Upcoming Seminars
Fall 2012-2013
Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Dynamic Kosterlitz-Thouless transition in 2D Bose mixtures and bond order solids of dipolar fermions
Ludwig Mathey,
Professor,
Institute for Laser Physics,
University of Hamburg, Germany,
Friday, September 14th, 2012
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Tropical Geometry of Monopoles and Quantum Field Theories in Five Dimensions
Sergey Cherkis,
University of Arizona,
Friday, September 21st, 2012
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Instantons on R^3 x S^1 and a semi-classical realization of IR renormalons
Philip Argyres,
Univ of Cincinnati,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
An A* test of GR
Jeandrew Brink,
Researcher,
National Institute of Theoretical Physics,
Stellenbosch University ,
Friday, September 28th, 2012
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Topological order with tensor networks on infinite cylinders: an explicit wavefunction for fractionalized quasi-particle excitations
Guifre Vidal,
Perimeter Institute,
Friday, October 5th, 2012
11:00am
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12:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Velocity and feedback enhance 21-cm signal from first stars at z ~ 20
Anastasia Fialkov,
Tel Aviv University,
Friday, October 12th, 2012
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Gromov-Witten invariants from the S^2 partition function
Vijay Kumar,
KITP,
UC Santa Barbara,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2012
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
A classical leash for a quantum tiger: Key distribution with minimal assumptions
Ben Reichardt,
Professor,
Electrical Engineering ,
University of Southern California,
Friday, October 19th, 2012
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be Announced
Chris Beem,
Simons Center for Geometry and Physics,
SUNY Stony Brook,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
An Experiment to Demonstrate an alpha-omega Dynamo in the Accretion Disk leading to Galaxy and MBH formation
Stirling Colgate,
Los Alamos National Lab,
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Efficient distributed quantum computing
Steve Brierley,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
University of Bristol,
Friday, October 26th, 2012
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Gauge Theory angle on Integrability
Samson Shastavili,
Trinity College Dublin,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
F Theory vs Type IIB Orientifolds: Some global aspects
Raffaele Savelli,
MPI Munich,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Topological stabilizer codes with a power law energy barrier via welding
Kamil Michnicki,
Graduate student,
Department of Physics & Astronomy,
University of Washington,
Friday, November 2nd, 2012
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Supersymmetry on Curved Spaces and Holography
Claudius Klare,
Milan-Bicocca,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Nucleosynthetic Signatures of Supernova Neutrinos
Luke Roberts,
Lee Dubridge Postdoctoral Scholar,
Theoretical Astrophysics,
Caltech,
Friday, November 9th, 2012
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Disordered AdS/CFT, Localization and Random Matrix Theory
Omid Saremi,
UC Berkeley,
Friday, November 16th, 2012
11:00am
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12:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Cosmological Perturbations: Isocurvature, Vorticity and Magnetic Fields
Adam Christopherson,
Research Fellow,
Center for Astronomy and Particle Physics,
University of Nottingham,
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Emergence and frustration of Magnetism in a trapped ion quantum simulator
Wes Campbell,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Physics & Astronomy,
University of Southern California,
Friday, November 30th, 2012
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Zooming in on Galactic Nuclei at the Dawn of Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Bence Kocsis,
Einstein Fellow,
Center for Astrophysics,
Harvard University,
Friday, December 7th, 2012
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Astrophysical Constraints on the Dark Matter Self-Interaction Cross Section
Miguel Rocha,
Physics and Astronomy,
UC Irvine,
Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Special Seminar
General Relativity Singularities and Cosmogenesis
Vladimir N. Lukash,
Astro Space Centre,
Lebedev Physics Institute,