Friday Theoretical Physics Seminars Michaelmas Term 2008 Seminars are held on Fridays in odd weeks of term at 2.15 pm in the Dennis Sciama Lecture Theatre, Denys Wilkinson Building All are welcome to join the speaker for (a bring-your-own) lunch beforehand at 1 pm in the Discussion Room of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics

Oct 17
Andrew Steane (University of Oxford)
``An introduction to quantum error correction''

Oct 31
Simon Ross (Durham University)
``Holography for non-relativistic CFTs''

Nov 14
Andrei Starinets (University of Oxford)
``Gauge/string duality and transport in strongly coupled systems''

Nov 28
Vladimir Falko (Lancaster University)
`` `Chiral' electrons in monolayer and bilayer graphene''