Upcoming Seminars
Fall 2017-2018
Friday, September 15th, 2017
2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Probing the strong gravity regime with black-hole ringdowns
Swetha Bhagwat,
Syracuse University,
Friday, September 29th, 2017
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Coulomb branches of conformal field theories
Philip Argyres,
University of Cincinnati,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Opportunities at the entanglement frontier
John Preskill,
Richard P. Feynman Professor of Physics,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Testing the Caustic Ring Dark Matter Halo Model Against Observations in the Milky Way
Julie Dumas,
Fisk-Vanderbilt Bridge Postdoctoral Fellow,
Vanderbuilt University,
Monday, October 2nd, 2017
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Dark Fires in the Sky: Model-Independent Dark Matter Detection via Kinetic Heating of Neutron Stars
Nirmal Raj,
Notre Dame University,
Friday, October 6th, 2017
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Uncovering flavor of N=2 SCFTs through geometry
Matteo Lotito,
University of Cincinnati,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Thermodynamics at the nano scale: The work cost of information processing
Philippe Faist,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Brandao Group,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
The Origin of Scales and Scaling Laws in Star Formation
David Guszejnov,
Graduate Student,
TAPIR Group,
Caltech,
Friday, October 13th, 2017
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Applications of the Average Null Energy Condition
Clay Cordova,
Institute for Advanced Study,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Universal Hamiltonians for Exponentially Long Simulation
Thom Bohdanowicz,
Graduate Student, Brandao Group,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Monday, October 16th, 2017
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Non-Gaussian Enhancements of Galactic Halo Correlators due to Isocurvaton Mediated Inflaton Interactions
Alexander Ridgway,
Caltech,
Friday, October 20th, 2017
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
The Markov property of the CFT vacuum and the entropic proof of the a-theorem
Eduardo Teste Lino,
Centro Atomico Bariloche,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Exactly Solvable Model for Two Dimensional Topological Superconductor
Zitao Wang,
Graduate Student, Xie Chen Group,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Searching for Biases in Observations of Local Group Dwarf Galaxies Using Simulations
Andrew Graus,
Graduate Student,
UC Irvine,
Friday, October 27th, 2017
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Complexity in holography and QFT
Shira Chapman,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Shining Light On Quantum Magnetism
Nicholas Laurita,
IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar,
Hsieh Group,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
The history of inter- and circumgalactic gas since reionization
Phoebe Upton-Sanderbeck,
Graduate Student,
University of Washington,
Friday, November 3rd, 2017
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
The Dynamical Holographic Entropy Cone and General Holography
Sean Weinberg,
UC Santa Barbara,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Engineering topological materials in one and two dimensions
Stevan Nadj-Perge,
Assistant Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
A multi-scale portrait of the circumgalactic medium
Drummond Fielding,
Graduate Student,
UC Berkeley,
Friday, November 10th, 2017
11:00am
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Gravitational shockwaves on rotating black holes
Yoni BenTov,
IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar, Kitaev Group,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
GPU accelerated thermochemistry and radiative transfer on protoplanetary disks and exoplanet outflows
Lile Wang,
Graduate Student,
Princeton University,
Thursday, November 16th, 2017
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
A string-inspired SYK model and some 4d black hole phenomenology
Tarek Anous,
University of British Columbia,
Friday, November 17th, 2017
11:00am
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Engineering Light-Matter Interactions in Photonic Crystal Waveguides
Alex Burgers,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Kimble Group,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Gauge Theory and Integrability (Part 2)
Mashahito Yamazaki,
IPMU, University of Tokyo,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Make it, Mix it and Shake it — a recipe for cold gas in circumgalactic medium
Suoqing Ji,
Graduate Student,
UC Santa Barbara,
Tuesday, November 21st, 2017
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar - NOTE THE DIFFERENT DAY
Formation of eccentric black hole gravitational wave mergers
Johan Samsing,
Einstein and Spitzer-Cotsen Fellow,
Princeton University,
Monday, November 27th, 2017
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Fine-tuning, Vorticity, and Singularities
Peter Graham,
Stanford University,
Friday, December 1st, 2017
11:00am
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Exploring non-equilibrium phase transitions with driven Rydberg ensembles
Michael Buchhold,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Refael Group,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Exploring compact-binary astrophysics with multi-messenger astronomy
Katelyn Breivik,
Graduate Student,
Northwestern University,
Friday, December 8th, 2017
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Entanglement in gauge theories and gravity
Jennifer Lin,
Institute for Advanced Study,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Reconciling optical and radio observations of the binary millisecond pulsar PSR J1640+2224
Sarah Vigeland,
Research Associate,
Department of Physics,
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Friday, December 15th, 2017
2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
White Dwarf – Neutron Star Mergers: from Peculiar Supernovae to Pulsar Planets
Ben Tal Margalit,
Graduate Student,
Columbia University,