BAPC Announcements: Week of - 11/28 - 12/2/11

[Gisele Byda <gisele byda bc edu>]

November 28 – December 2, 2011

THE BOSTON AREA PHYSICS CALENDAR

The Boston Area Physics Calendar is published weekly during the academic 
year by the Department of Physics, Boston College.  Entries should reach 
us no later than 2:00 pm on the Wednesday proceeding the week of the 
actual event.

NOTE: Entries that are past the deadline will have to be sent by you to 
the BAPC late entry email address listed below.

ON-TIME submissions:  Send to bapc-events cosmos phy tufts 
edu<mailto:bapc-events cosmos phy tufts edu>
LATE submissions:  Send to bapc-late cosmos phy tufts edu<mailto:bapc-late 
cosmos phy tufts edu>
SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to/from the BAPC calendar:  
http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/bapc.html

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Monday, November 28, 2011

12:30 PM
Monday, November 28, 2011
Boston University
Particles and Fields Seminar
3 Cummington St., room 595
"The Stealthy Higgs"
Graham Kribs
University of Oregon

2:00PM
Monday, November 28, 2011
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nuclear & Particle Theory Seminar
Center for Theoretical Physics, Cosman Seminar room 6c-442
"Improving Collider Predictions with Effective Field Theory"
Nicholas Dunn
UC Berkeley
Refreshments to be served.

4:00 p.m.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Brown University
Department of Physics Colloquium
Barus & Holley 168
"Spin Filtering and Interface Driven Spin Tunneling"
Jagadeesh Moodera (MIT)
Refreshments begin at 3:30 p.m.
http://physics.brown.edu/
 
4:15 PM
Monday, November 28, 2011
Laboratory for Nuclear Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nuclear and Particle Physics Colloquium
Kolker Room, 26-414
(Refreshments at 3:45) 
"T2Ks First Neutrino Oscillation Result"
Morgan Wascko
Imperial College
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

11:00am
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Brandeis University
String Theory Seminar
Abelson 307
TBA
Amit Sever
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

12 Noon
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Laboratory for Nuclear Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
LNS Lunch Time Seminar 
Kolker Room, 26-414
"Diamonds for Present and Future LHC Applications"
William Trischuk
University of Toronto

2:00 pm
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Boston College, Physics Seminar
Higgins 235
"New topologically ordered phases of condensed matter"
Joel Moore
University of California, Berkeley
For more information please see: http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/physics/
 
2:30pm
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Tufts University
Joint Tufts/CFA/MIT Cosmology Seminar
Robinson 250
"An update on the prospects for observing cosmic bubble collisions"
Matt Johnson
Perimeter Institute
Refreshments served at 2:00pm in Knipp Library, Room 251

4pm
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Brandeis University
Eisenbud Lecture Series in Mathematics and Physics, Lecture I
Abelson 131
"The Mathematics of Dynamics Random Networks: Models and Behavior of the 
Internet, the World Wide Web and Online Social Networks"
Jennifer Chayes
Microsoft Research New England
Refreshments at 3:30pm before talk outside Abelson 131
Reception at 5pm after talk, Faculty Club Lounge at Brandeis University

4pm
Tuesday, November 29th
Northeastern University
Nobel Prize Seminar
Dana Research Center Room 114
Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe: Einstein’s Blunder Undone
Robert Kirshner
Harvard University

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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

2:30pm
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Brown University
Theoretical Seminar:  B&H 555 
Department of Physics
"High-energy amplitudes in the next-to-leading order"
Ian Balitsky
Jefferson Lab

4:00 P.M.
Wednesday, November 30 2011
UMass Lowell
OH 218
"Quantum Information Processing and Metrology Using Few Electron Spins in 
Solids "
Amir Yacoby
Harvard University
Refreshments at 3:30 P.M. OH218
 
