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Director's Letter - Spring 2018
Summary I open this Newsletter with a heavy heart. Our good friend and colleague Joe Polchinski passed away in early February 2018. I’ve since had a chance to meet with his wife Dorothy and speak with her about Joe’s remarkable legacy across all of science.Read more
Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2018
Hearing: A Biophysical and Neurological Enigma
SummaryHumans harbor an extraordinary auditory capacity: the cocktail party effect. We can tune out background noise in a room full of conversation and focus on the speaker we intend to converse with. We can tune out the constant tick-tock of a clock in a room just as we can ignore a car’s motor running while driving. At the same time, we can instantly tell when a car makes a peculiar noise or a glass breaks at a dinner party.
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Erin Haque, UCSB Daily Nexus
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2017
Curious Properties
SummaryKITP Researchers analyze flocking behavior on curved surfaces
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Julie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2017
Charles T. Munger Residence Inauguration
SummaryAt the Inauguration, Chancellor Henry T. Yang presented Charlie Munger with the Santa Barbara Medal, the highest honor UCSB bestows on a friend of the University, which was inscribed with the following message...
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Kristi Newton, Development Officer
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2017
Director's Letter - Fall 2017
Summary I open this Newsletter with a heavy heart. Our good friend and colleague Joe Polchinski passed away in early February 2018. I’ve since had a chance to meet with his wife Dorothy and speak with her about Joe’s remarkable legacy across all of science.Read more
Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2017
The Mysteries and Inner Workings of Massive Stars
SummaryOn September 14, 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected the mergers of two black holes in a distant galaxy, ushering in the era of gravitational-wave astrophysics. This event has opened up a large range of questions that were addressed over the 11 weeks of the “The Mysteries and Inner Workings of Massive Stars” program in Spring 2017.
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Ilya Mandel, University of Birmingham
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2017
Residence Highlights
SummaryThe Charles T. Munger Physics Residence officially opened on January 1, 2017 and is always full.
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Stellar Simulators
SummaryAstrophysicists at KITP will use a supercomputer to explore the driving forces behind mass loss in massive stars
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Julie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs & Communication
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2017