Boston Area Physics Calendar
November 9, 2009 through November 13, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
2:00 PM
(note different room)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nuclear and Particle Theory Seminar
Center for Theoretical Physics, PAPPALARDO ROOM 4-349
"Quantum Gravity without Space-time Singularities or Horizons"
Gerald 't Hooft, Utrecht University
Refreshments will be served
4:15 pm
Harvard University
Department of Physics Colloquium, Jefferson 250
"Energy, Environment and Health: The Sometimes Hidden Role of High
Magnetic Fields and Invisible Light"
Greg Boebinger, Professor of Physics, Florida State University and
University of Florida
Director, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Tea will be served in Jefferson 450 at 3:30 p.m.
http://www.physics.harvard.edu
4:30 p.m.
Brown University
Department of Physics Colloquium, Barus & Holley 168
"How might a Fermi surface die?"
Professor Senthil Todadri , MIT
Refreshments begin at 4:00 p.m.
http://physics.brown.edu/
4:30 PM
Applied Mathematics Colloquium And Imaging and Computing Seminar
Robust and Efficient Computation of Two-dimensional Photonic Crystal Band
Structure Using Second-kind Integral Equations
Speaker: Alexander Barnett, Dartmouth College
Location: MIT, Building 4, Room 370
Refreshments are available in Building 2, Room 290
Math Common Room between 3:30 - 4:30 PM
Joint work with Leslie Greengard (NYU)
Applied Math Colloquium Website: http://math.mit.edu/amc/fall09/
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
1:30 p.m.
Brandeis University
String Theory Seminar
Abelson 333
"On Short Strings in AdS_5 x S5"
Radu Roiban, Penn State University
2:00 PM
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 (note different day)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
String/Gravity Theory Seminar
Center for Theoretical Physics, Building 6c-442 Cosman seminar room
"Holography from Conformal Field Theory"
João Penedones, Kavli, ITP
Refreshments will be served.
3:30 PM
Boston University
Physics Department Colloquium
Metcalf Science Center, Room 107
590 Commonwealth Ave.
"Quantum Signals: Noise and Amplification"
Steve Girvin, Yale University
Refreshments served at 3:15 PM in 1st floor lounge
4:00 p.m
Brandeis University
Martin Weiner Lecture Series -- Physics Department Colloquium
Abelson 131
"Models and Manipulations: Min oscillations inside an E.coli bacterium"
Andrew Rutenberg, Dalhousie University, CANADA
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
2:30 p.m
Brown University
Theoretical Seminar: B&H 555
"On Short Strings in AdS_5 x S5"
Dr. Radu Roiban (Penn State U)
4:00pm
Boston College
Physics Colloquium
Higgins Hall, room 310
"Nonequilibrium Dynamics of Neutral, Ultracold Plasmas"
Dr. Michael Murillo, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Refreshments served at 3:30, Higgins Hall 230
For more information please see: http://www.physics.bc.edu
4:00 p.m.
Brandeis University
Special Seminar
Chancellor's Suite, Sachar International Center
"Complexity: A Guided Tour"
Melanie Mitchell , Portland State/Sante Fe Institute
4:15 p.m.
Clark University
Department of Physics - Colloquium
Sackler Science Center, Room S-122
"Instabilities and morphological phases of stressed elastic membranes"
Professor Benny Davidovitch, UMass, Amherst
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
2:00PM
(note different day)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nuclear & Particle Theory Seminar
Center for Theoretical Physics, Building 6c-442 Cosman seminar room
"AdS_3/LCFT_2`
Daniel Grumiller, ITP, U Tuwien
Refreshments will be served
4:15 p.m
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The David and Edith Harris Physics Colloquium Series
Building 10, Room 250
" The Origin of the Universe and the Arrow of Time "
Sean Carroll, California Institute of Technology
Refreshments @ 3:45PM in 4-349
http://web.mit.edu/physics/newsandevents/colloquia/fall2009.html
5:00 p.m.
Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar
Abelson 333
"Two-state kinetics and single molecule colocalization experiments"
Daniel Reeves, Brandeis University
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Friday, November 13, 2009
3:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Plasma Science and Fusion Center Seminar
Building NW17-218
"Turbulent momentum transport in gyrokinetic simulations"
Felix Parra-Diaz, Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Refreshments will be served.
4:30 p.m.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Harvard University
Mathematical Physics Seminar, Jefferson 453
"Ground States of Supersymmetric Matrix Models"
Douglas Lundholm, KTH Stockholm