Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
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At KITP on the UC Santa Barbara campus, researchers in theoretical physics and allied fields collaborate on questions at the leading edges of science.
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Welcome to the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics #KITP at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social #UCSB! We unite researchers in theoretical physics and allied fields to collaborate on questions at the leading edges of science. Follow us for research updates, upcoming events, and featured talks! 🦋
Get "A roadmap to stellar-mass black holes" from Ilya Mandel (#MonashUni), and watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk 🧪
A roadmap to stellar-mass black holes | Ilya Mandel (Monash Univ.)
The purpose of these Blackboard Talk lunches is for the science of one program to be explained to the other KITP program participants. These talks lead to cross program communications that work…
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November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Get "A roadmap to stellar-mass black holes" from Ilya Mandel (#MonashUni), and watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk 🧪
Boris Shraiman points a physicist’s eye on biological quandaries news.ucsb.edu/2025/022264/... 🧪
Boris Shraiman points a physicist’s eye on biological quandaries
Boris Shraiman is awarded the American Physical Society’s Max Delbrück Prize in Biological Physics.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Boris Shraiman points a physicist’s eye on biological quandaries news.ucsb.edu/2025/022264/... 🧪
The Lifecycle of Stellar Black Holes #KITP conference has concluded, and recorded talks are now available to watch at buff.ly/NHhUJiY
Find more talks from the associated program #stellarbh25, continuing on at buff.ly/9PaN1jv
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Find more talks from the associated program #stellarbh25, continuing on at buff.ly/9PaN1jv
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KITP Conference | The Lifecycle of Stellar Black Holes
Gravitational wave detections are revolutionizing our knowledge of the stellar mass black hole population. Gaia is unveiling a new population of dormant blac...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Lifecycle of Stellar Black Holes #KITP conference has concluded, and recorded talks are now available to watch at buff.ly/NHhUJiY
Find more talks from the associated program #stellarbh25, continuing on at buff.ly/9PaN1jv
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Find more talks from the associated program #stellarbh25, continuing on at buff.ly/9PaN1jv
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Advanced grad students + postdocs: apply for the 2026 #kitpqbio summer course, "Physical Principles of Morphogenesis in Plants and Animals," at buff.ly/OXXMKEv. Apply by Feb. 1.
Course directors Adrienne Roeder (Cornell) and Sebastian Streichan (UCSB)
Course directors Adrienne Roeder (Cornell) and Sebastian Streichan (UCSB)
November 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Advanced grad students + postdocs: apply for the 2026 #kitpqbio summer course, "Physical Principles of Morphogenesis in Plants and Animals," at buff.ly/OXXMKEv. Apply by Feb. 1.
Course directors Adrienne Roeder (Cornell) and Sebastian Streichan (UCSB)
Course directors Adrienne Roeder (Cornell) and Sebastian Streichan (UCSB)
Welcome to all participants joining the #KITP conference on The Lifecycle of Stellar Black Holes (#stellarbh-c25) this week!
Learn more at buff.ly/F0ybxbu and stay tuned for recorded talks posted online at buff.ly/2qnU3O4 ⭐
Learn more at buff.ly/F0ybxbu and stay tuned for recorded talks posted online at buff.ly/2qnU3O4 ⭐
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Welcome to all participants joining the #KITP conference on The Lifecycle of Stellar Black Holes (#stellarbh-c25) this week!
Learn more at buff.ly/F0ybxbu and stay tuned for recorded talks posted online at buff.ly/2qnU3O4 ⭐
Learn more at buff.ly/F0ybxbu and stay tuned for recorded talks posted online at buff.ly/2qnU3O4 ⭐
Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk by Yi Zhuang You (ucsandiego.bsky.social) and learn about "Generative Models and Physics"
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November 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk by Yi Zhuang You (ucsandiego.bsky.social) and learn about "Generative Models and Physics"
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Dr. Maya Fishbach (CITA) summarized what gravitational waves are, how we detect them, and what they teach us about black holes, progenitor stars, and cosmic expansion history in the latest #KITP Public Lecture.
Watch "Listening to Black Holes with Gravitational Waves" to learn more
Watch "Listening to Black Holes with Gravitational Waves" to learn more
Listening to Black Holes with Gravitational Waves | Maya Fishbach (CITA)
Black holes are the most extreme objects in our universe. Thanks to incredibly sensitive instruments — known as gravitational-wave observatories — we can “hear” when two black holes crash into each…
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November 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Dr. Maya Fishbach (CITA) summarized what gravitational waves are, how we detect them, and what they teach us about black holes, progenitor stars, and cosmic expansion history in the latest #KITP Public Lecture.
Watch "Listening to Black Holes with Gravitational Waves" to learn more
Watch "Listening to Black Holes with Gravitational Waves" to learn more
Welcome to the Generative AI for High & Low Energy Physics (#genai25) program at KITP!
November 3 - December 19, 2025
Learn more: buff.ly/HO2pqVH
November 3 - December 19, 2025
Learn more: buff.ly/HO2pqVH
November 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Welcome to the Generative AI for High & Low Energy Physics (#genai25) program at KITP!
