PMA Calendar
April 2020
Wednesday, April 1st, 2020
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▶︎ CANCELED: Astronomy Colloquium
TBD
Kathryn Zurek,
Professor of Theoretical Physics,
California Institute of Technology,
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Watson Lecture - The Rise of Oxygen in the Atmosphere: A View From the Deep Earth
Claire E. Bucholz,
Assistant Professor of Geology,
Caltech,
Thursday, April 2nd, 2020
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▶︎ CANCELED: Physics Colloquium
From single to statistical: gravitational-wave populations
Daniel Holz,
University of Chicago,
Friday, April 3rd, 2020
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
Reparametrization Modes in CFTs & Applications
Felix Haehl,
Institute for Advanced Study,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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● POSTPONED: TAPIR Seminar
Title to be announced
Alexander Grant,
Graduate Research Assistant,
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Cornell University,
2:00pm
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2:15pm
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Monday, April 6th, 2020
2:00pm
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2:15pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online Event
Teaching an Old LHC new Higgs
Philip Harris,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, April 7th, 2020
2:00pm
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2:15pm
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
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5:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Astronomy Colloquium
TBD
Heino Falcke,
Professor of Astroparticle Physics and Radio Astronomy,
Department of Astronomy,
Radboud University,
Thursday, April 9th, 2020
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
Teleportation by size, traversable wormholes, and quantum gravity in the lab
Sepehr Ghazi Nezami,
Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar in Theoretical Physics,
Preskill group,
2:00pm
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2:15pm
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Friday, April 10th, 2020
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
The Statistical Mechanics of Near-Extremal Black Holes
Luca Ilesiu,
Princeton University,
2:00pm
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2:15pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture
Online Event
The Circumgalactic Medium: The Gas Around Galaxies
Yuguang Chen,
PhD Candidiate,
Department of Astronomy,
Caltech,
Monday, April 13th, 2020
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2:15pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: High Energy Physics Seminar
Learning Cosmology from the First Starts
Julian Muñoz,
Harvard University,
Tuesday, April 14th, 2020
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2:15pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
The A+ upgrade to the LIGO Interferometers: Progress in two acts
GariLynn Billingsley,
A+ Deputy Project Leader, LIGO Laboratory,
Caltech,
Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Astronomy Colloquium
TBD
Amina Helmi,
Professor of Dynamics, Structure and Evolution of the Milky Way,
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute,
University of Groningen,
Thursday, April 16th, 2020
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2:15pm
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Friday, April 17th, 2020
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
Towards the geometric picture for gravity amplitudes
Jaroslav Trnka,
UC Davis,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
Predicting Many Properties of a Quantum System from Very Few Measurements
Hsin-Yuan (Robert) Huang,
Graduate student,
Vidick/Preskill group,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Monday, April 20th, 2020
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
This seminar has been canceled.
Alan Stern,
Planetary Scientist,
Southwest Research Institute,
Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
4:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Chemical Physics Seminar
Martin F. Jarrold,
Professor and Robert & Marjorie Mann Chair,
Department of Chemistry,
Indiana University,
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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5:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Astronomy Colloquum
TBD
Didier Queloz,
Professor of Astrophysics,
University of Cambridge,
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Watson Lecture - A Geodesy Odyssey: Mapping Disasters From Space
Susan Owen,
Principal Investigator and Project Scientist,
Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis (ARIA) for Natural Hazards Project,
JPL,
Thursday, April 23rd, 2020
10:00am
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2:00pm
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Friday, April 24th, 2020
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
Double-scaled and Supersymmetric SYK
Vladimir Narovlansky,
Princeton University,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
Harvesting proximity effect in 2D Ferromagnetic Semiconductor Heterostructures for Spin and Valleytronics
Ding Zhong,
Postdoctoral Scholar, Applied Physics and Materials Science,
Faraon Group,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Caltech/UCLA Logic Seminar
Online Event
Borel asymptotic dimension and hyperfinite equivalence relations
Monday, April 27th, 2020
10:00am
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11:00am
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online Event
New limit of the neutron electric dipole moment
Philipp Schmidt-Wellenburg,
Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland,
Wednesday, April 29th, 2020
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1:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Astronomy Colloquium
TBD
Andrea Ghez,
Professor of Physics & Astronomy,
Astronomy,
UCLA,