Upcoming Talks
February 2007
Thursday, February 1st, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Monitoring the Earth's Climate through Gravity: Latest Results from GRACE
Michael Watkins,
research scientist,
Satellite Geodesy and Geodynamics Systems Group,
JPL,
Friday, February 2nd, 2007
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,
Monday, February 5th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Crafting of Bioactive Nanostructures for Regeneration
Samuel Stupp,
professor of materials science, chemistry, and medicine,
and director of the Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine,
Northwestern University,
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
The Quantum Chernoff Bound and Asymptotic Error Exponents in Quantum Hypothesis Testing
Frank Verstraete,
professor of theoretical physics,
University of Vienna,
Thursday, February 8th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Quasicrystals—Some of Nature's Most Intriguing Forms of Matter
Ron Lifshitz,
senior lecturer in physics,
Tel Aviv University,
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,
Tuesday, February 13th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Small Time: A Chip-Scale Atomic Clock
Kitching John,
physicist,
time and frequency division,
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado,
Thursday, February 15th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum Crystals, Quantum Choreography and Quantum Computing
Matthew P. A. Fisher,
professor of physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
Friday, February 16th, 2007
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,
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Cloning and Broadcasting in Generalized Probabilistic Theories
Matthew Leifer,
visiting postdoctoral researcher,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Testing the Equivalence Principle for Dark Matter
Marc Kamionkowski,
Robinson Professor of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics,
Caltech,
Friday, February 23rd, 2007
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,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Applied Physics Special Seminar
Intrinsic Noise Properties of Atomic Point Contact Displacement Amplifiers
Konrad Lehnert,
associate fellow of JILA and assistant professor of physics,
NIST,
University of Colorado,
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Nanoscience Colloquium
Quantum Mechanics in the Information Age
Charles Marcus,
professor of physics and director of the Center for Nanoscale Systems,
Harvard University,