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The Cosmic Microwave Background

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Add to Calendar 2013-10-22T12:30:00 Motivating and following-up on in-class activities Event Location: Hennings 318

October

21

2013

Monday, 4:00 pm | Event Location: HENNINGS 201 - Note change of room to accomodate guests from the International Roundtable on Time & Life In The Universe | Speaker: Krzysztof Gorski (Jet Propulsion Lab / Caltech)

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THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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Add to Calendar 2013-10-21T16:00:00 The Cosmic Microwave Background Event Location: HENNINGS 201 - Note change of room to accomodate guests from the International Roundtable on Time & Life In The Universe

October

21

2013

Monday, 12:00 pm | Event Location: Hennings 318 |

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Defect-induced supersolidity with soft-core Bosons

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Add to Calendar 2013-10-21T12:00:00 THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Event Location: Hennings 318

October

18

2013

Friday, 11:00 am | Event Location: Henn 318 | Speaker: Guido Pupillo

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Cosmological results from the Planck Satellite

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Add to Calendar 2013-10-18T11:00:00 Defect-induced supersolidity with soft-core Bosons Event Location: Henn 318

October

17

2013

Thursday, 4:00 pm | Event Location: Hennings 201 | Speaker: Douglas Scott, UBC

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Add to Calendar 2013-10-17T16:00:00 Cosmological results from the Planck Satellite Event Location: Hennings 201

October

17

2013

Rescheduled!

Thursday, 2:00 pm | Event Location: Hennings 318 |

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The Bose Einstein Condensate dark matter model

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Add to Calendar 2013-10-17T14:00:00 Rescheduled! Event Location: Hennings 318

October

16

2013

Wednesday, 1:00 pm | Event Location: Henn 318 | Speaker: Francisco Guzman, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo

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Astronomy Colloquia

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Add to Calendar 2013-10-16T13:00:00 The Bose Einstein Condensate dark matter model Event Location: Henn 318

October

14

2013

NO ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM TODAY - UBC IS CLOSED FOR THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

Monday, 4:00 pm | Event Location: Home for the holidays | Speaker: None

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Astronomy Colloquia

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Add to Calendar 2013-10-14T16:00:00 NO ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM TODAY - UBC IS CLOSED FOR THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY Event Location: Home for the holidays

October

11

2013

Helical edge resistance introduced by charge puddles

Friday, 4:00 pm | Event Location: TBA | Speaker: Leonid Glazman, Yale University

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Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Phase Coherence in Graphene”)

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Add to Calendar 2013-10-11T16:00:00 Helical edge resistance introduced by charge puddles Event Location: TBA

October

11

2013

Friday, 12:30 pm | Event Location: Room 200, Graduate Student Centre | Speaker: MARK BRIAN LUNDEBERG

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Topological insulators and topological superconductors

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Add to Calendar 2013-10-11T12:30:00 Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Phase Coherence in Graphene”) Event Location: Room 200, Graduate Student Centre

October

10

2013

Thursday, 4:00 pm | Event Location: Hennings 201 | Speaker: Shoucheng Zhang, Stanford

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What role does Quantum Mechanics play in Biology?

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Add to Calendar 2013-10-10T16:00:00 Topological insulators and topological superconductors Event Location: Hennings 201

October

09

2013

Wednesday, 7:30 pm | Event Location: Fairmont Lounge - St. John's College, 2111 Lower Mall | Speaker: K. Birgitta Whaley

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Pac. Inst. of Theoretical Physics Seminars

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Add to Calendar 2013-10-09T19:30:00 What role does Quantum Mechanics play in Biology? Event Location: Fairmont Lounge - St. John's College, 2111 Lower Mall

October

08

2013

Learning Technologies Presentation with a Framework of Efficacy

Tuesday, 12:30 pm | Event Location: Hennings 318 | Speaker: Noy Kongtakane from Pearson Canada

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Galileo’s “Two Chief World Systems” and the Confirmation of Copernicanism

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Add to Calendar 2013-10-08T12:30:00 Learning Technologies Presentation with a Framework of Efficacy Event Location: Hennings 318

October

07

2013

Monday, 4:00 pm | Event Location: Hennings 318 | Speaker: Dennis Danielson, UBC Department of English