November 3 - December 19, 2025
Learn more: buff.ly/HO2pqVH
November 3 - December 19, 2025
Learn more: buff.ly/HO2pqVH
The Frontiers of Programmable Quantum Dynamics: Advances and Applications
conference has concluded today, and recorded talks are now available to watch at
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Watch more talks from the associated program online at buff.ly/QHE8YtH
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conference has concluded today, and recorded talks are now available to watch at
buff.ly/2lD7WTC and buff.ly/AXJjS4e
Watch more talks from the associated program online at buff.ly/QHE8YtH
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KITP Conference: Frontiers of Programmable Quantum Dynamics: Advances and Applications
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October 31, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The Frontiers of Programmable Quantum Dynamics: Advances and Applications
conference has concluded today, and recorded talks are now available to watch at
buff.ly/2lD7WTC and buff.ly/AXJjS4e
Watch more talks from the associated program online at buff.ly/QHE8YtH
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conference has concluded today, and recorded talks are now available to watch at
buff.ly/2lD7WTC and buff.ly/AXJjS4e
Watch more talks from the associated program online at buff.ly/QHE8YtH
🧪
Welcome to the Stellar-Mass Black Holes at the Nexus of Optical, X-ray, and Gravitational Wave Surveys (#stellarbh25) program at KITP!
October 27, 2025 - December 19, 2025
Learn more: buff.ly/F4Tqqun 🧪
October 27, 2025 - December 19, 2025
Learn more: buff.ly/F4Tqqun 🧪
October 28, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Welcome to the Stellar-Mass Black Holes at the Nexus of Optical, X-ray, and Gravitational Wave Surveys (#stellarbh25) program at KITP!
October 27, 2025 - December 19, 2025
Learn more: buff.ly/F4Tqqun 🧪
October 27, 2025 - December 19, 2025
Learn more: buff.ly/F4Tqqun 🧪
Welcome to all participants joining the #KITP conference on Frontiers of Programmable Quantum Dynamics: Advances and Applications! 🧪
Learn more: buff.ly/B9VNeWi and stay tuned for recorded talks at buff.ly/WL8Hp30 + buff.ly/OugAt1C
Learn more: buff.ly/B9VNeWi and stay tuned for recorded talks at buff.ly/WL8Hp30 + buff.ly/OugAt1C
October 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Welcome to all participants joining the #KITP conference on Frontiers of Programmable Quantum Dynamics: Advances and Applications! 🧪
Learn more: buff.ly/B9VNeWi and stay tuned for recorded talks at buff.ly/WL8Hp30 + buff.ly/OugAt1C
Learn more: buff.ly/B9VNeWi and stay tuned for recorded talks at buff.ly/WL8Hp30 + buff.ly/OugAt1C
Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk, "Learnable and unlearnable in quantum dynamics" by Matteo Ippoliti (Texas), coordinator of the Learning the Fine Structure of Quantum Dynamics in Programmable Quantum Matter #finestructure25 program 🧪
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October 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk, "Learnable and unlearnable in quantum dynamics" by Matteo Ippoliti (Texas), coordinator of the Learning the Fine Structure of Quantum Dynamics in Programmable Quantum Matter #finestructure25 program 🧪
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#NobelPrize. Le Prix Nobel de physique 2025 est décerné à John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret et John M. Martinis "pour la découverte de l'effet tunnel quantique macroscopique et de la quantification de l'énergie dans un circuit électrique"
October 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
#NobelPrize. Le Prix Nobel de physique 2025 est décerné à John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret et John M. Martinis "pour la découverte de l'effet tunnel quantique macroscopique et de la quantification de l'énergie dans un circuit électrique"
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Nobel prize in physics awarded to three scientists for work on quantum mechanics
Nobel prize in physics awarded to three scientists for work on quantum mechanics
Trio led experiments demonstrating that bizarre properties of quantum world can translate into measurable effects in the everyday
The Nobel prize in physics 2025 has been awarded to British, French and American scientists for their work on quantum mechanics.
John Clarke, a British physicist based at the University of California at Berkeley, Michel Devoret, a French physicist based at Yale University, and John Martinis, of the University of California Santa Barbara, share the 11m Swedish kronor (about £871,400) prize announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. Continue reading...
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October 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Nobel prize in physics awarded to three scientists for work on quantum mechanics
A rewarding dissertation on the strong nuclear force news.ucsb.edu/2025/022040/...
A rewarding dissertation on the strong nuclear force
KITP Postdoc Bruno Scheihing-Hitschfeld is awarded for outstanding dissertation in nuclear physics by the American Physical Society.
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September 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A rewarding dissertation on the strong nuclear force news.ucsb.edu/2025/022040/...
Welcome to the Learning the Fine Structure of Quantum Dynamics in Programmable Quantum Matter (#finestructure25) program at KITP!
September 29 - October 30, 2025
Learn more: buff.ly/YxpSsrK 🧪
September 29 - October 30, 2025
Learn more: buff.ly/YxpSsrK 🧪
September 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Welcome to the Learning the Fine Structure of Quantum Dynamics in Programmable Quantum Matter (#finestructure25) program at KITP!
