KITP Programs Online

Spring 2013 Programs

• Exploring TeV Scale New Physics with LHC Data (Apr-Jul 2013)
• Hunting for Dark Matter: Building a cross-disciplinary, multi-pronged approach (Apr-Jun 2013)
• Primordial Cosmology (Apr-Jun 2013)
• Fundamental Science and Applications of Ultra-cold Polar Molecules (Jan-Mar 2013)
• Cooperation and the Evolution of Multicellularity (Jan-Mar 2013)
• Control of Complex Quantum Systems (Jan-Mar 2013)

Fall 2012 Programs

• Frustrated Magnetism and Quantum Spin Liquids: From Theory and Models to Experiments (Aug-Nov 2012)
• Quantum Dynamics in Far from Equilibrium Thermally Isolated Systems (Aug-Nov 2012)
• Chirps, Mergers and Explosions: The Final Moments of Coalescing Compact Binaries (Jul-Oct 2012)
• Deep Time: How did Early Earth Become our Modern World? (Jul-Aug 2012)

Spring 2012 Programs

• Physics and Mathematics of Cancer (May-Jul 2012)
• Physical Principles of Multiscale Modeling, Analysis and Simulation in Soft Condensed Matter (Apr-Jun 2012)
• Bits, Branes, Black Holes (Mar-May 2012)
• First Galaxies and Faint Dwarfs: Clues to the Small Scale Structure of Cold Dark Matter (Feb-May 2012)
• Novel Numerical Methods for Strongly Coupled Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Gravity (Jan-Mar 2012)
• The Physics of Graphene (Jan-Mar 2012)

Fall 2011 Programs

• Asteroseismology in the Space Age (Sep-Dec 2011)
• Topological Insulators and Superconductors (Sep-Dec 2011)
• Holographic Duality and Condensed Matter Physics (Aug-Nov 2011)
• Nonperturbative Effects and Dualities in QFT and Integrable Systems (Jul-Aug 2011)

Spring 2011 Programs

• The First Year of the LHC (Jun-Aug 2011)
• Biological Frontiers of Polymer and Soft Matter Physics (May-Jul 2011)
• The Harmony of Scattering Amplitudes (Apr-Jul 2011)
• The Nature of Turbulence (Feb-Jun 2011)
• Galaxy Clusters: The Crossroads of Astrophysics and Cosmology (Jan-Apr 2011)
• Iron-Based Superconductors (Jan 2011)
• Microbial and Viral Evolution (Jan-Mar 2011)

Fall 2010 Programs

• Disentangling Quantum Many-body Systems: Computational and Conceptual Approaches (Oct-Dec 2010)
• Emerging Techniques in Neuroscience (Sep-Nov 2010)
• Beyond Standard Optical Lattices (Sep-Dec 2010)
• X-ray Frontiers (Aug-Sep 2010)
• Electron Glasses (Jul-Oct 2010)

Spring 2010 Programs

• Water and Volatiles in the Earth's Mantle and Core (Jun-Jul 2010)
• The Physics of Glasses: Relating Metallic Glasses to Molecular, Polymeric and Oxide Glasses (Apr-Jul 2010)
• Strings at the LHC and in the Early Universe (Mar-May 2010)
• The Theory and Observation of Exoplanets (Jan-May 2010)
• Towards Material Design using Strongly Correlated Electron Systems (Jan-Mar 2010)
• Evolutionary Perspectives on Mechanisms of Cellular Organization (Jan-Mar 2010)

Fall 2009 Programs

• Excitations in Condensed Matter: From Basic Concepts to Real Materials (Oct-Dec 2009)
• Quantum Information Science (Sep-Dec 2009)
• Particle Acceleration in Astrophysical Plasmas (Jul-Oct 2009)

Spring 2009 Programs

• The Physics of Higher Temperature Superconductivity (Jun-Sep 2009)
• Quantum Control of Light and Matter (Apr-Jul 2009)
• Low Dimensional Electron Systems (Jan-Jun 2009)
• Formation and Evolution of Globular Clusters (Jan-Apr 2009)
• Fundamental Aspects of Superstring Theory (Jan-May 2009)

Fall 2008 Programs

• Building the Milky Way (Sep-Dec 2008)
• Population Genetics and Genomics (Sep-Dec 2008)
• The Theory and Practice of Fluctuation-Induced Interactions (Aug-Nov 2008)

Spring 2008 Programs

• Boundary Layers in the Earth: a multidisciplinary view (Jun-Aug 2008)
• Dynamo Theory (May-Jul 2008)
• Physics of Climate Change (Apr-Jul 2008)
• Anatomy, Development, and Evolution of the Brain (Mar-Apr 2008)
• Physics of the Large Hadron Collider (Jan-Jun 2008)
• Nonequilibrium Dynamics in Particle Physics and Cosmology (Jan-Mar 2008)

