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Friday, November 17th, 2023
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Chaos in Observable Algebras of Quantum Gravity
Nima Lashkari, Purdue University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
How simulating balls and springs captures the power of quantum computing
Robin Kothari, Google,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar

West Bridge 351 (LIGO Science Conference Room)
Dwarf Galaxies, Neutron Star Mergers, and Heavy Elements
Anya Nugent,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Binary Interaction and the Explodability of Massive Stars
Rachel Patton, Graduate Student, Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), Ohio State University,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar

Watson 104
Nonequilibrium spin dynamics in quantum magnets probed by neutrons
Dr. Chengyun Hua, R&D Associate, Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Online Event
Log-Concavity of the Alexander Polynomial for Special Alternating Links
Elena S. Hafner, Department of Mathematics, Cornell University,
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture

Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Stellar Tantrums and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Yuping Huang, PhD Candidate, Department of Astronomy, Caltech,
Monday, November 20th, 2023
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
The Piezoaxionic Effect: dark matter detection and new forces
Amalia Madden, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium

Linde Hall 310
Random conformal geometry
Morris Ang, Department of Mathematics, Cornell University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

East Bridge 114
Solvable models for 2+1D quantum critical points with a non-local area law of entanglement
Thomas Scaffidi, Professor, Department of Physics, UC Irvine,
Monday, November 27th, 2023
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Prospecting for new physics using muons
Jure Zupan, University of Cincinnati,
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

East Bridge 114
Optical control of antiferromagnetic order
Suyang Xu, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvad University,
Tuesday, November 28th, 2023
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Mathematics & Machine Learning Seminar

East Bridge 114
Searching singularity formation in fluids with deep learning
Ching-Yao Lai, Department of Geophysics, Stanford University,
2:30pm – 3:45pm
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar

Conjugacy classes of derangements in finite groups of Lie type
Daniele Garzoni, Department of Mathematics, USC,
3:45pm – 5:00pm
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar

TBA
Aravind Asok, Department of Mathematics, USC,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium

Linde Hall 310
Last Passage Percolation beyond algebraic formulas
Lingfu Zhang, Department of Statistics, UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, November 29th, 2023
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Joint IQIM/AWS Seminar Series

East Bridge 114
Quantum Computation with Quantum LDPC Codes in Reconfigurable Atom Arrays
Hengyun (Harry) Zhou, Harvard and QuEra,
12:15pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech/IPAC Lunch Seminar

Keith Spalding 410
SDSS-V Instrumentation Program and Survey Status
Solange Ramirez, Carnegie Observatories,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
The Future of AI in Astronomy
Cecilia Garraffo, Astrophysicist, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University,
Thursday, November 30th, 2023
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Quantum Hair and Black Hole Information
Stephen Hsu, Michigan State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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LA Probability Forum

Linde Hall 310
Embedding in high-dimensional random geometric graphs
Shuangping Li, Department of Statistics, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 387
Local densities of hermitian lattices and Kudla—Rapoport conjectures with levels
Zhiyu Zhang, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Using Nuclear Reactors to Study Neutrinos
Pedro Ochoa,
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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LA Probability Forum

Linde Hall 310
On sharp isoperimetric inequalities on the hypercube
Paata Ivanisvili, Department of Mathematics, UC Irvine,
6:00pm – 7:00pm
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LA Probability Forum

Linde Hall 310
Phase transition in the log-gamma polymer measure
Evgeni Dimitrov, Department of Mathematics, USC,