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Gravitational dynamics from entanglement "Thermodynamics"

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Add to Calendar 2013-10-07T16:00:00 Galileo’s “Two Chief World Systems” and the Confirmation of Copernicanism Event Location: Hennings 318

October

07

2013

Monday, 12:00 pm | Event Location: Hennings 318 | Speaker: Prof. Mark Van Raamsdonk (UBC)

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Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: Nature of Bose Gases Near Feshbach Resonance: The Interplay Between Few-Body and Many-Body Physics)

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Add to Calendar 2013-10-07T12:00:00 Gravitational dynamics from entanglement "Thermodynamics" Event Location: Hennings 318

October

04

2013

Friday, 2:00 pm | Event Location: Henn 318 | Speaker: MOHAMMAD MASHAYEKHI

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The Black Hole Information Paradox, Alive and Kicking

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Add to Calendar 2013-10-04T14:00:00 Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: Nature of Bose Gases Near Feshbach Resonance: The Interplay Between Few-Body and Many-Body Physics) Event Location: Henn 318

October

03

2013

Thursday, 4:00 pm | Event Location: Hennings 201 | Speaker: Joe Polchinski, UCSB

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The Newtonian Limit of Cosmological Spacetimes

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Add to Calendar 2013-10-03T16:00:00 The Black Hole Information Paradox, Alive and Kicking Event Location: Hennings 201

October

02

2013

Wednesday, 1:00 pm | Event Location: Hennings 318 | Speaker: Todd Oliynyk, Monash University

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Multiscale simulation: connecting statistical physics to engineering applications and materials properties

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Add to Calendar 2013-10-02T13:00:00 The Newtonian Limit of Cosmological Spacetimes Event Location: Hennings 318

October

01

2013

Tuesday, 4:00 pm | Event Location: Michael Smith Labs (2185 East Mall), Lecture Theatre 102 | Speaker: Jean-Louis BARRAT

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Precision Weak Lensing Measurements with CFHTLenS and Beyond

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Add to Calendar 2013-10-01T16:00:00 Multiscale simulation: connecting statistical physics to engineering applications and materials properties Event Location: Michael Smith Labs (2185 East Mall), Lecture Theatre 102

September

30

2013

Monday, 4:00 pm | Event Location: Hennings 318 | Speaker: Hendrik Hildebrandt, Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, Bonn, Germany

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Understanding mechanical properties of disordered solids: how computers can help (note special start time)

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Add to Calendar 2013-09-30T16:00:00 Precision Weak Lensing Measurements with CFHTLenS and Beyond Event Location: Hennings 318

September

30

2013

Monday, 11:00 am | Event Location: Hennings 318 (***** Note this seminar starts at 11am *****) | Speaker: Prof. Jean-Louis Barrat (University of Joseph Fourier, Grenoble France)

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Ultrafast AMO Physics with strong laser fields: High Harmonic Generation and X-ray Free Electron Lasers

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Add to Calendar 2013-09-30T11:00:00 Understanding mechanical properties of disordered solids: how computers can help (note special start time) Event Location: Hennings 318 (***** Note this seminar starts at 11am *****)

September

26

2013

Thursday, 4:00 pm | Event Location: Hennings 201 | Speaker: Phil Bucksbaum

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Imbalanced Fermi gases in two dimensions

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Add to Calendar 2013-09-26T16:00:00 Ultrafast AMO Physics with strong laser fields: High Harmonic Generation and X-ray Free Electron Lasers Event Location: Hennings 201

September

23

2013

Monday, 12:00 pm | Event Location: Hennings 318 | Speaker: Prof. Dan Sheehy (Louisiana State University)

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The Dark Energy Crisis in the Longer Term

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Add to Calendar 2013-09-23T12:00:00 Imbalanced Fermi gases in two dimensions Event Location: Hennings 318

September

19

2013

Thursday, 4:00 pm | Event Location: Hennings 201 | Speaker: Chris Stubbs, Harvard

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Fictitious fields for light: topological insulators and pseudomagnetism

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Add to Calendar 2013-09-19T16:00:00 The Dark Energy Crisis in the Longer Term Event Location: Hennings 201

September

19

2013

Thursday, 2:00 pm | Event Location: Hennings 318 | Speaker: Mikael Rechtsman, Technion

