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February 2010
Monday, February 1st, 2010
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Astronomy Tea Talk
The Effect of Dust-gas Energetics on the Star Formation Process
Andrea Urban,
JPL,
4:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Secluded Dark Matter and Dark Forces
Maxim Pospelov,
University of Victoria,
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Illuminating Deaths of Massive Stars
Robert Quimby,
postdoctoral scholar in astronomy,
Caltech,
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
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Physics Research Conference
The Road to Zeptobarn Dark Matter and Beyond
Sunil Golwala,
assistant professor of physics,
Caltech,
Friday, February 5th, 2010
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Charged Black Branes: Stable or Unstable?
Silviu Pufu,
Princeton University,
Monday, February 8th, 2010
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High Energy Physics Seminar
New Results from the Final Runs of the CDMS-II Experiment
David Moore,
graduate student in physics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
10:30am
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12:00pm
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Physics and Geometry Seminar
Generating Branes and Hochschild Homology
Mohammed Abouzaid,
research fellow, Clay Mathematics institute,
and postdoctoral fellow,
MIT,
3:00pm
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
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Astronomy Colloquium
Exoplanetary Atmospheres
Kristen Menou,
assistant professor of astronomy,
Columbia University,
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Measuring a Black Hole Event Horizon: Very Long Baseline Interferometry of the Galactic Center
Sheperd Doeleman,
Haystack Observatory,
MIT,
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium: 12th Annual Greenstein Lecturer
Hubble Servicing Mission 4 (12th Annual Greenstein Lecturer)
John Grunsfeld,
Space Telescope Science Institute,
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Are We Descended From Heavy Neutrinos?
Boris Kayser,
Theoretical Physics Particle Physics Division,
Fermilab,
Friday, February 19th, 2010
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Thomas Faulkner,
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Stretched or Sealed? The Fate of Extra Dimensions
I-Sheng Yang,
Columbia University,
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Recent Results from The South Pole Telescope
Joaquin Vieira,
postdoctoral scholar in physics,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Observable Effects of Anisotropic Bubble Nucleation
Michael Salem,
postdoctoral research associate,
Institute of Cosmology,
Tufts University,
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Optimal Parametrizations of Adiabatic Paths
Joseph Avron,
department of physics,
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Dwarf Galaxies, Dark Matter, and the Threshold of Galaxy Formation
James Bullock,
associate professor of theoretical physics and astronomy,
UC Irvine,
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
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Physics Research Conference
LIGO Mirrors as Quantum Objects
Yanbei Chen,
assistant professor of physics,
Caltech,
Friday, February 26th, 2010
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
M5-branes, 4d Gauge Theory and 2d CFT
Yuji Tachikawa,
Institute for Advanced Study,