KITP News Archive

Articles about KITP and featured articles from KITP newsletters

KITP Spring 2022 Newsletter

The Spring 2022 KITP Newsletter is now available!
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Quantum estuary

The KITP fosters science as a nature reserve fosters an ecosystem.
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Nicole Yunger Halpern
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2022

Colliding in Harmony

KITP Postdoctoral Scholars Helped Create a New Field in Physics
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Maggie Sherriffs and Megan Turley
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2022

Celebrating the Dedication of the Simons Amphitheater at Kohn Hall

Named in honor of Jim and Marilyn Simons and the Simons Foundation with gratitude for their generous, steadfast support of KITP.
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KITP Newsletter, Spring 2022

Quantum Zeta Epiphany

KITP Postdoc finds a new approach to a mathematical enigma
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Harrison Tasoff
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2022

Director's Letter - Spring 2022

KITP continues to provide scientists from around the world the opportunity to interact again here at Kohn Hall and the Munger Physics Residence.
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2022

A Flicker From the Dark

While light cannot escape a black hole, the bright glow of rapidly orbiting gas has its own unique flicker. In a recent paper submitted to Astrophysical Journal Letters, UC Santa Barbara’s Sean Ressler, Lena Murchikova at the Institute for Advanced Study and Chris White at Princeton University were able to use this subtle flickering to construct the most accurate model to date of our own galaxy’s central black hole — Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) — providing insight into properties such as its structure and motion. (Read more.)

A Deepening Crisis Forces Physicists to Rethink Structure of Nature’s Laws

For three decades, researchers hunted in vain for new elementary particles that would have explained why nature looks the way it does. As physicists confront that failure, they’re reexamining a longstanding assumption: that big stuff consists of smaller stuff.
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KITP Postdoctoral Scholar Grant Remmen explores new approach to the Riemann hypothesis

Grant Remmen believes he has a new approach for exploring the quirks of the zeta function. He has found an analogue that translates many of the function’s important properties into quantum field theory. (Read more.)

Director's Letter - Spring 2021

Now one year past the onset of the pandemic, KITP is set to re-open, hopefully by Fall 2021.
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP 2021 Spring Newsletter

Honoring KITP’s Leading Philanthropic Investors

Introducing beautiful new donor signage at Kohn Hall and the Munger Physics Residence
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KITP Newsletter, Fall 2021

Mixing Massive Stars

New research reveals hidden processes at work in the hearts of large stars
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Harrison Tasoff, Science Writer, UCSB Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2021

Not Both, But All

A History of Art at the Institute
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Megan Turley, KITP Development Coordinator
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2021

On the Hunt for Gravitons

KITP co-founder proposes a new approach in the search for the elusive graviton
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Harrison Tasoff, Science Writer, UCSB Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2021

Return to In-Person at KITP

The institute was at the forefront of campus reopening, and their approach provides a peek at what may come.
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Harrison Tasoff, Science Writer, UCSB Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2021

Director's Letter - Fall 2021

KITP is back!
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP 2021 Fall Newsletter

Now accepting Applications for a Permanent Member at KITP

The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara seeks applications for a Permanent Member with a start date as soon as July 1, 2022. For more information, and to apply, please visit: https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02034. Apply by February 28, 2022 to ensure full consideration by the committee.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

As a condition of employment, you will be required to comply with the University of California SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program Policy https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/5000695/SARS-CoV-2_Covid-19. ​

Now Accepting Applications for Postdocs in Quantum Materials Theory

The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) seeks applicants for two Moore Postdoctoral Scholar positions in quantum materials theory, beginning September 1, 2022. This postdoctoral program is part of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems initiative (EPiQS). For more information, and to apply, please visit Academic Jobs Online: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/19210. Apply by November 1, 2021 for primary consideration.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

As a condition of employment, you will be required to comply with the University of California SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program Policy https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/5000695/SARS-CoV-2_Covid-19. ​

Now Accepting Applications for Postdocs in Theoretical Physics

The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara expects to appoint Postdoctoral Scholars in theoretical physics, beginning September 1, 2022. For more information, and to apply, please visit Academic Jobs Online: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/19212. Apply by November 15, 2021 for primary consideration.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

As a condition of employment, you will be required to comply with the University of California SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program Policy https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/5000695/SARS-CoV-2_Covid-19. ​

The Art of Doing Science

A global leader in collaborative physics research, KITP expands its reach with a series of free, virtual events for all. (Read more.)