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    Seminars, HET and HEE Seminars

    High Energy Theory Seminar: Averaged null energy and the renormalization group

    Tom Hartman (Cornell University)
    November 25, 2024 -

    The averaged null energy condition, or ANEC, is a fundamental bound on negative energy in quantum field theory. It has applications ranging from black holes to quantum information to the 3D Ising model, and often…
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    Department Colloquia

    Colloquium: Twenty-five Years of Science with Chandra

    Hans Moritz Guenther (MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research)
    December 4, 2024 -

    Chandra is one of NASA's "great observatories" and was launched in 1999. In this talk, I will review Chandra's history and instruments and show highlights from an absolutely astonishing 25 years of science…

  • Seminars, HET and HEE Seminars

    High Energy Theory Seminar: "TBA"

    David Nichols (University of Virginia)
    December 9, 2024 -
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    Condensed and Living Matter Seminars

    Condensed and Living Matter Seminar: Shot noise in a strange metal

    Doug Natelson (Rice University)
    December 11, 2024 -

    Strange metal behavior has been observed in materials ranging from high-temperature superconductors to heavy fermion metals. In conventional metals, current is carried by quasiparticles; although it has been…

  • Seminars, Astro Seminars

    Astrophysics Seminar: "TBA"

    Stephen Chen (Princeton)
    December 11, 2024 -

  • Department Colloquia

    Colloquium: Energetic Optimization During Cell Division

    Michael Murrell (Yale University)
    January 22, 2025 -

    Living systems are driven far from thermodynamic equilibrium through the continuous consumption of ambient energy. This energy is invested in the formation of complex, internal macromolecular structures and diverse…

  • Seminars, Astro Seminars

    Astrophysics Seminar: "TBA"

    Cynthia Chiang (McGill)
    January 29, 2025 -

  • Seminars, Astro Seminars

    Astrophysics Seminar: "TBA"

    Susanna Azzoni (Princeton)
    February 5, 2025 -
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