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November 2010
Monday, November 1st, 2010
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Testing the Star Formation Law in Bulgeless Disk Galaxies
Linda Watson,
Ohio State University,
4:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Automation of the Matrix Element Reweighting Model
Pierre Artoisenet,
Ohio State University,
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Spin Systemsas Toy Models for Emergent Gravity
Fotini Markopoulou,
professor of quantum gravity,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
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Astronomy Colloquium
Heavy Vortices and Dark Energy
Phil Chang,
Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics,
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
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Physics Research Conference
The National Ignition Facility: The Path to Ignition, High Energy Density Science and Inertial Fusion Energy
Edward Moses,
principal associate director of NIF and Photon Science,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
Friday, November 5th, 2010
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Wall-crossing of D4-D2-D0 and Flop of the Conifold
Takahiro Nishinaka,
Osaka University,
Monday, November 8th, 2010
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Constraints on Black Hole Growth, Quasar Lifetimes, and Eddington Ratio Distributions from the SDSS Broad Line Quasar Black Hole Mass Function
Brandon Kelly,
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
4:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Low Scale Flavor Gauge Symmetries
Giovanni Villadoro,
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center,
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Limits on Estimating a Waveform
Carlton Caves,
professor of physics,
University of New Mexico,
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
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Thursday, November 11th, 2010
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Physics Research Conference
Al+ Optical Clocks for Fundamental Physics, Geodesy, and Quantum Metrology
Till Rosenband,
physicist,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Friday, November 12th, 2010
11:00am
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Monday, November 15th, 2010
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Simulations of the Magellanic Stream in a First Infall Scenario
Gurtina Besla,
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
4:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Energy-Dependent Composition of UHECRs and the Future of Charged Particle Astronomy
Antonio Calvez,
UCLA,
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Learning from Examples Using Quantum Annealing
Hartmut Neven,
Google,
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Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
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Astronomy Colloquium
Violent Events in Extrasolar Planetary Systems: From Post-T Tauri Stars to White Dwarfs
Ben Zuckerman,
professor of astronomy, emeritus,
UCLA,
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
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Physics Research Conference
Bose-Einstein Condensates and Synthetic Gauge Fields
Ian Spielman,
fellow,
Joint Quantum Institute,
NIST and the University of Maryland,
Friday, November 19th, 2010
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Exact Results in Black Hole Entropy Counting
Joao Gomes,
University of Paris,
Monday, November 22nd, 2010
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Information Processing with Atomic Spin Ensembles
Eugene Polzik,
professor,
Niels Bohr Institute,
Copenhagen University,
Monday, November 29th, 2010
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Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Money
Andrew Lutomirski,
graduate student in theoretical physics,
MIT,
4:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Dark Matter Axion Detection with Molecular Interferometry
Surjeet Rajendram,
MIT and the Johns Hopkins University,