Upcoming Talks
January 2006
Thursday, January 5th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The International Linear Collider
Barry C. Barish,
Ronald and Maxine Linde Professor of Physics, Emeritus; Director, LIGO Laboratory,
Caltech,
Tuesday, January 10th, 2006
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Lieb-Schultz-Mattis in Higher Dimensions
Matthew Hastings,
Los Alamos National Laboratory,
Thursday, January 12th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Twistor Spinoffs for Collider Physics
Lance Dixon,
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC),
Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
The World of Matrix Product States: A Work in Progress
David Perez-Garcia,
Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics,
Thursday, January 19th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
What Are Nuclear Weapons For?
Sidney Drell,
Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Professor of Theoretical Physics (emeritus),
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center,
Stanford University,
Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Accurate Quantum State Estimation via 'Keeping the Expert Honest'
Robin Blume-Kohout,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Caltech,
Thursday, January 26th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Emergent Photons and Decaying Electrons: In Search of a New Paradigm for Quantum Materials
Ashvin Vishwanath,
Assistant Professor,
Condensed Matter Theory Group,
UC Berkeley,
Monday, January 30th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Information Transport and Computation in Nanometer-Scale Structures
Don Eigler,
IBM Fellow,
IBM Almaden Research Center,
Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
10:00am
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11:00am
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Spin-Coupled Chains Assembled with Atomic Precision
Cyrus F. Hirjibehedin,
Postdoctoral Research Staff Member,
Low-Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Group,
IBM Almaden Research Center,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Dicke Quantum Phase Transition in an Optical Cavity QED System
Scott Parkins,
University of Auckland,