Upcoming Seminars
Winter 2006-2007
Friday, January 12th, 2007
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Open-Closed String Correspondence in Background Independent String Field Theory
Ivo Sachs,
professor of theoretical physics,
LMU Munich,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Dynamics of Nonlinear Coupled Nanomechanical Resonators
Ron Lifshitz,
senior lecturer in physics,
Tel Aviv University,
Friday, January 19th, 2007
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Decoding Bulk Geometry from Gauge Theory Correlators
Veronika Hubeny,
department of mathematical sciences,
University of Durham,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Phase Transitions and Ergodicity in Driven Foams
Michael Dennin,
associate professor of physics and astronomy,
UC Irvine,
Friday, January 26th, 2007
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
New Dimensions for Wound Strings and D-duality
Eva Silverstein,
professor of theoretical physics,
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center,
Monday, January 29th, 2007
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Friday, February 2nd, 2007
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Infinite Dimensional R Symmetries in M-Theory
Hermann Nicolai,
Albert Einstein Institute,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Theory of the Phase Diagram of the Cuprates
Chandra Varma,
professor of physics,
UC Riverside,
Friday, February 9th, 2007
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Dynamics of a Magnetic Superfluid
Dan Stamper-Kurn,
assistant professor of atomic physics,
UC Berkeley,
Friday, February 16th, 2007
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
On the CFT/AdS Correspondence and Massive Gravitons
Ofer Aharony,
associate professor of particle physics,
Weizmann Institute,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Anyons in a Weakly Interacting System
Marcel Franz,
associate professor,
department of physics and astronomy,
University of British Columbia,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Tohru Eguchi,
department of physics,
University of Tokyo,
Friday, February 23rd, 2007
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Moduli Stabilization in Nongeometric Backgrounds
Katrin Becker,
professor of physics,
Texas A&M University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Emergence of Spin-Half Fermion Vortices and the Vortex Metal
Assa Auerbach,
professor of physics,
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Friday, March 2nd, 2007
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Pavel Kovtun,
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics,
Friday, March 9th, 2007
11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Reconstructing 1/2 BPS Geometries from N = 4 SYM
Samuel Vazquez,
department of physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Renormalizable Non-metric Gravity?
Kirill Krasnov,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
Friday, March 16th, 2007
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Extremal Black Holes Entropy and Topological Strings
Kirill Saraikin,
department of physics,
Harvard University,
Friday, March 23rd, 2007
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Higher Spins, Lichnerowicz Algebras, and Superparticles
Andrew Waldron,
associate professor of mathematics,
UC Davis,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
The Low-Temperature Phases of Polarized Fermionic Superfluids
Daniel Sheehy,
postdoctoral research associate,
department of physics and astronomy,
Iowa State University, Ames,