Upcoming Seminars
Winter 2012-2013
Friday, January 4th, 2013
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Topic to be Announced
Richard O'Shaughnessy,
Research Associate,
Center for Gravitation and Cosmology,
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee,
Friday, January 11th, 2013
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
BPS spectrum, wall crossing and quantum dilogarithm identity
Dan Xie,
Institute for Advanced Study,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Tidal disruption by spinning supermassive black holes
Mike Kesden,
Postdoc,
Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics,
New York University,
Friday, January 18th, 2013
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Exploring curved Superspace
Guido Festuccia,
Institute for Advanced Study,
Friday, January 25th, 2013
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Light states in Chern-Simons theory coupled to fundamental matter
Shamik Banerjee,
Stanford University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Strong-Field Gravitational Wave Tests of General Relativity
Nicolas Yunes,
Assistant Professor,
Physics,
Montana State University,
Friday, February 1st, 2013
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Complementarity vs Firewalls: Are there surprising quantum gravity effects near black hole horizons?
Donald Marolf,
UC Santa Barbara,
Friday, February 8th, 2013
11:00am
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Cosmology 2017: Testing Gravity, Dark Energy, and Neutrinos
Eric Linder,
Co-Director,
Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
Friday, February 15th, 2013
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
2d TQFT structure of the superconformal indices with outer-automorphism twists
Jaewon Song,
UC San Diego,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Tidal Effects in Double White Dwarf Binaries
Francesca Valsecchi,
Graduate Student,
Dearborn Observatory,
Northwestern University,
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Metal-insulator transition in holography
Sean Hartnoll,
Stanford University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Shining Light on the Properties of Dark Matter: Coupling Baryon and Dark Matter Physics in Galaxy Formation Models
Fabio Governato,
Research Professor,
Astronomy Department,
University of Washington,
Monday, February 25th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantum Criticality in Mott Insulators
Ribhu Kaul,
Professor,
Department of Physics,
University of Kentucky,
Friday, March 1st, 2013
11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Winding strings on Calabi Yau manifolds and closed geodesics
Peng Gao,
Simons Center for Geometry and Physics,
SUNY Stony Brook,
Monday, March 4th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Resonating-valence-bond Trial Wavefunctions (and beyond) for Frustrated Quantum Magnets
Kevin Beach,
Professor,
Department of Physics,
University of Alberta,
Monday, March 11th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
SmB6: An Ideal Topological Insulator
Jing Xia,
Professor,
Department of Physics,
University of California Irvine,
Thursday, March 14th, 2013
9:45am
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3/16
12:15pm
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Friday, March 15th, 2013
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Probing the Large Scale Anisotropies of the Universe from the CMB Temperature and Polarization Data
Grigor Aslanyan,
Research Fellow,
Physics,
University of Auckland, New Zealand,
Friday, March 22nd, 2013
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Friday, March 29th, 2013
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Looking Forward: Binaries and their Planets
Kaitlin Kratter,
Hubble Fellow,
JILA,
University of Colorado at Boulder,