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April 2009
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
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Astronomy Colloquium
21 cm Cosmology and Astrophysics: The Road to Reionization
Judd Bowman,
postdoctoral scholar in astrophysics,
Caltech,
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Laser Driven Acceleration of Electrons: From 0 to 1 GeV in 3 Cm and Beyond
Wim Leemans,
program head of LOASIS,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
11:00am
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3:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Deconstructing Dark Matter through Strong Gravitational Lensing Observations
Leonidas Moustakas,
JPL,
4:00pm
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8:00pm
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Monday, April 6th, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Quantitative Spectroscopy of Core-Collapse Supernovae and Applications
Luc Dessart,
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille,
4:00pm
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Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Algorithms for Testing Properties of Probability Distributions
Sergey Bravyi,
IBM,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The Pamela Space Experiment
Mirko Boezio,
senior researcher in physics,
INFN Trieste,
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Using Intracluster Light to Probe Galaxy Clusters
Chris Mihos,
professor of astronomy,
Case Western Reserve University,
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Tunneling Spectroscopy with Extraordinary Energy Resolution: The Discovery of a New Quasiparticle
Raymond Ashoori,
professor of physics,
MIT,
Friday, April 10th, 2009
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
On the UV properties of Pohlmeyer-reduced string theory in AdS_5 x S^5
Radu Roiban,
assistant professor of physics,
the Pennsylvania State University,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Holographic Gauge Mediation
Sebastian Franco,
Kavli Insitute for Theoretical Physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
Monday, April 13th, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Topic to be announced.
Mayank Vahia,
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Searching for New Physics at the Tevatron
Monica D'Onofrio,
University of Barcelona,
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The Truth, the Standard Model Truth, and Nothing but the Truth?
Charles Plager,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
UCLA,
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Modeling the Origins of the Hubble Sequence
Andrew Benson,
senior research fellow in theoretical cosmology,
Caltech,
Thursday, April 16th, 2009
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Physics Research Conference
Harmony of Scattering Amplitudes: From Quantum Chromodynamics to Gravity
Zvi Bern,
professor of physics,
UCLA,
Friday, April 17th, 2009
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Non-relativistic M2-brane Gauge Theory
Yu Nakayama,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
UC Berkeley,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
WIMP Dark Matter Searches into the Next Decade with SuperCDMS and GEODM
Sunil Golwala,
assistant professor of physics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
1:00pm
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3:00pm
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Physics and Geometry Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Eric Zaslow,
professor of mathematics,
Northwestern University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Simulating Quantum Systems Using Tensor Networks and Monte Carlo
Norbert Schuch,
Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Looking for Patterns in B-meson Decays with Baryons at Babar
Tae Min Hong,
graduate student in physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Galactic Dark Matter Substructure
Piero Madau,
professor of astronomy and astrophysics,
UC Santa Cruz,
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Exploring the Extreme Universe: Astronomy and Particle Physics with VHE Gamma-rays
Amanda Weinstein,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
VHE Gamma Rays,
UCLA,
Friday, April 24th, 2009
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Ben Freivogel,
visiting researcher in particle physics,
UC Berkeley,
Monday, April 27th, 2009
4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
HIgh-contrast Imaging of Evolved Stars with a Space-based Coronagraph
Justin Crepp,
postdoctoral scholar in astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Heralded Polynomial-Time Quantum State Tomography
Steve Flammia,
postdoctoral reseacher,
Perimeter Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Results of the Electron Neutrino Appearance Search in the Minos
Juan P. Ochoa,
graduate student in high energy physics,
Caltech,
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Feedback in Starburst Galaxies
Todd Thompson,
associate professor of astronomy,
Ohio State University,
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Complexity, Simplicity, and Unity of Living Systems from Cells to Cities: A Physicist's Search for Quantitative, Unified Theories of Biological and Social Structure and Organization
Geoffrey West,
president and distinguished professor,
Santa Fe Institute,