Upcoming Talks
November 2010
Monday, November 1st, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
The Band Structure, Electron-electron Interaction and Transport in Bilayer Graphene
Jun Zhu,
professor of physics,
the Pennsylvania State University,
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Spin Systemsas Toy Models for Emergent Gravity
Fotini Markopoulou,
professor of quantum gravity,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The National Ignition Facility: The Path to Ignition, High Energy Density Science and Inertial Fusion Energy
Edward Moses,
principal associate director of NIF and Photon Science,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
Monday, November 8th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Universal Dynamics in Thermally Isolated Systems
Anatoli Polkovnikov,
assistant professor of condensed matter physics,
Boston University,
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Limits on Estimating a Waveform
Carlton Caves,
professor of physics,
University of New Mexico,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Dissipative Solitons: New Nonlinear Waves in Ultrafast Fiber Lasers
Frank Wise,
professor of applied physics,
Cornell University,
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Al+ Optical Clocks for Fundamental Physics, Geodesy, and Quantum Metrology
Till Rosenband,
physicist,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Friday, November 12th, 2010
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Quantized Pumping and Phase Diagram Topology of Interacting Bosons
Ehud Altman,
senior scientist in condensed matter physics,
Weizmann Institute of Science,
Monday, November 15th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Disordered Nonlinear Systems: From Localization to Hyper-transport
Yevgeny Krivolapov,
Technion Institute of Technology Israel,
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Learning from Examples Using Quantum Annealing
Hartmut Neven,
Google,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Quantum Imaging of Topological Phases
Hari Manoharan,
professor of physics,
Stanford University,
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Bose-Einstein Condensates and Synthetic Gauge Fields
Ian Spielman,
fellow,
Joint Quantum Institute,
NIST and the University of Maryland,
Monday, November 22nd, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Superconductivity in the Repulsive Hubbard Model: An Symptotically Exact Weak Coupling Solution
Srinivas Raghu,
assistant professor of physics and astronomy,
Rice University,
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Information Processing with Atomic Spin Ensembles
Eugene Polzik,
professor,
Niels Bohr Institute,
Copenhagen University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar—cancelled
Tonio Buonassissi,
professor of mechanical engineering and manufacturing,
MIT,
Monday, November 29th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Mott Insulators of Ultracold Alkaline Earth Fermions: A New Class of Quantum Magnets
Michael A. Hermele,
assistant professor of theoretical condensed matter physics,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Money
Andrew Lutomirski,
graduate student in theoretical physics,
MIT,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Coupling Phonons with Photons and Atoms via Cavity Optomechanics
Eugene Polzik,
professor of physics,
Neils Bohr Institute,
Copenhagen University,