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Physics 490 Schedule

All lectures will be held at Perimeter Institute, in the Bob Room.

 Week

Speaker TopicAssignments Resources

January 8 - 10

Owen Maroney

Foundations of Quantum Mechanics: Interferometry, measurement and interpretation. Beyond the quanta.

January 15 - 17

Owen Maroney

Foundations of Quantum Mechanics: Interferometry, measurement and interpretation. Beyond the quanta.

 

January 22 - 24Xiao Liu

String Theory: Strings vs. particles. Branes and Holography in quantum gravity.

January 29 - 31

Xiao Liu

String Theory: Strings vs. particles. Branes and Holography in quantum gravity.
February 5 - 7Simone Speziale

Loop Quantum gravity: Constrained systems, meaning of diffeomorphism invariance, loops and spin networks.

 
February 12 - 14Simone SpezialeLoop Quantum gravity: Constrained systems, meaning of diffeomorphism invariance, loops and spin networks.

 

 
February 26 - 28Philip GoyalFoundations of Quantum Mechanics: Interferometry, measurement and interpretation. Beyond the quanta.
March 6Aninda SinhaString Theory: Strings vs. particles. Branes and Holography in quantum gravity.
  • No assignment this week
 
March 11 - 13

Sarah Croke

Quantum Information Theory: Teleportation, quantum key distribution, and quantum algorithms.
March 18 - 20

Sarah Croke

Quantum Information Theory: Teleportation, quantum key distribution, and quantum algorithms. 
March 25 - 27Andrew TolleyCosmology: A brief history of our cosmic beginnings, Cosmic Microwave Background. How galaxies form and the existence of dark matter.
April 1 - 3Andrew TolleyCosmology: A brief history of our cosmic beginnings, Cosmic Microwave Background. How galaxies form and the existence of dark matter.  

 

 

 

 

 
 
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