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2026-04-21colloq
Halzen, Francis (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison)
Related Words: neutrino
The First Decade of High-Energy Neutrino Astronomy and Neutrino PhysicsYesNo
2025-12-04nsbp_iss
Whitfield, James Daniel (Dartmouth College)
Probability‑First Quantum: Foundations, Fermions, and Understanding Quantum TechnologyYesNo
2024-08-29firstbillion_c24The clustering of the first galaxies and their impact on reionization (H)YesYes
2024-08-28firstbillion_c24
Chen, Ken (Acad. Sinica)
Lightning talk: How Population III Supernovae Determined the Properties of the First GalaxiesYesNo
2024-08-28firstbillion_c24
Ji, Alex (Univ. of Chicago)
Stellar Archaeology Constraints on the First Stars (R)YesNo
2024-08-28firstbillion_c24
Samuel, Jenna (Univ. of Texas at Austin)
Connecting Local Group substructure with the first galaxies through simulations (H)YesNo
2024-08-28firstbillion_c24
Senchyna, Peter (Carnegie Observatories)
Metal-poor massive stars in the first galaxies and next-door (H)YesNo
2024-08-26firstbillion_c24
Dayal, Pratika (Univ. of Groningen)
The emergence of galaxies in the first billion years: implications for reionization, cosmology and gravitational wave astronomy (H)YesNo
2024-08-26firstbillion_c24
Lovell, Christopher (Portsmouth)
Novel approaches to simulating the first galaxy populations (R)YesNo
2024-08-26firstbillion_c24
Natarajan, Priya (Yale)
Related Words: black, galaxy, holes
New Insights into black hole seed formation in the first billion years (R)YesNo
2024-08-26firstbillion_c24
Trinca, Alessandro (Univ. of Insubria)
Seeking the growth of the first massive black holes (H)YesNo
2024-08-20firstbillion24As close as we can get to the growing SMBHs: shedding X-ray light on the nature of the first quasarsYesNo
2024-08-13firstbillion24
Chen, Ken (Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics)
How Population III Supernovae Determined the Properties of the First GalaxiesYesNo
2024-08-06firstbillion24
Samuel, Jenna (University of Texas Austin)
First Light from BonFIRE: A New Simulation of Early Galaxy FormationYesNo
2024-08-05bblunchDon't Go for Broke: The Key Physics of the Universe's First Billion YearsYesNo
2024-06-04darkmatter_c24
Despali, Giulia (Univ. of Bologna)
Galaxy formation in alternative dark matter models: first results from the AIDA simulationsYesYes
2024-04-24tde_c24
Bonnerot, Clement (Univ. Birmingham)
First light from tidal disruption eventsYesNo
2023-12-13pti23
Ringel, Zohar (Hebrew Univ.)
Droplets of good representations: Grokking as a First Order Phase Transition.YesNo
2022-04-13gwaves22
McWilliams, Sean (West Virginia)
Analytic black-hole binary mergers and kicks from first principlesYesNo
2021-03-30whitedwarfs_c21
Hallakoun, Na'ama (Weizmann Inst.)
Korol, Valeriya (Leiden Obs.)
