Upcoming Seminars
February 2011
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Interacting Quantum Field Theories from Cold Atoms
Jiannis Pachos,
reader in theoretical physics,
University of Leeds,
Friday, February 4th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Wilsonian and Holographic Renormalization Groups
Joe Polchinkski,
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
Monday, February 7th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
A Magnetic Analog of the Isotope Effect in Cuprates
Amit Keren,
professor of physics,
Technion, Israel,
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Optical Continuous-Variable Cluster States
Nicolas Menicucci,
postdoctoral researcher,
Perimeter Institute,
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
1:15pm
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2:15pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Holography for Metallic Quantum Criticality
Sean Hartnoll,
Harvard University,
Friday, February 11th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
A New Perspective on Gluing in TQFT
Tudor Dimofte,
Institute for Advanced Study,
Monday, February 14th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Competing Phases of 2D Electrons at $\nu$ = 5/2 and 7/3
Jing Xia,
Tolman Postdoctoral Scholar Experimental Physics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantifying the Relation Between Work and Information-recent Results Using the Smooth Entropy Approach
Oscar Dahlsten,
research fellow,
Centre for Quantum Technologies,
National University of Singapore,
Friday, February 18th, 2011
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
D-branes, Quivers, and Surface Operators
Duiliu Emanuel Diaconescu,
Rutgers University,
Monday, February 21st, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Tuning magnetism in FeAs-based materials via tetrahedral structure
Johnpierre Paglione,
assistant professor,
Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials Department of Physics,
University of Maryland,
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Proofs for Classical Theorems
Andrew Drucker,
graduate student in electrical engineering and computer science,
MIT,
Friday, February 25th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
T-duality for Massive Stringy States
Jnan Maharana,
Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, India,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Monday, February 28th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Rare Fluctuations and the Anderson Model of Localization
Ravindra N. Bhatt,
professor of electrical engineering,
Princeton Center for Theoretical Science,
Princeton University,