Upcoming Talks
April 2011
Friday, April 1st, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Spin-dependent Transport and Magnetic Response in Topological Insulators
Anton Burkov,
professor of physics and astronomy,
University of Waterloo, Canada,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Adventures along the Quantum-classical Boundary: On Schrödinger Cats, Decoherence and Prospects of Testing Continuous Spontaneous Localization Theories
Markus Arndt,
professor of physics,
University of Vienna,
Monday, April 4th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Geometry of Quantum Response in Open Systems
Yosi (Joseph) Avron,
professor of physics,
Israel Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Visualization of Two Qubits
Yosi Avron,
Department of Physics,
Technion,
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Engaging Spins in Semiconductors for Quantum Information Processing
David Awschalom,
professor of physics and of electrical and computer engineering,
UC Santa Barbara,
Monday, April 11th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Lattice Bosons: a paradigm strongly fluctuating superconductors and "bad metals"
Assa Auerbach,
Professor,
Physics Department ,
Technion,
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
A New Approach to Wind Energy
John O. Dabiri,
professor of aeronautics and bioengineering,
Caltech,
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Improving Telescopes with Quantum Repeaters
Daniel Gottessman,
Perimeter Institute,
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum Light and Sound
Andrew Cleland,
professor of physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
Monday, April 25th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Transforming Light Polarization into Matter-spin-qubits and Back, Using Single, Semiconductor Quantum Dots
David Gershoni,
Technion,
Israel Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
A Variational Understanding of the Spin Liquid State of the Hubbard Model on the Honeycomb Lattice
Bryan Clark,
postdoctoral fellow in condensed matter physics,
Princeton University,
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Spacetime Could be Simultaneously Continuous and Discrete, in the Same Way that Information Can Be
Achim Kempf,
University of Waterloo,
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Pushing Einstein's Boundaries: Gravitational Approaches to the Challenges of Modern Cosmology
Mark Trodden,
professor of physics and endowed chair,
the University of Pennsylvania,