Related Words: white
Joint title: Characterizing the Galactic double white dwarf population First talk by Na'ama Hallakoun: Part I: Observations and implications to the SN Ia progenitor problem Second talk by Valeriya Korol: Part II: future observations with LISAYesYes
2021-01-20symmorph_oc21 First a war then a dance: How sensory organs take shapeYesNo
2020-10-13correlated20
Chubukov, Andrey (Minnesota)
How superconductivity first wins and then loses the battle with a non-Fermi liquidYesNo
2020-10-09accretion_oc20Gravitational Test beyond the First Post-Newtonian Order with the EHTYesNo
2020-05-11clusters20
Ricotti, Massimo (Maryland)
Formation of Proto-globular Clusters in the First Galaxies: Impact on Reionization, JWST Observations and Near-field CosmologyYesYes
2020-02-27inflation20BBN: the Hot Big Bang's first datapointYesNo
2020-02-19inflation20
Erickcek, Adrienne (UNC)
Related Words: matter
What the matter power spectrum can tell us about dark matter and the Universe's first secondYesNo
2019-09-05astroplasma19First 3D detection of an outer sub-miligauss field via atomic alignmentYesYes
2019-08-08enervac19
Katz, Andrey (CERN/Geneva)
Dynamical friction from the first principles and what does it tell us about the DMYesNo
2018-05-02cdm_c18The first highly-redshifted 21-cm detection from EDGES: implications for dark matter and galaxy formationYesYes
2018-05-01cdm_c18
Mack, Katie (NC State)
Dark matter, first lightYesYes
2017-05-18galhalo_c17
Jeon, Myoungwon (University of Arizona)
Connecting the First Galaxies with Ultra-Faint Dwarfs in the LGYesYes
2017-02-09disks_c17
Reynolds, Chris (Maryland)
Related Words: black, disks
Towards a first principles understanding of variability from accreting black holesYesYes
2016-06-23colduniv_c16First stars and dustYesYes
2016-06-14colduniv16
Windhorst, Rogier (Arizona State)
The Search for First Light: Hardware Update on the James Webb Space Telescope, 2016YesYes
2016-01-20randomkpz16Fluctuations of the first particle in exclusion processesYesYes
2015-10-05denselight_c15
Carusotto, Iacopo (INO-CNR BEC Center)
Related Words: light, many, quantum
An overview of quantum fluids of light: first successes and many exciting perspectivesYesYes
2015-09-17lsmatter15
Biermann, Silke (Ecole Polytechnique)
3d,4d and 5d -- Spectral properties of correlated electron materials from first principlesYesNo
2015-02-24evoplanets_c15First-Principles Calculations of the High-Pressure Melt Line of Silicon Dioxide and Strength of Superionic WaterYesNo
2015-02-04galarcheo_c15The First StarsYesYes
2014-11-13ironic14
Biermann, Silke (Ecole Polytechnique)
Spectral properties of iron pnictides from first principles -- Where do we stand?YesYes
2014-09-11superbugs14Is it possible to reconstruct the first few divisions after human tumor initiation? (And why this might be important!)YesYes
2014-06-06particles14Gravitational waves from a first order electroweak phase transitionYesYes
2014-04-02resident
Amato, Ivan (KITP Writer in Residence)
The World's First Spy SatelliteYesYes
2013-10-30colloq
Nelson, Harry (UCSB)
Related Words: dark, matter
First Science Results from the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) Dark Matter ExperimentYesYes
2013-10-03spintronics_c13Spin Hall and Spin Nernst Effect from first principlesYesYes
2013-08-05bholes_c13
