Upcoming Talks
October 2011
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Explaining the Strange Electronic Properties of Cuprates, Including Superconductivity
Jamil Tahir-Kheli and William A. Goddard III,
Materials and Process Simulation Center,
California Institute of Technology,
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Game Change at the LHC
Maria Spiropulu,
Associate Professor of Physics,
Caltech,
Monday, October 10th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Generic wavefunction approach to two-dimensional fractional topological insulators
Xiao-Liang Qi,
Asssistan Professor of Physics,
Department of Applied Physics,
Stanford University,
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Physics of Superconducting Calorimeters: Applications in Nuclear Safeguards
Kent Irwin,
Fellow, NIST, U.S. Dept. of Commerce ,
Professor Adjoint, Dept. of Astrophysics & Planetary Science,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
Friday, October 14th, 2011
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Novel topological phenomena in non-equilibrium systems
Takuya Kitagawa,
PH D. Candidate,
Physics Department,
Harvard University,
Monday, October 17th, 2011
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Dirac Fermions in HgTe Quantum Wells
Laurens W. Molenkamp,
Professor,
Physics,
Wuerzburg University, Germany,
Thursday, October 20th, 2011
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Quantum Magnetism with Ultracold Atoms A Microscopic View on Artificial Quantum Matter
Markus Greiner,
Assistant Professor of Physics,
Harvard University,
Friday, October 21st, 2011
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Towards non-classical mechanical states in an optomechanical whispering gallery mode resonator
Warwick Bowen,
Professor,
Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems University of Queensland,
Brisbane, Australia,
Monday, October 24th, 2011
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Manipulation of light by strong interactions in nanostructures
Tal Ellenbogen,
Dr.,
Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Harvard,
4:00pm
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Condensed Matter Physics Seminar
Transport through Andreev Bound States in a Superconductor-Quantum Dot-Graphene System
Nadya Mason,
Professor,
Department of Physics,
University of Illinois,
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
11:30am
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12:30pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
On the complexity of the commuting local Hamiltonian problem and tight conditions for Topological Order in such systems
Lior Eldar,
Hebrew University,
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
New topologically ordered phases of condensed matter
Joel Moore,
UC Berkeley,