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April 2011
Friday, April 1st, 2011
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Monday, April 4th, 2011
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Effective Conformal Theory and Applications to Model-Building
Andrew Liam Fitzpatrick,
Boston University,
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Visualization of Two Qubits
Yosi Avron,
Department of Physics,
Technion,
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Brown Dwarf Science with the FIRE Spectrograph: Kinematics, Clouds and Ultracold Atmospheres
Adam Burgasser,
UC San Diego,
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Engaging Spins in Semiconductors for Quantum Information Processing
David Awschalom,
professor of physics and of electrical and computer engineering,
UC Santa Barbara,
Friday, April 8th, 2011
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Monday, April 11th, 2011
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Astronomy Tea Talk
How to Build CCAT
Steve Padin,
senior research associate in astrophysics,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
The Charge Radius of the Proton: A 5 sigma Discrepancy?
Gil Paz,
the University of Chicago,
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Probing Galaxies and the IGM with Lyman-alpha Absorption and Emission
Martin Haehnelt,
Cambridge University,
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
A New Approach to Wind Energy
John O. Dabiri,
professor of aeronautics and bioengineering,
Caltech,
Friday, April 15th, 2011
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Monday, April 18th, 2011
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Ground-based Exoplanet Imaging: New Science Programs and the Prospects for Discovery
Justin Crepp,
postdoctoral scholar in astronomy,
Caltech,
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Improving Telescopes with Quantum Repeaters
Daniel Gottessman,
Perimeter Institute,
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
1:15pm
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2:30pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Chandra's First Decade (Plus) of Discovery (13th Annual Greenstein Lecturer)
Harvey Tananbaum,
CHANDRA Center,
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum Light and Sound
Andrew Cleland,
professor of physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
Friday, April 22nd, 2011
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Eternal Inflation in the Light of Quantum Cosmology
James Hartle,
UC Santa Barbara,
1:00pm
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Monday, April 25th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Transforming Light Polarization into Matter-spin-qubits and Back, Using Single, Semiconductor Quantum Dots
David Gershoni,
Technion,
Israel Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Topic to be announced.
Shri Kulkarni,
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
2:30pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Prospect of Particle Physics Experiments in China
Chen Hesheng,
professor and director,
Institute of High Energy Physics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Spacetime Could be Simultaneously Continuous and Discrete, in the Same Way that Information Can Be
Achim Kempf,
University of Waterloo,
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
1:15pm
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2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Sphere Partitions Functions and the 3D Superconformal R-charge
Daniel Jafferis,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
High Resolution Imaging of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in Galaxy Clusters
Brian Mason,
National Radio Astronomy Observatory,
4:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Chiral Symmetry Breaking Order Parameters from Renormalization Group Optimized Perturbation
Andre Neveu,
University of Montpellier,
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Pushing Einstein's Boundaries: Gravitational Approaches to the Challenges of Modern Cosmology
Mark Trodden,
professor of physics and endowed chair,
the University of Pennsylvania,
Friday, April 29th, 2011
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Supergravity Counterterms Versus Infinity Calculations
Kelly Stelle,
Imperial College,