Natarajan, Priya (Yale)
Related Words: black, galaxy, holes
Planting seeds: assembling the first black holes in the universeYesYes
2013-08-05bholes_c13
Treister, Ezequiel (Univ. de Concepcion)
New observational constraints on the growth of the first supermassive blacholesYesYes
2013-08-05bholes_c13
Wise, John (Georgia Tech)
Related Words: first, stars
Black hole seeds from the first starsYesYes
2013-07-25bholes13The growth of the first QSOs: Constraints from the host galaxiesYesYes
2013-05-15dmatter_c13
Bindi, Veronica (Univ. Hawaii)
First scientific results from AMS-02YesYes
2012-07-25earth12Geochemistry V: The First Billion Year - IIYesNo
2012-07-23earth12Geochemistry IV: The First Billion Year - IYesNo
2012-07-21earth12Geochemistry III: The First 100 Million YearsYesNo
2012-07-13cancer12The First Three Cancer Cell DivisionsYesYes
2012-03-01dwarfgal12The World's Largest Optical Telescope and the Universe's Largest Cosmic Telescopes Team Up to Study the First GalaxiesYesNo
2012-02-27dwarfgal12Overview of "First Galaxies and Faint Dwarfs"[Podcast][Aud][Cam] KITP Blackboard LunchYesNo
2012-02-23graphene12
Wehling, Tim (Univ. Hamburg)
Impurities and Graphene Based Hybrid Structures: Insights from First-principles TheoryYesYes
2012-02-17dwarfgal_c12Mass Substructure in Gravitational Lens Galaxies - First Constraints on the Mass Function Beyond the Local UniverseYesYes
2012-02-14dwarfgal_c12
Frebel, Anna (Harvard)
Extremely Metal-poor Stars in the Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxies and Their Relation to the First GalaxiesYesNo
2012-02-14dwarfgal_c12Uncovering the First Galaxies with HST: New Insights from Deep WFC3/IR FieldsYesYes
2012-02-14dwarfgal_c12
Ricotti, Massimo (Univ. Maryland)
Fossils of the First Galaxies, Ghost Halos, and the Missing Massive/Bright Satellites ProblemYesYes
2012-02-14dwarfgal_c12
Wise, John (Georgia Tech)
Related Words: first, stars
The Transition from the First stars to the First galaxiesYesYes
2011-09-29asteroseismo11
Townsend, Richard (UW-Madison)
A First Stab at Modeling Wave Transport of Angular Momentum in Massive Stars by Heat-Engine-Excited g Modes, with Various Reflections on Implementation StrategiesYesNo
2011-06-20lhc11
Peskin, Michael (Stanford/SLAC)
Related Words: e, panel, space, tev
LHC: First Views of the TEV Scale [Podcast][Aud][Cam] KITP Blackboard LunchYesNo
2011-05-27biopoly_c11
Shakhnovich, Eugene (Harvard Univ.)
Related Words: evolution, fitness
Understanding Biological Fitness From First PrinciplesYesNo
2011-03-18gclusters_c11Galaxy Clusters in the First Half of Cosmic TimeNoYes
2011-03-18gclusters_c11A First Estimate of Radio Halo Statistics from Large-scale Cosmological SimulationNoYes
2011-03-17gclusters_c11
Romer, A. Kathy (Univ. Sussex)
The XMM Cluster Survey: First Data ReleaseYesYes
2011-03-16gclusters_c11
Pratt, Gabriel (CEA Saclay)
SZ Scaling Relations from the First Planck All-sky SurveyYesYes
2010-06-10glasses10
Widom, Michael (Carnegie Mellon)
First Principles Simulations of Supercooled Liquids and GlassesYesYes
2010-05-18exoplanets_m10First Mass Measurement of a Cold Super-Earth from EPOXI Calibration FramesYesYes
2010-01-13materials10Constructing Low-Energy Models of Correlated Materials From First-PrinciplesYesNo
2009-11-23excitcm09
Berlijn, Tom (Stony Brook)
