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First Handout -- pdf
Library Handout -- doc
Preliminary Topics Assignments -- pdf

More Information about researching your topic -- doc / pdf

Final Schedule of Talks -- pdf

Advice on Giving More Effective Talks -- pdf


Tues., Nov. 28: Innovative Observational Techniques

Interferometry (C. Colon) -- pdf
Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics (N. May) -- pdf
Adaptive Optics Systems (F. Holt) -- pdf
Integral-Field Spectroscopy (A. Fry) -- pdf


Thurs., Nov. 30: Brown Dwarfs and Extrasolar Planets

Brown Dwarfs (C. Bergmann) -- pdf
Radial Velocity Method for Finding Exoplanets (A. Frambach) -- pdf
Astrometric and Transit Methods for Exoplanets (H. Pan) -- pdf
Properties of Detected Extrasolar Planets (T. Scarborough) -- pdf


Tues., Dec. 5: The Evolution of Individual Stars

Protostellar Evolution (M. Trotter) -- pdf
Carbon Stars (N. Maldonado) -- pdf
The Formation of Planetary Nebulae (J. Ippolito) -- pdf
White Dwarfs (F. Amanullah) -- pdf
X-Ray Binary Stars (J. Dziuk) -- pdf


Thurs., Dec. 7: Links between Stars & the Evolution of the Galaxy

Massive-Star Supernovae & their Nuclear Products (D. Chairez) -- pdf
Extremely Metal-Poor Stars (A. Wilson) -- pdf
Globular Clusters of the Milky Way (M. Bonugli) -- pdf
Clusters of Possible Extragalactic Origin (J. Kinzler) -- pdf

















 





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