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Hawking radiation with dispersion versus breakdown of WKB

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Add to Calendar 2013-09-19T14:00:00 Fictitious fields for light: topological insulators and pseudomagnetism Event Location: Hennings 318

September

18

2013

Wednesday, 1:00 pm | Event Location: Hennings 318 | Speaker: Ralf Schuetzhold, Universität Duisburg-Essen

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A decade of science with MOST

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Add to Calendar 2013-09-18T13:00:00 Hawking radiation with dispersion versus breakdown of WKB Event Location: Hennings 318

September

16

2013

Monday, 4:00 pm | Event Location: Hennings 318 | Speaker: Jaymie Matthews

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Topological Superconductor-Luttinger Liquid Junctions

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Add to Calendar 2013-09-16T16:00:00 A decade of science with MOST Event Location: Hennings 318

September

16

2013

Monday, 12:00 pm | Event Location: Hennings 318 | Speaker: Ian Affleck

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Neutrinoless Double Beta Decays

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Add to Calendar 2013-09-16T12:00:00 Topological Superconductor-Luttinger Liquid Junctions Event Location: Hennings 318

September

12

2013

Thursday, 4:00 pm | Event Location: Hennings 201 | Speaker: Alan W.P. Poon, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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The Majorana Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Experiment

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Add to Calendar 2013-09-12T16:00:00 Neutrinoless Double Beta Decays Event Location: Hennings 201

September

10

2013

Tuesday, 2:00 pm | Event Location: TRIUMF Auditorium | Speaker: Alan Poon (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

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Loop quantization of Brans-Dicke gravity and its cosmological application

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Add to Calendar 2013-09-10T14:00:00 The Majorana Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Experiment Event Location: TRIUMF Auditorium

July

29

2013

Monday, 1:00 pm | Event Location: Henn 309 | Speaker: Yongge Ma, Dept of Physics Beijing Normal University

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Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Applications of the Gauge/Gravity Duality”)

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Add to Calendar 2013-07-29T13:00:00 Loop quantization of Brans-Dicke gravity and its cosmological application Event Location: Henn 309

July

29

2013

Monday, 12:30 pm | Event Location: Room 203, Graduate Student Centre | Speaker: KEVIN WHYTE

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Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Incorporating Microdosimetry into Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning with Multi-Scale Monte Carlo Simulations”)

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Add to Calendar 2013-07-29T12:30:00 Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Applications of the Gauge/Gravity Duality”) Event Location: Room 203, Graduate Student Centre

July

29

2013

Monday, 9:00 am | Event Location: Room 203, Graduate Student Centre | Speaker: JOSEPH LUCIDO

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A Comprehensive Study of Relativistic Gravity using PSR B1534+12

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Add to Calendar 2013-07-29T09:00:00 Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Incorporating Microdosimetry into Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning with Multi-Scale Monte Carlo Simulations”) Event Location: Room 203, Graduate Student Centre

July

26

2013

Friday, 4:00 pm | Event Location: Henn 318 | Speaker: Emmanuel Fonseca

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An electron electric dipole moment experiment using a fountain of laser-cooled francium

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Add to Calendar 2013-07-26T16:00:00 A Comprehensive Study of Relativistic Gravity using PSR B1534+12 Event Location: Henn 318

July

19

2013

Friday, 4:00 pm | Event Location: Chem D-215 | Speaker: Harvey Gould

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At the interface between electron- and hole-doped curates

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Add to Calendar 2013-07-19T16:00:00 An electron electric dipole moment experiment using a fountain of laser-cooled francium Event Location: Chem D-215

July

18

2013

Thursday, 2:00 pm | Event Location: AMPEL 311 | Speaker: Marcel Hoek, University of Twente

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Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Emergence of Riemannian Manifolds from Graphs and Aspects of Chern-Simons Theory”)

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Add to Calendar 2013-07-18T14:00:00 At the interface between electron- and hole-doped curates Event Location: AMPEL 311

July

18

2013

Thursday, 9:00 am | Event Location: Room 200, Graduate Student Centre | Speaker: SI CHEN

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Physics Education Research Session

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Add to Calendar 2013-07-18T09:00:00 Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Emergence of Riemannian Manifolds from Graphs and Aspects of Chern-Simons Theory”) Event Location: Room 200, Graduate Student Centre