Wannier Function Based First-Principles Method for Disordered SystemsYesYes
2009-11-18excitcm09
Umari, Paolo (SISSA)
Non Resonant Hyper-Raman Spectra From First Principles: Application to Vitreous SilicaYesNo
2009-11-10excitcm09First Principle Electronic Structure Calculations for Molecular and Cell Biology: a Perspective from TriesteYesYes
2009-11-06excitcm_c09
Berlijn, Tom (SUNY/BNL)
Wannier Function Based First Principles Method for Disordered SystemsNoNo
2009-11-06excitcm_c09First Principles Based Stability Analysis of the Helix-Protein - The Role of Harmonic and Anharmonic Vibrations at Finite TemperaturesNoNo
2009-11-06excitcm_c09
Louie, Steven (UC Berkeley)
Many-Body Perturbation Theory Approach to Excitations in Solids and Nanostructures from First PrinciplesYesNo
2009-11-06excitcm_c09
Luppi, Eleonora (Ecole Polytechnique)
Nonlinear Optics from First Principles: A Time-Density Functional-Theory ApproachYesYes
2009-11-05excitcm_c09
Kotliar, Gabriel (Rutgers)
Related Words: correlated, dynamical, field, mean
Towards First Principles Electronic Structure Method Based on Dynamical Mean Field Theory: What Can we Currently Do and What Needs to be Done to Make it HappenYesYes
2009-08-21sdeath_c09
Folatelli, Gaston (Univ. Chile)
The Carnegie Supernova Project: Analysis of the First Sample of Low-Redshift Type-Ia SupernovaeNoYes
2009-06-05lowdim09
Hasan, Zahid (Princeton)
Related Words: insulators, spin, topological
First Observation of Spin-Helical Dirac Fermion Modes and Future Direction of Research on Topological InsulatorsYesYes
2009-01-13clusters_c09Star Cluster System Evolution - The First 100 MyrYesYes
2008-09-30milkyway_c08Are the Most Metal Poor Stars also the First Stars?YesYes
2008-09-29milkyway_c08Galactic Archaeology, JWST, During the Epoch of First LightYesYes
2008-06-04lhc_c08
Toro, Natalia (Stanford)
Related Words: new
Characterizing the First New Physics at the LHCYesYes
2008-05-31lhct_c08
Abo-Shaeer, Amir (Dos Pueblos HS Engineering Academy)
First National Robotics Program: You can do it (and we have).YesNo
2008-05-22lhc08Discussion: First Signals, Key Signals and Unexpected Signs of New PhysicsYesNo
2008-04-08lhc08
Huston, Joey (Michigan State)
First We Rediscover the Standard Model: Roadmap to the First Few fb^-1YesYes
2007-11-14friends
Abel, Tom (KIPAC)
Related Words: first, phase, space, stars, universe
The First Things in the UniverseYesNo
2007-10-12stars07
Wise, John (GSFC)
Related Words: first, stars
Shaping the First Galaxies with the First StarsYesYes
2007-10-01stars07
Abel, Tom (Stanford)
Related Words: first, phase, space, stars, universe
Formation of the First Stars in the Universe[Podcast][Aud][Cam] KITP Blackboard LunchYesYes
2007-09-17stars07
Glover, Simon (Astrophysical Inst.)
Discussion: What don't we know about first and second generation star formation?YesYes
2007-09-10motterials_c07Inducing Multiferroic Behavior in Tri-layer Superlattices: A First Principles StudyNoYes
2007-09-05stars07Galaxy Build-up in the First 2 Billion Years of the UniverseYesYes
2007-08-13stars_c07
Abel, Tom (Stanford)
Related Words: first, phase, space, stars, universe
First Stars from First PrinciplesYesYes
2007-08-13stars_c07
Freese, Katie (Univ. Michigan)
Dark Matter and the First Stars: A new phase of stellar evolution?YesYes
2007-08-13stars_c07
Hill, Vanessa (Paris Obs.)
