Physics Research Conference 2011-12

The Physics Research Conference is held on Thursday at 4:00 P.M. in 201 E. Bridge, unless otherwise noted. Refreshments are served in 114 E. Bridge at 3:45 P.M. If that room is not available, they are served in 108 E. Bridge. All talks are intended for a broad audience, and everyone is encouraged to attend.

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Date	Speaker*	Title*	Host
September 29	Xiao-Gang Wen MIT	Topological order and quantum entanglements -- from a unification of light and electrons to a classification of interacting topological insulators/superconductors	Nai-Chang Yeh
October 6	Maria Spiropulu Caltech	Game Change at the LHC
October 13	Kent Irwin NIST	The Physics of Superconducting Calorimeters: Applications in Nuclear Safeguards	Jonas Zmuidzinas
October 20	Markus Greiner Harvard University	Quantum Magnetism with Ultracold Atoms A Microscopic View on Artificial Quantum Matter	Gil Refael
October 27	Joel Moore UC Berkeley	New topologically ordered phases of condensed matter	Jim Eisenstein
November 3	Kumiko Kotera Caltech	A quest for sources of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays	Sterl Phinney
November 10	David Hsieh MIT	Experimental identification and manipulation of topological insulators	Jim Eisenstein
November 17	Andrew Strominger Harvard University	Black Holes- the Harmonic Oscillators of the 21rst Century	Hirosi Ooguri
December 1	Klaus von Klitzing Max-Planck-Institut	QHE, Metrology, and the New Kilogram	Jim Eisenstein
January 5	S. R. Kulkarni Caltech	The Restless Universe (Palomar Transient Factory)	Tom Prince
January 12	Raphael Bousso UC Berkeley	The Multiverse of String Theory, The Measure Problem, And The Cosmological Constant	John Preskill
January 19	Chris Monroe University of Maryland	Quantum Networks of Trapped Atomic Ions	John Preskill
January 26	Jasper Kirkby CERN	Cosmic rays, climate and the CERN CLOUD experiment	Maria Spiropulu
February 2	Rana Adhikari Caltech	The Gravitational Waves and the Search: Into the Future
February 9	Janna Levin Columbia University	Black Holes Get Loud. And Bright.	Sean Carroll
February 16	Lesik Motrunich Caltech	Bose-metals of frustrated spins and bosons and towards non-Fermi-liquids of electrons	Jim Eisenstein
February 23	Daniel Levitin McGill University	This Is Your Brain On Music	Tom Tombrello
March 1	Robert May University of Oxford	Stability and Complexity in Model Banking Systems	Tom Tombrello
March 8	Elon Musk SpaceX Facility	Tour & talk @ SpaceX Facility in Hawthorne Attendees were chosen by lottery - FULL - No more available seats	Tom Tombrello
April 5	Erik Verlinde University of Amsterdam/KITP	Dark Energy, Dark Matter and the Emergence of Gravity	Maria Spiropulu
April 12	Andreas Albrecht UC Davis	Inflation, infinity, equilibrium and the observable Universe	Sean Carroll
April 19	Katherine Freese University of Michigan	Dark Matter in the Universe	Sean Carroll
April 26	Birgitta Whaley UC Berkeley	Quantum Coherence in Photosynthesis	John Preskill
May 3	Jason Alicea UC Irvine	The Discovery of Majorana Fermions in Condensed Matter?	Jim Eisenstein
May 10	Marvin Weinstein SLAC	Diving For Treasure in Complex Data: From Roman Urns to Alzheimer’s	David G. Hitlin
May 17	Paul Rothemund Caltech	Beyond Watson and Crick: Recent advances in the use of DNA as a building material	Nai-Chang Yeh
May 24	Ira Rothstein Carnegie Mellon University	From Black Holes to Biological Membranes: Utilizing the Local Nature of Physical Laws to Simplify Complex Problems	Sean Carroll

2010-2011 Physics Research Conference Lecture series can be found here

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Physics Research Conference 2011-12

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