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From the Heart
Summary"Cardiac Dynamics,” a month-long, KITP mini-program held in the summer of 2006, brought together physicists, cardiologists, and biomedical scientists and engineers for interdisciplinary collaboration on the application of techniques of non-linear dynamics to understanding the sub-set of cardiac arrhythmias that are potentially fatal.
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Scholars Program Infuses Vitality Into Research Efforts Of Physicists Who Mostly Teach Undergraduates
Summary“Coming to Santa Barbara as a KITP scholar is like joining a brotherhood in a place of worship..."
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String Phenomenology Revs Up in Anticipation Of LHC Turn on
SummaryString theory, initially conceived in the late 1960s to explain the strong force that traps quark triplets in protons and neutrons, is no longer all that “new.”
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Polchinski Receives Prestigious Heineman Prize
SummaryJoseph Polchinski, a permanent member of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, has been named 2007 recipient of the prestigious Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics.
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Structure of Dark Matter, The Backbone of the Universe
SummaryQuestions of Dark Matter Sub-Structure, Isothermal Relation Between Dark and Visible Matter Dominate Discussion
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Stellar End Products: White Dwarfs, Supernovae, Neutron Stars, Black Holes
SummaryDegenerate Star Program Participants Grapple With Many Open Questions
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Thermonuclear Explosions Cause Most Heated of Discussions
SummaryKITP’s Resident Astrophysicist Describes Fusion Reactions
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Secondary School Teachers Sample Stellar Treats
SummaryOn March 17 the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics hosted its annual conference for secondary school science teachers from throughout the United States
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