July

11

2013

Thursday, 2:00 pm | Event Location: Hennings 318 | Speaker: Various

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Ultracold hydrogen atoms: a versatile coolant for producing microkelvin molecules

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Add to Calendar 2013-07-11T14:00:00 Physics Education Research Session Event Location: Hennings 318

July

05

2013

Friday, 4:00 pm | Event Location: Chem D-215 | Speaker: Jeremy M. Hutson (Durham University, UK)

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PHAS workshop: “Quantum Information and Foundations of Quantum Mechanics” July 2-5

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Add to Calendar 2013-07-05T16:00:00 Ultracold hydrogen atoms: a versatile coolant for producing microkelvin molecules Event Location: Chem D-215

July

02

2013

Tuesday, 9:00 am | Event Location: tba |

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Max-Planck-UBC workshop: “Scanning Probe Microscopy for the Study of Quantum Materials” June 28-30

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Add to Calendar 2013-07-02T09:00:00 PHAS workshop: “Quantum Information and Foundations of Quantum Mechanics” July 2-5 Event Location: tba

June

28

2013

Friday, 9:00 am | Event Location: tba |

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Max-Planck-UBC workshop: “From Quantum Matter to Quantum Information” June 24-27

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Add to Calendar 2013-06-28T09:00:00 Max-Planck-UBC workshop: “Scanning Probe Microscopy for the Study of Quantum Materials” June 28-30 Event Location: tba

June

24

2013

Monday, 9:00 am | Event Location: tba |

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Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: Angle-resolved photoemission and density functional theory studies of topological materials)

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Add to Calendar 2013-06-24T09:00:00 Max-Planck-UBC workshop: “From Quantum Matter to Quantum Information” June 24-27 Event Location: tba

June

19

2013

Wednesday, 1:00 pm | Event Location: Henn 309 | Speaker: ZHI-HUAI ZHU

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Detecting Non-Abelian Anyons by Charging Spectroscopy

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Add to Calendar 2013-06-19T13:00:00 Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: Angle-resolved photoemission and density functional theory studies of topological materials) Event Location: Henn 309

June

18

2013

Tuesday, 2:00 pm | Event Location: AMPEL 311 | Speaker: Gilad Ben-Shach

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Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “The Leftovers of Planet Formation: The Small Body Populations of Our Solar System and Exoplanet Systems”)

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Add to Calendar 2013-06-18T14:00:00 Detecting Non-Abelian Anyons by Charging Spectroscopy Event Location: AMPEL 311

June

17

2013

Monday, 12:20 pm | Event Location: Room 203, Graduate Student Centre | Speaker: SAMANTHA LAWLER

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Control and Manipulation of the Kerr-lens Mode-locking Dynamics in Lasers

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Add to Calendar 2013-06-17T12:20:00 Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “The Leftovers of Planet Formation: The Small Body Populations of Our Solar System and Exoplanet Systems”) Event Location: Room 203, Graduate Student Centre

June

17

2013

Monday, 11:00 am | Event Location: Chem D-215 | Speaker: Shai Yefet (Bar-Ilan University)

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Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Particle Phenomenology at the Frontiers”)

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Add to Calendar 2013-06-17T11:00:00 Control and Manipulation of the Kerr-lens Mode-locking Dynamics in Lasers Event Location: Chem D-215

June

14

2013

Friday, 12:30 pm | Event Location: Room 200, Graduate Student Centre | Speaker: PETER WINSLOW

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Search for Natural SUSY with ATLAS at the LHC

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Add to Calendar 2013-06-14T12:30:00 Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Particle Phenomenology at the Frontiers”) Event Location: Room 200, Graduate Student Centre

June

13

2013

Thursday, 2:00 pm | Event Location: TRIUMF Auditorium | Speaker: Anadi Canepa (TRIUMF)

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Chasing the nematic phase in Ba(Fe1−xCox)2As2 with optical investigations

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Add to Calendar 2013-06-13T14:00:00 Search for Natural SUSY with ATLAS at the LHC Event Location: TRIUMF Auditorium

June

13

2013

Thursday, 2:00 pm | Event Location: Hennings 318 | Speaker: L. Degiorgi (ETH)

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