Upcoming Talks
October 2010
Monday, October 4th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantum Hall Transitions in Trapped Cold Atom Systems
Kun Yang,
professor of physics,
Florida State University,
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Entanglement Spectrum of Fractional Quantum Hall States and Quantum Spin Chains
Ronny Thomale,
postdoctoral scholar,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Nanophotonics: The Art of Managing Photons at the Nanoscale
Mark Brongersma,
Professor,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
Stanford University,
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Extraordinary Advances on Photoemission Experiments
Zhi-Xun Shen,
professor of physics, applied physics, and SSRL,
Stanford University,
Monday, October 11th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantum Quenches in Bulk and Impurity Systems
Stefan Kehrein,
professor of theoretical physics,
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen ,
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Search for Complex Order Parameter Symmetry in Unconventional Superconductors
Dale Van Harlingen,
professor of physics,
Materials Research Laboratory and the NSF Science and Technology Center for Superconductivity,
University of Illinois,
Monday, October 18th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Walter Hofstetter,
Goethe University, Frankfurt,
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Micro- and Nano-structured Semiconductor Devices on Amorphous Substrates for Low-cost Energy Conversion, Sensing and Displays
M. Saif Islam,
professor of electrical and computer engineering,
UC Davis,
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
High-Temperature Superconductivity: Emergent Phases, Broken Symmetries, and the Power Grid
Laura H. Greene,
professor of physics,
Center for Emergent Superconductivity, Center for Nanoscale Science & Technology,
University of Illinois,
Friday, October 22nd, 2010
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Point Contact Spectroscopy of Strongly Correlated Electron Materials: Andreev Reflection, Multiband Superconductivity, and Magnetism
Laura H. Greene,
professor of physics,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Monday, October 25th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Topological Transitions in Dissipative Quantum Transport
Mark Rudner,
postdoctoral scholar in condensed matter theory,
Harvard University,
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Small Gaps, Localization, and the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm
David Gossett,
graduate student in quantum information science,
MIT,
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Cosmological Intimations of Infinity
Anthony Aguirre,
associate professor of physics,
UC Santa Cruz,
Friday, October 29th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Optomechanics
Oskar Painter,
associate professor of applied physics,
Caltech,