Upcoming Talks
February 2011
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Interacting Quantum Field Theories from Cold Atoms
Jiannis Pachos,
reader in theoretical physics,
University of Leeds,
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
A Tale of Quantum Viscosity in Universal Fermi Gases
John Thomas,
Fritz London Professor of Physics,
Duke University,
Monday, February 7th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
A Magnetic Analog of the Isotope Effect in Cuprates
Amit Keren,
professor of physics,
Technion, Israel,
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Optical Continuous-Variable Cluster States
Nicolas Menicucci,
postdoctoral researcher,
Perimeter Institute,
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Exploring New Frontiers of Quantum Optical Science
Mikhail Lukin,
professor of physics,
Harvard University,
Monday, February 14th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Competing Phases of 2D Electrons at $\nu$ = 5/2 and 7/3
Jing Xia,
Tolman Postdoctoral Scholar Experimental Physics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantifying the Relation Between Work and Information-recent Results Using the Smooth Entropy Approach
Oscar Dahlsten,
research fellow,
Centre for Quantum Technologies,
National University of Singapore,
Thursday, February 17th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Interferometric Gravitational-wave Detectors: Giant Quantum Machines
Nergis Mavalvala,
professor of physics,
MIT,
Friday, February 18th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Monday, February 21st, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Tuning magnetism in FeAs-based materials via tetrahedral structure
Johnpierre Paglione,
assistant professor,
Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials Department of Physics,
University of Maryland,
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Proofs for Classical Theorems
Andrew Drucker,
graduate student in electrical engineering and computer science,
MIT,
Thursday, February 24th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Giant Planets in the Stellar Mass-Metallicity Plane
John Johnson,
assistant professor of astronomy,
Caltech,
Monday, February 28th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Rare Fluctuations and the Anderson Model of Localization
Ravindra N. Bhatt,
professor of electrical engineering,
Princeton Center for Theoretical Science,
Princeton University,