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Theoretical Physics - From Outer Space to Plasma

Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics host a morning of Theoretical Physics roughly three times a year on a Saturday morning. The mornings consist of three talks pitched to expl... Read more

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An Introduction to deep learning

An Introduction to deep learning

Professor Ard Louis gives a basic introduction to deep learning for physicists and addresses a few questions such as: Is... Read more

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Quantum mechanics on the human scale

Quantum mechanics on the human scale

Stephen Blundell reviews a theory of superconductivity that was developed in Oxford in the 1930’s by Fritz London. The i... Read more

3 Nov 2017

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Cosmic acceleration revealed by Type la supernovae?

Cosmic acceleration revealed by Type la supernovae?

In this talk Subir Sarkar will explain how deflagration supernovae have been used to infer that the Hubble expansion rat... Read more

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Networked Quantum Information Technologies

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This talk reviews the developments in quantum information processing.

6 Jul 2018

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String Theory on the Sky

String Theory on the Sky

Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 3rd morning of Theoretical Physics covering the ... Read more

24 Mar 2015

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String Theory: Then and Now

String Theory: Then and Now

Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the ninth Saturday Morning of Theoretical Physics on... Read more

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String Theory and Particle Physics

String Theory and Particle Physics

Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the ninth Saturday Morning of Theoretical Physics on... Read more

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Superfluids in Flatland: Topology, Defects, and the 2016 Nobel Prize

Superfluids in Flatland: Topology, Defects, and the 2016 Nobel Prize

In this talk, Siddharth Parameswaran discusses how a topological approach to 2D systems reveal that they can indeed beco... Read more

3 Nov 2017

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General Relativity: what is it & why Einstein conceived it thus

General Relativity: what is it & why Einstein conceived it thus

Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the eighth Saturday Morning of Theoretical Physics o... Read more

24 Sep 2015

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Galaxy Dynamics: Stellar systems: a new state of matter

Galaxy Dynamics: Stellar systems: a new state of matter

Prof James Binney FRS will talk about stellar systems: a new state of matter The long range of gravity means that many c... Read more

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Inner space meets outer space: Introduction

Inner space meets outer space: Introduction

Members of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics hosted the 3rd morning of Theoretical Physics covering the ... Read more

24 Mar 2015

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Quantum logic with trapped-ion qubits

Quantum logic with trapped-ion qubits

This talk reviews testing and developing ideas in quantum computing using laser-manipulated trapped ions.

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The birth of gravitational wave astronomy

The birth of gravitational wave astronomy

Subir Sarkar reviews the detection of the ‘chirrup’ signal from a pair of merging massive black holes by the Laser Inter... Read more

10 May 2017

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Magnets, superfluids and superconductors

Magnets, superfluids and superconductors

Second lecture "More is different" - how states of matter emerge from quantum theory Saturday morning of Theoretical Phy... Read more

1 Nov 2016

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Topology and the Classification of Matter: New Physics Hidden in Plain Sight

Topology and the Classification of Matter: New Physics Hidden in Plain Sight

Third lecture "More is different" - how states of matter emerge from quantum theory Saturday morning of Theoretical Phys... Read more

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How computers have changed the way we do physics - Breaking through the quantum barrier

How computers have changed the way we do physics - Breaking through the quantum barrier

The power of available computers has now grown exponentially for many decades. The ability to discover numerically the i... Read more

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Topology in Biology - Prof Julia Yeomans FRS

Topology in Biology - Prof Julia Yeomans FRS

Active systems, from cells and bacteria to flocks of birds, harvest chemical energy which they use to move and to contro... Read more

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What makes stars go bang?

What makes stars go bang?

In this talk, James Binney will outline the physics that leads to prodigeous release of energy in core-collapse and defl... Read more

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