Fall 2007 Programs

• Moments and Multiplets in Mott Materials (Aug-Dec 2007)
• Star Formation Through Cosmic Time (Aug-Dec 2007)
• Biological Switches and Clocks (Jul-Aug 2007)

Spring 2007 Programs

• Strongly Correlated Phases in Condensed Matter and Degenerate Atomic Systems (Jan-Jun 2007)
• Accretion and Explosion: the Astrophysics of Degenerate Stars (Jan-Jun 2007)
• Evolution of Molecular Networks (Jan-Apr 2007)

Fall 2006 Programs

• Applications of Gravitational Lensing: Unique Insights into Galaxy Formation and Evolution (Sep-Nov 2006)
• String Phenomenology (Aug-Dec 2006)
• Stochastic Geometry and Field Theory: From Growth Phenomena to Disordered Systems (Aug-Dec 2006)
• Attosecond Science Workshop (Jul-Sep 2006)

Spring 2006 Programs

• Physics of Galactic Nuclei (May-Jul 2006)
• New Physical Approaches to Molecular and Cellular Machines (Apr-Jun 2006)
• Spintronics (Mar-Jun 2006)
• Topological Phases and Quantum Computation (Feb-May 2006)
• The Supernova Gamma-Ray Burst Connection (Jan-Mar 2006)
• Scanning New Horizons: GR Beyond 4 Dimensions (Jan-Mar 2006)

Fall 2005 Programs

• From the Atomic to the Tectonic: Friction, Fracture and Earthquake Physics (Aug-Dec 2005)
• Mathematical Structures in String Theory (Aug-Dec 2005)

Spring 2005 Programs

• Physics of Astrophysical Outflows and Accretion Disks (Apr-Jul 2005)
• Granular Physics (Mar-Jun 2005)
• Modern Challenges for Lattice Field Theory (Jan-Apr 2005)

Fall 2004 Programs

• Galaxy-Intergalactic Medium Interactions (Sep - Dec, 2004)
• QCD and String Theory (Aug - Dec, 2004)
• Understanding the Brain (Jul - Oct, 2004)

Spring 2004 Programs

• Quantum Gases (Apr-Jul, 2004)
• Exotic Order and Criticality in Quantum Matter (Mar-Jul, 2004)
• Collider Physics (Jan-Apr, 2004)
• Planet Formation: Terrestrial and Extra Solar (January - March, 2004)

Fall 2003 Programs

• Pattern Formation in Physics and Biology (August - December, 2003)
• Superstring Cosmology (August - December, 2003)

Spring 2003 Programs

• Gravitational Interaction of Compact Objects (May - July, 2003)
• Glassy States of Matter and Nonequilibrium Quantum Dynamics (March - June, 2003)
• Bio-Molecular Networks (January - March, 2003)
• Neutrinos: Data, Cosmos, and Planck Scale (January - May, 2003)

Fall 2002 Programs

• The New Cosmology Confronts Observation: The Cosmic Microwave Background, Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and Brane Worlds (August - December, 2002)
• Realistic Theories of Correlated Electron Materials (July-December, 2002)

Spring 2002 Programs

• QCD and Gauge Theory Dynamics in the RHIC Era (April-June, 2002)
• Dynamics of Complex and Macromolecular Fluids (February-June, 2002)
• Solar Magnetism and Related Astrophysics (January-March, 2002)

Fall 2001 Programs

• Quantum Information: Entanglement, Decoherence, and Chaos (August-December, 2001)
• Nanoscience (August-December, 2001)
• Dynamics of Neural Networks: From Biophysics to Behavior (July-December, 2001)

Spring 2001 Programs

• M-Theory (January-June 2001)
• Statistical Physics and Biological Information (January-June 2001)

Fall 2000 Programs

• High Temperature Superconductivity (August-December 2000)
• Spin and Magnetism in Young Neutron Stars (July-December 2000)

Spring 2000 Programs

• Program on Astrophysical Turbulence (April-June 2000)
• Program on Physics of Hydrodynamic Turbulence (January-June 2000)
• Galaxy Formation and Evolution (January-March 2000)

Fall 1999 Programs

• New Dimensions in Field Theory and String Theory (August-December 1999)
• Quantum Magnetism in Novel Materials and Geometries (August-December 1999)

Spring 1999 Programs

• Classical and Quantum Physics of Strong Gravitational Fields (January-July 1999)
• Black Hole Astrophysics (February-July 1999)

Fall 1998 Programs

• Disorder and Interactions in Quantum Hall and Mesoscopic Systems (August-December 1998)
• Electrostatic Effects in Complex Fluids and Biophysics (August-December 1998)

Spring 1998 Programs

• Dualities in String Theory (January-June 1998)
• Bose Einstein Condensation (February-June 1998)

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