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Welcome to the Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics. By connecting researchers from around the world at Caltech, the Burke Institute provides a hub for the exchange of ideas and fosters cross-continent and cross-discipline collaborations. It is our mission to advance humanity's quest to expand our understanding of natural phenomena at all scales—from subatomic, atomic, and molecular scales to the scales of celestial objects and the universe itself. Read more

Seminars

All Events
October 26, 2026 1:30 pm

High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Moduli-Space Laplacians, Asymptotic Geometry, and the Emergent String Conjecture
Alex Stewart, UC Irvine,
October 26, 2026 4:00 pm

Quantum Matter Seminar

Crystal electric-field effect in rare-earth insulating magnets and its implications for thermal transport under magnetic field
Minhyea Lee, Professor of Physics, CU Boulder,
October 28, 2026 1:30 pm

High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Bootstrapping String Theory from (Peculiar) Symmetries
Aidan Herderschee, Institute for Advanced Study,

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