
faculty member,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Crystal Calorimeters in the Next Decade
Ren-yuan Zhu,
member of the professional staff in high energy physics,
Caltech,
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
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Astronomy Colloquium
Interferometric Measurements of the Size, Shape, and Behavior of Stars
Charles Townes,
professor of astrophysics,
UC Berkeley,
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum Field Theory for the LHC
Aneesh Manohar,
professor of physics,
UC San Diego,
Friday, February 27th, 2009
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
The Kerr/CFT Correspondence
Andrew Strominger,
professor of physics,
Harvard University,