First Stars from Abundance Patterns in DwarfsYesYes
2007-08-13stars_c07
Loeb, Avi (Harvard)
First Massive Stars and ReionizationYesYes
2007-08-13stars_c07
Nomoto, Ken'ichi (Univ. Tokyo)
Hypernovae and First StarsYesYes
2007-05-23colloq
Militzer, Burkhard (Carnegie Institution of Washington)
Understanding the Interiors and Evolution of Giant Planets Through First-Principles Computer SimulationsYesYes
2007-03-20snovae_c07
Dursi, Jonathan (Univ. of Toronto)
First Flames: Burning, Turbulence and BuoyancyYesYes
2007-03-09evonet07
Koonin, Eugene (National Inst. of Health)
Related Words: evolution, life, viruses
The Origin of Viruses and Cells: a 'Virus-first' ConceptYesYes
2006-10-05lens_c06Detecting first light: ultra-deep surveys with gravitational telescopes and the JWST.YesYes
2006-04-18spintr06First-Principles Studies of Zinc OxideYesYes
2006-04-13spintr06
Mertig, Ingrid (Martin-Luther University)
Sato, Kazunori (Osaka University)
First Principles Electronic Structure Theory for SpintronicsYesYes
2005-07-12jet+disk05
Nayakshin, Sergei (Leicester University)
Sgr A* Young Massive Stars: The First Evidence for Star Formation in AGN DisksNoYes
2005-04-18resident
Siegfried, Tom (Science Journalist in Residence)
Related Words: science
Science Journalism from First Principles[Aud][Cam] KITP Blackboard LunchYesNo
2004-11-02igm04
Tumlinson, Jason (University of Chicago)
Nucleosynthetic Products of the First StarsNoYes
2004-11-02igm04
Venkatesan, Aparna (University of Colorado at Boulder)
Observational Signatures of the First StarsNoYes
2004-10-26igm_c04Supercomputer Simulations of First Structure FormationNoNo
2004-10-25igm_c04
Abel, Tom (KIPAC Stanford)
Related Words: first, phase, space, stars, universe
First LightNoYes
2004-10-25igm_c04
Loeb, Avi (Harvard)
Signatures of the First Generation of ObjectsNoYes
2004-09-21igm04
Kuhlen, Michael (UCSC)
Related Words: matter
Simulation of the First MiniQSONoYes
2003-10-15colloqCorona: The First Reconnaissance SatellitesNoNo
2003-06-11gravity03The First Measurement of the Gravitational Redshift of a Neutron StarNoYes
2003-05-22glasses_c03
Lubchenko, Vassiliy (University of California ~ San Diego)
Random First Order Transition Theory of Vitrification: From Quantum Anomalies in Glasses to Control of Protein Conformational Dynamics by Supercooled SolventNoYes
2003-01-27clusters_c03Relics from the End of the Dark Ages: Formation of the First Globular ClustersNoNo
2002-10-29cmb02
Venkatesan, Aparna (University Colorado)
Reionization and Metal Enrichment by the First StarsNoYes
2002-10-17cem02
Sarma, Sankar Das (University of Maryland)
How to Make Semiconductors Ferromagnetic: A First Course in SpintronicsNoYes
2002-09-23cem02First principles' approach to the electronic structure of strongly correlated systems: combining GW and DMFTNoYes
2001-09-13qinfo01
Jessen, Poul (University of Arizona)
Quantum Control in Optical Lattices: First StepsNoYes
2001-01-15hp01
Cohen, Ronald (Caltech)
Earth Mantle and Core Materials from First PrinciplesNoYes
2000-08-02neustars00rmode
Fryer, Chris (Lick Observatory)
Neutron Star Birth and the First Year or SoNoYes
2000-04-21ktheoryAlgebraic K-theory (first steps)NoYes
2000-03-06bblunch
Bond, Dick (CITA)
Microwave Background Fluctuations and the Formation of the First StructuresNoYes
2000-02-16colloqThe First 10-36 SecondsNoNo
2000-02-03galaxy00
White, Simon (Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics)
The First Stars - Where Are They Now?NoYes
2000-01-10numrel00The First 50 Years of the Two BH Collision Problem: 1935 to 1985NoYes
1999-11-29qmag99
Johnston, David (Department of Physics & Astronomy)
The First d-electron Based Heavy Fermion System LiV204NoYes
1999-10-22qmag99Introduction to Wavelets: Toylets (first of two part tutorial)NoYes
1999-09-10qmag99
Lhuillier, C. (University Pierre et Marie Curie)
Spin 1/2 Kagome Antiferromagnet: First Excitations and Open QuestionsNoNo
1999-06-23gravity_c99
Buchman, Luisa (Univ. Washington)
Tests of First Order Hyperbolic Formulations of the Einstein EquationsNoYes