4:00 pm
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Boston College, Physics Colloquium
Higgins 310
"Bridging the Gap in High Temperature Superconductor"
Zhi-Xun Shen
Stanford University
Refreshments served at 3:30 pm, Higgins Hall 230
For more information please see: http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/physics/
 
4:15 p.m.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
NOTE DATE CHANGE (No Colloq. November 28)
Harvard University
Department of Physics Colloquium
Jefferson 250  
“Atom Interferometry, Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity”
Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy
Tea in Jefferson 450 at 3:30 p.m.
http://www.physics.harard.edu
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Thursday, December 1, 2011

12:00pm
Thursday, 1 December 2011
Brown University
Theoretical Seminar:  B&H 555 
Department of Physics
"Amplitudes from M-theory".
Yutin Huang
UCLA

12 Noon
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Boston University
Special Physics Seminar
Metcalf Science Center, Room 352
590 Commonwealth Ave.
"On the estimation of damages due to coastal floods"
Diego Rybski
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany

12 noon
Thursday, December 1
Harvard University
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar
Lyman 425
"Visualizing Helical Metals on the Surfaces of Topological Insulators"
Ali Yazdani
Princeton University

2:30 pm
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Harvard University
Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology Seminar
Palfrey House 1st floor conference room (18 Hammond St, Cambridge)
“aCORN project:  Measurement of  Electron - Antineutrino  Angular 
Correlation  in Neutron Decay”
Boris Yerozolimsky
Harvard University

3pm
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Brandeis University
Abelson 131
Joint MRSEC/Neuroscience Seminar
"Mechanisms and impacts of response fluctuations in neurons and networks"
Shimon Maron
Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel

4:00 PM 
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Northeastern University
PhysicsColloquium
Location: Center for Complex Network Research (CCNR)
Building is 110 Forsyth St., Dana Science Center, Boston, MA 02115 – 5th 
Fl, Large Elevator
Address is 100 Forsyth St, Boston, MA 02115
Parking: 835 Columbus Ave., Boston, MA 02120
“How networks drove the rapid evolution of early life: clues from the 
canonical genetic code”
Nigel Goldenfeld
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Refreshments at 3:30 PM

4:00 pm
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
CfA Colloquium Series
Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge
"New Views on Extrasolar Planetary Systems from Kepler"
Dan Fabrycky
UC Santa Cruz
tea and cookies at 3:30 p.m.
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/events/colloquia

4:15 p.m.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The David and Edith Harris Physics Colloquium Series
Building 10, Room 250
"Bridging the Gap in High Temperature Superconductor"
Zhi-Xun Shen
Stanford University
Refreshments @ 3:45PM in 4-349
http://web.mit.edu/physics/events/colloquia.html
 
4:30pm
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Brandeis University
Eisenbud Lecture Series in Mathematics and Physics, Lecture II
Abelson 131
"The Mathematics of Dynamic Random Networks: Convergent Sequences of 
Networks"
Jennifer Chayes
Microsoft Research New England
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Friday, December 2, 2011

11:30 a.m.
Friday, December 2
Harvard University
Special Condensed Matter Theory Seminar
Lyman 425
"Majorana Spin Liquids on a Two-Leg Ladder"
Hsin-Hua Lai
Caltech

12 noon
Friday, December 2, 2011
Boston University
Biophysics/Condensed Matter Seminar
Metcalf Science Center, Room 352
590 Commonwealth Ave.
"Three Easy to State Open Problems"
Joel L. Lebowitz
Rutgers University
Pizza served at 11:45AM

3:00 p.m.
December 2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Plasma Science and Fusion Center Seminar
Building NW17-218
"Recent advances in the OMEGA cryogenic implosion program"
Valeri Goncharov
Laboratory for Laser Energetics at the University of Rochester
 
3:00 PM
Friday, December 2, 2011
Tufts University
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
Science and Technology Center
4 Colby St., Room 136
"Milky Way Satellites/LSST"
Beth Willman
Haverford College

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Thank You,

Gisele Byda
Boston College - Physics
617) 552-0968