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Wednesday, November 1st, 2023
10:30am – 11:30am
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Scale invariance and rate of nuclear reactions
Subham Chowdhury, University of Chicago,
12:15pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech/IPAC Lunch Seminar

Online Event
Exploring the Dark Universe
Katrin Heitmann, ANL,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
The First Glimpse of the First Galaxies with JWST
Rohan Naidu, NASA Hubble Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Thursday, November 2nd, 2023
2:30pm – 3:45pm
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar

Linde Hall 187
MMP for 3-dimensional Kahler generalized pairs
Jose Yanez, Department of Mathematics, UCLA,
3:45pm – 5:00pm
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Hodge theory, modular forms, counting curves on surfaces, and maybe some other stuff
Joseph Helfer, Department of Mathematics, USC,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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LA Probability Forum

KPZ estimates for ASEP and the Stochastic Six Vertex model
Philippe Sosoe, Department of Mathematics, Cornell University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 387
On mod p Langlands parameters for tame groups
Zhongyipan Lin, Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Colliders for the Future of High Energy Physics
Julia Gonski, SLAC,
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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LA Probability Forum

Convergence of effective resistances on generalized Sierpinski carpets
Shiping Cao, Department of Mathematics, University of Washington,
6:00pm – 7:00pm
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LA Probability Forum

Geodesics in Last-Passage Percolation under Large Deviations
Lingfu Zhang, Department of Statistics, UC Berkeley,
Friday, November 3rd, 2023
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Celestial Amplitudes in Effective Field Theories
Prahar Mitra, University of Amsterdam,
12:15pm – 1:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Spin-Orbit Enhanced Superconductivity in Graphene Bilayers
Yiran Zhang, Nadj-Perge group,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Heavy element nucleosynthesis & energetic neutrinos from highly magnetized outflows
Mukul Bhattacharya, Eberly Research Scholar, Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Splitting spheres in S^4
Maggie Miller, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University,
Monday, November 6th, 2023
8:45am – 12:30pm
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KISS Short Course - Extrasolar Space Weather: The Hidden Hand in Exoplanet Evolution

South Mudd 365
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMS-EE Partners Program Tech Talk

Annenberg 105
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Axion electrodynamics through the lens of condensed matter
Prineha Narang, UCLA,
Tuesday, November 7th, 2023
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Charles R. dePrima Memorial Lecture in Mathematics

Linde Hall 310
The search for supersingular curves
Rachel Pries, Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Fast Electrons and Hard X-rays for Unraveling Atomic-Scale Dynamics in Light-Energy Conversion
Renske Van der Veen, Associate Professor and Department Head at Helmholtz Center for Materials and Energy Berlin, Department of Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre Berlin and the Technical University Berlin.,
Wednesday, November 8th, 2023
10:00am – 10:30am
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Poincaré generators of spinning binary in the post-Minkowskian approach
Sangmin Lee, Seoul National University,
12:15pm – 1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Seminar

IPAC 102 (Large Conference Room)
Exploring the Diversity of Exoplanet Atmospheres at High-Spectral Resolution
Jake Turner, Cornell University,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Information, Geometry, and Physics Seminar

Linde Hall 310
Higher Information: The untold topological secrets of measures and states
Tom Mainiero, Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, St. Joseph's University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Searching for Signposts of Failed White Dwarf Supernovae
JJ Hermes, Assistant Professor; Director of Graduate Admissions, Boston University,
7:30pm – 8:30pm
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Watson Lecture - Unlocking Movement: Helping Paralyzed People Use Thought to Control Computers and Robotic Limbs

Beckman Auditorium
Thursday, November 9th, 2023
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Constraints on WIMP Dark Matter Models with Astrophysical Observations
Mehrdad Phoroutan-Mehr, UC Riverside,
12:30pm – 1:30pm
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INQNET Pizza Seminar

Special AI & Misinformation Seminar: " IQ Journalism: Predicting the quality of news stories based on explainable AI"
Catherine Sotirakou,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 387
A new case of BSD conjecture and deformation of line bundles
Ziquan Yang, Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin - Madison,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
The Cosmic Neutrino Background (CνB): Its distribution on the surface of the Earth and its manipulation on laboratory scales
Mina Arvanitaki, Perimeter Institute,
Friday, November 10th, 2023
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Generalized entropy for general subregions in quantum gravity
Antony Speranza, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Classical and Quantum Complexity of Quantum Dynamics
Dominik Wild, Max-Planck Institute for Quantum Optics,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar

West Bridge 351 (LIGO Science Conference Room)
Catalogs and populations with ground-based and space-based gravitational-wave detectors
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Collisionless Black Hole Accretion
Alisa Galishnikova, Graduate Student, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Online Event
Convergence of unitary representations and spectral gaps of manifolds
Michael Magee, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University,
Monday, November 13th, 2023
12:30pm – 1:30pm
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INQNET Pizza Seminar

High-dimensional entanglement and chip-scale quantum information processing
Dr Xiang Cheng,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Leveraging quantum sensors to shine new light on searches for low-mass dark matter
Kelly Stifter, SLAC,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

East Bridge 114
Universal fluctuations in ergodic quantum dynamics, and their use for benchmarking highly entangled states
Daniel K. Mark, Department of Physics-Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
7:00pm – 8:30pm
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Behind the Book: The Warped Side of Our Universe

Beckman Auditorium
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Astronomy on Tap

"Exploring Venus" and "Exoplanets: Past, Present, & Future"
Anna Gülcher, Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Geology and Planetary Science, Caltech,
Luke Bouma, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Astronomy, Caltech,
Tuesday, November 14th, 2023
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Mathematics & Machine Learning Seminar

East Bridge 114
Introduction to Transformer Models
Aike Liu, Physics Department, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Horizons as Eavesdroppers: Horizons Decohere Quantum Superpositions
Daine Danielson, University of Chicago,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium

Linde Hall 310
Continuous bubbling for the harmonic map heat flow
Andrew W. Lawrie, Department of Mathematics, MIT,
Wednesday, November 15th, 2023
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Joint IQIM/AWS Seminar Series

Lauritsen 469
Identification and characterization of topological order without and with tensor networks
Norbert Schuch, University of Vienna,
12:15pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech/IPAC Lunch Seminar

IPAC 102 (Large Conference Room)
Unveiling the Atmospheres of Exoplanets: Exploring Detection, Evolution, and Habitability
Raissa Estrela, JPL-NASA,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Information, Geometry, and Physics Seminar

Linde Hall 310
Aperiodic spin chains for discrete holography on hyperbolic tilings
Giuseppe di Giulio, Institute for Theoretical Physics & Astrophysics, University of Wurzburg,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Characterizing the Life Cycle of the Interstellar Medium and Star Formation in Galaxies with Far-Infrared Spectral Lines
Jorge Pineda, ASTHROS Balloon Principal Investigator, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),
Thursday, November 16th, 2023
10:30am – 11:30am
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
AdS_3/RMT_2 Duality
Gabriele Di Ubaldo, IPhT,
2:30pm – 3:45pm
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Mirror Symmetry for Nonabelian LG models
Nathan Priddis, College of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Brigham Young University,
3:45pm – 5:00pm
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Quantum K-invariants of Grassmannian via Quot scheme
Ming Zhang, Department of Mathematics, UC San Diego,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 387
Geometric Eisenstein Series and Torsion Vanishing
Linus Hamann, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Wielding Frequency Dependent Squeezing against Quantum Back-Action in the LIGO Gravitational Wave Observatories
Lee McCuller, Caltech,