September 29 - October 30, 2025
Learn more: buff.ly/YxpSsrK 🧪
September 29 - October 30, 2025
Learn more: buff.ly/YxpSsrK 🧪
Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk by Michael Gullans (QuICS) and learn about "The limits and applications of noisy quantum dynamics" 🧪
The limits and applications of noisy quantum dynamics | Michael Gullans (QuICS)
The purpose of these Blackboard Talk lunches is for the science of one program to be explained to the other KITP program participants. These talks lead to cross program communications that work…
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September 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk by Michael Gullans (QuICS) and learn about "The limits and applications of noisy quantum dynamics" 🧪
Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk by Andrei Beloborodov (Columbia) and learn how extreme plasma physics drives the intense luminosity and jet creation of black holes and neutron stars 🧪 youtu.be/ZAqCIXgDP1s
Extreme Plasma Physics of Neutron Stars and Black Holes | Andrei Beloborodov (Columbia)
The purpose of these Blackboard Talk lunches is for the science of one program to be explained to the other KITP program participants. These talks lead to cross program communications that work…
youtu.be
September 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk by Andrei Beloborodov (Columbia) and learn how extreme plasma physics drives the intense luminosity and jet creation of black holes and neutron stars 🧪 youtu.be/ZAqCIXgDP1s
The Quantum Many-body Physics through the Lens of Quantum Error Correction conference has concluded, but recorded talks are available to watch online and the associated program continues next week at KITP:
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#stablephases-c25 🧪
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KITP Conference | Quantum Many-body Physics through the Lens of Quantum Error Correction
The presence of noise implies that quantum error correction and fault-tolerance are needed to achieve scalable quantum computation. Advances in programmable ...
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September 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Quantum Many-body Physics through the Lens of Quantum Error Correction conference has concluded, but recorded talks are available to watch online and the associated program continues next week at KITP:
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#stablephases-c25 🧪
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#stablephases-c25 🧪
Welcome to the Quantum Many-body Physics through the Lens of Quantum Error Correction (#stablephases-c25) Conference at #KITP
Recorded talks will be available to watch at buff.ly/dUkQjpU + buff.ly/AODznbi
Learn more at: buff.ly/hDpnfgX 🧪
Recorded talks will be available to watch at buff.ly/dUkQjpU + buff.ly/AODznbi
Learn more at: buff.ly/hDpnfgX 🧪
September 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Welcome to the Quantum Many-body Physics through the Lens of Quantum Error Correction (#stablephases-c25) Conference at #KITP
Recorded talks will be available to watch at buff.ly/dUkQjpU + buff.ly/AODznbi
Learn more at: buff.ly/hDpnfgX 🧪
Recorded talks will be available to watch at buff.ly/dUkQjpU + buff.ly/AODznbi
Learn more at: buff.ly/hDpnfgX 🧪
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Was an action packed and exciting 5 weeks spent at @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social for the #kitp_qbio program! Looking forward to seeing where active sensing navigates to in the coming years
August 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Was an action packed and exciting 5 weeks spent at @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social for the #kitp_qbio program! Looking forward to seeing where active sensing navigates to in the coming years
The Frontiers of Relativistic Plasma Physics in Astrophysics and Laboratory Experiments(#extremeplasma25) conference has concluded, but the associated program continues next week! buff.ly/zcC1bU6
Catch up on the recorded conference talks at buff.ly/5Xi6Zw8 🧪 buff.ly/CxHkUA4 #icymi
Catch up on the recorded conference talks at buff.ly/5Xi6Zw8 🧪 buff.ly/CxHkUA4 #icymi
August 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The Frontiers of Relativistic Plasma Physics in Astrophysics and Laboratory Experiments(#extremeplasma25) conference has concluded, but the associated program continues next week! buff.ly/zcC1bU6
Catch up on the recorded conference talks at buff.ly/5Xi6Zw8 🧪 buff.ly/CxHkUA4 #icymi
Catch up on the recorded conference talks at buff.ly/5Xi6Zw8 🧪 buff.ly/CxHkUA4 #icymi
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UCSB's Gary Horowitz has been awarded the 2025 Dirac Medal, a prestigious honor recognizing his groundbreaking work in gravitational physics and string theory 🏆
Full story: ow.ly/70G450WHCcq
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Gary Horowitz awarded Dirac Medal for contributions to theoretical physics
Renowned UC Santa Barbara physicist Gary Horowitz has been honored with the Dirac Medal for his landmark advancements in gravity and string theory, a rare distinction among scientists.
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August 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
UCSB's Gary Horowitz has been awarded the 2025 Dirac Medal, a prestigious honor recognizing his groundbreaking work in gravitational physics and string theory 🏆
Full story: ow.ly/70G450WHCcq
Full story: ow.ly/70G450WHCcq
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KITP conferences are special. Early career researchers will find ample opportunities to interact and build new relationships, and more senior scientists will find themselves rejuvenated. Hit me up if you have questions, and please SPREAD THE WORD!
August 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
KITP conferences are special. Early career researchers will find ample opportunities to interact and build new relationships, and more senior scientists will find themselves rejuvenated. Hit me up if you have questions, and please SPREAD THE WORD!