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Physics Colloquium is held on Thursdays, 4:00pm - 5:00pm over Zoom and in-person in the Feynman Lecture Hall, 201 E. Bridge. 

Only those with a valid Caltech ID are permitted to attend in person.

All talks are intended for a broad audience, and everyone is encouraged to attend. 

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• Upcoming Colloquia

• Past Colloquia Recordings & Information

• History of Caltech Physics Colloquium

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THURSDAY 
OCTOBER 6, 2022
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Towards a theory of strange quantum metals

Speaker: Senthil Todadri
Host: Jason Alicea
View talk here

THURSDAY 
OCTOBER 13, 2022
4:00pm - 5:00pm

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THURSDAY 
OCTOBER 20, 2022
4:00pm - 5:00pm

The Generalized Landau Paradigm

**This talk will not be shown via Zoom and will not be recorded.**

Speaker: John McGreevy
Host: Xie Chen

THURSDAY 
OCTOBER 27, 2022
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Black holes and random matrices

Speaker: Stephen Shenker
Host: David Simmons-Duffin
View talk here

*Mask must be worn for this talk*
 Bring your own or take one (N95) at the door.

THURSDAY 
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Bosonic Quantum Information Processing

Speaker: Liang Jiang
Host: Gil Refael
View talk here

THURSDAY 
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Quantum sensing and imaging with diamond spins

Speaker: Ania Jayich
 Host: David Hsieh
View talk here

THURSDAY 
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Laser cooling and trapping radioactive atoms and molecules 

Speaker:  Andrew Jayich
Host:  Nick Hutzler

THURSDAY 
DECEMBER 1, 2022
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Quantum matter, clocks, and fundamental physics

Lauritsen Lecture

Speaker: Jun Ye
Host: John Preskill 

THURSDAY 
JANUARY 5, 2023
4:00pm - 5:00pm

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Speaker: Crystal Noel
Host: John Preskill

THURSDAY 
JANUARY 12, 2023
4:00pm - 5:00pm

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JANUARY 19, 2023
4:00pm - 5:00pm

TBD

Host: Clifford Cheung

THURSDAY 
JANUARY 26, 2023
4:00pm - 5:00pm

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Biard Lecture
Speaker: Dmitri Basov
Host: Nai-Chang Yeh

THURSDAY 
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
4:00pm - 5:00pm

TBD

Speaker: Lindley Winslow
Host: Kathryn Zurek

THURSDAY 
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
4:00pm - 5:00pm

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Speaker: Guy Gur-Ari
Host: Hirosi Ooguri

THURSDAY 
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
4:00pm - 5:00pm

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Speaker: Nicole Benedek
Host: David Hsieh

THURSDAY 
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
4:00pm - 5:00pm

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Speaker:  Jeanie Lau
Host: Gil Refael

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MARCH 2, 2023
4:00pm - 5:00pm

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MARCH 9, 2023
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APRIL 6, 2023
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APRIL 13, 2023
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APRIL 20, 2023
4:00pm - 5:00pm

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Speaker: Clay Cordova
Host: Clifford Cheung

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APRIL 27, 2023
4:00pm - 5:00pm

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THURSDAY 
MAY 4, 2023
4:00pm - 5:00pm


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MAY 11, 2023
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MAY 18, 2023
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MAY 25, 2023
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June 1, 2023
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