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    KITP Announces Research Programs for 2027-2028

    Working with KITP's Advisory Board and the international physics community, KITP has developed new programs for the 2027-2028 academic year.

    Applications are now open for participation in all programs.

    View upcoming 2027-2028 programs and apply at https://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/scientific-activities/visit/future-programs.

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    Annual Report 2025

    Established in 1979 with an originating grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), KITP is a facility for the theoretical physics community. Our major activities are programs and conferences, which convene more than 1,400 visitors at KITP for both prolonged stays (usually three weeks or longer) and four-day conferences. The institute also benefits from international participation, as over 40% of visitors come from outside the United States. KITP’s mission is to be “the place” where new research is initiated, collaborations are formed and new connections are made across disciplines. High demand keeps our facilities full 50 weeks out of the year!

     

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Talks Schedule

2026

Monday, Oct 26, 2026

  • Simons Amphitheater 10:00AM Ultracold Molecules for Fundamental Physics, Controlled Chemistry, and Quantum Information

    • Simon Cornish (Durham Univ.) 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 - Quantum Science using the Rich Internal Structure of Ultracold Molecules
  • Fred Kavli Auditorium 11:00AM Enigmatic Explosions: Observations, Modelling, and Microphysics of Extreme Transients

    • Philipp Moesta (Univ. of Amsterdam), Francois Foucart (UNH), Raffaella Margutti (UC Berkeley), Rebecca Surman (Notre Dame) Welcome to the program

2026

Monday, Oct 26, 2026

  • Simons Amphitheater 10:00AM Ultracold Molecules for Fundamental Physics, Controlled Chemistry, and Quantum Information

    • Simon Cornish (Durham Univ.) 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 - Quantum Science using the Rich Internal Structure of Ultracold Molecules
  • Fred Kavli Auditorium 11:00AM Enigmatic Explosions: Observations, Modelling, and Microphysics of Extreme Transients

    • Philipp Moesta (Univ. of Amsterdam), Francois Foucart (UNH), Raffaella Margutti (UC Berkeley), Rebecca Surman (Notre Dame) Welcome to the program

2026

Tuesday, Oct 27, 2026

  • Simons Amphitheater 11:00AM Enigmatic Explosions: Observations, Modelling, and Microphysics of Extreme Transients

    • Jillian Rastinejad (Maryland) Einstein Probe discoveries and follow-up
    • Igor Andreoni (UNC) Argus Array
  • Broida 3302 12:30PM High Energy Theory / Gravitation Seminar

    • Chitraang Murdia (UCSB) Signals of multi-party entanglement in holography
  • Simons Amphitheater 01:00PM Ultracold Molecules for Fundamental Physics, Controlled Chemistry, and Quantum Information

    • Paul Julienne (Maryland) Forty years of progress with cold molecules
  • Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main) 03:30PM Physics Colloquium

    • Sebastian Streichan,UCSB_END,CREATE_Sebastian Streichan (UCSB) “Physics of Living Systems: From Embryos to Synthetic Morphogenesis”

2026

Wednesday, Oct 28, 2026

  • Simons Amphitheater 10:00AM Ultracold Molecules for Fundamental Physics, Controlled Chemistry, and Quantum Information

    • Jun Ye (CU Boulder) Quantum gas of molecules – play spin games without chemistry drama
  • Fred Kavli Auditorium 11:00AM Enigmatic Explosions: Observations, Modelling, and Microphysics of Extreme Transients

    • Itai Sfaradi (UC Berkeley), Jean Somalwar (Caltech) What's new in Radio
    • Ryan Chornock (UC Berkeley) The new era of UVEX

2026

Thursday, Oct 29, 2026

  • Founders' Room 11:00AM Enigmatic Explosions: Observations, Modelling, and Microphysics of Extreme Transients

    • Luc Dessart (IAP-UPMC), Daniel Kasen (UC Berkeley) Modelling kilonovae and supernovae
  • Simons Amphitheater 01:00PM Ultracold Molecules for Fundamental Physics, Controlled Chemistry, and Quantum Information

    • Marianna Safronova (Delaware) Atomic theory in the 21st century: breakthrough advances and neural networks
  • Simons Amphitheater 02:00PM High Energy Theory / Gravitation Seminar

    • Nathan Benjamin (USC) From Z to a

2026

Friday, Oct 30, 2026

  • Simons Amphitheater 10:00AM Ultracold Molecules for Fundamental Physics, Controlled Chemistry, and Quantum Information

    • Steven Hoekstra (Univ. of Groningen) Testing fundamental symmetries using barium-containing diatomic and polyatomic molecules

2026

Saturday, Oct 31, 2026

No talks scheduled.

2026

Sunday, Nov 01, 2026

No talks scheduled.

2026

Monday, Nov 02, 2026

  • Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main) 08:50AM Quantum Science and Technology with Ultracold Molecules (Conference) Schedule Available Online
    • Tijs Karman (RU Nijmegen) -
    • Mark Bowick (KITP) Welcome
    • Waseem Bakr (Princeton) Strongly correlated systems of polar molecules: from quantum magnets to droplets
    • David DeMille (Johns Hopkins) New Talk

2026

Tuesday, Nov 03, 2026

  • Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main) 09:00AM Quantum Science and Technology with Ultracold Molecules (Conference) Schedule Available Online
    • Guido Pupillo (Unistra) -
    • Eric Hudson (UCLA) New Talk
    • Reuben Wang (ITAMP) Highly elastic molecular interactions: diatomics and polyatomics
  • Simons Amphitheater 11:00AM Enigmatic Explosions: Observations, Modelling, and Microphysics of Extreme Transients

    • Carla Frohlich (NC State) Nucleosynthesis
    • Matthew Mumpower (LANL) Connection to nuclear experiment

2026

Wednesday, Nov 04, 2026

  • Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main) 09:00AM Quantum Science and Technology with Ultracold Molecules (Conference) Schedule Available Online
    • Michal Tomza (Univ. of Warsaw) -
    • Simon Cornish (Durham Univ.) Interfacing individual ultracold polar molecules and Rydberg atoms in optical tweezers
    • Tim Langen (TU Wien) Laser cooling of complex molecules
  • Fred Kavli Auditorium 11:00AM Enigmatic Explosions: Observations, Modelling, and Microphysics of Extreme Transients

    • Gail Mc Laughlin (NC State) Overview: neutrino physics
    • Julien Froustey (IFSC (CSIC-UV)) Flavor transformations

2026

Thursday, Nov 05, 2026

  • Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main) 09:00AM Quantum Science and Technology with Ultracold Molecules (Conference) Schedule Available Online
    • Thomas Pohl (TU Wien) -
    • Timur Tscherbul (Nevada) Quantum information dynamics in cold chemical reactions: Out-of-time-ordered correlators and Pauli propagation
    • Kaden Hazzard (Rice) Shielded molecules in optical lattices: Hubbard physics and SU(N) symmetry
  • Founders' Room 11:00AM Enigmatic Explosions: Observations, Modelling, and Microphysics of Extreme Transients

    • Jocelyn Read (Cal State Fullerton) Dense matter overview
    • Aldana Grichener (Univ. of Arizona/Steward Observatory) Transient theory

2026

Friday, Nov 06, 2026

  • Simons Amphitheater 10:00AM Ultracold Molecules for Fundamental Physics, Controlled Chemistry, and Quantum Information

    • Andrei Derevianko (Nevada) Beyond the Standard Model, one nuclear tick at a time

2026

Saturday, Nov 07, 2026

No talks scheduled.

2026

Sunday, Nov 08, 2026

No talks scheduled.