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February 13 - February 17, 2012


MONDAY, February 13, 2012

3:30 PM

RLM 15.216B

THEORETICAL ASTROPHYSICS SEMINAR

"Exploring the Signatures of Single-field Inflation with an Excited Initial State"

Jonathan Ganc, University of Texas at Austin


TUESDAY, February 14, 2012

3:30 PM

RLM 15.216B

ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM

"Fueling Cosmic Star Formation: The Molecular Gas Mass Density of the Universe"

Dominik Riechers, California Institute of Technology


WEDNESDAY, February 15, 2012

12:00 Noon

RLM 15.216B

STELLAR SEMINAR

"White Dwarf Stars, From the Telescope to the Laboratory and Back Again: Exploring Extreme Physics"

Don Winget, University of Texas at Austin

3:00 PM

RLM 15.216B

COSMOS SEMINAR

No talk scheduled.


4:15 PM

RLM 4.102

PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM

"Emerging Functionality in Complex Oxides Driven by Spatial Confinement"

Ward Plummer, Louisiana State University


THURSDAY, February 16, 2012

3:30 PM

RLM 15.216B

EXTRAGALACTIC SEMINAR

No talk scheduled.


FRIDAY, February 17, 2012

12:00 PM (Noon)

Campus Club
Carillon Restaurant
1900 University Avenue

ASTROPHYSICS LUNCH

Host: Paul Shapiro, University of Texas at Austin.

2:00 PM

RLM 15.216B

PLANETS/LIFE/ISM SEMINAR

"Determining the Ages of Brown Dwarfs: New Methods and Applications"

Katelyn Allers, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA

February 20 - February 24, 2012


MONDAY, February 20, 2012

3:30 PM

RLM 15.216B

THEORETICAL ASTROPHYSICS SEMINAR

"Title: TBA"

Daniel Kagan, University of Texas at Austin


TUESDAY, February 21, 2012

3:30 PM

RLM 15.216B

ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM

"Direct Imaging of Exoplanets: Prospects for Comparative Exoplanetology"

Beth Biller, Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany


WEDNESDAY, February 22, 2012

12:00 Noon

RLM 15.216B

STELLAR SEMINAR

"Conference Summary: Planets around Stellar Remnants"

James J. Hermes, University of Texas at Austin

3:00 PM

RLM 15.216B

COSMOS SEMINAR

No talk scheduled.


4:15 PM

RLM 4.102

PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM

"Elasticity on the Edge of Stability: Soft Matter Physics Inspired by the Cell"

Fred C. MacKintosh, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam


THURSDAY, February 23, 2012

3:30 PM

RLM 15.216B

SPECIAL ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM (No Exgal Seminar this Week)

"Understanding Galaxy Evolution in the Early Universe"

Steven Finkelstein, University of Texas at Austin


FRIDAY, February 24, 2012

12:00 PM (Noon)

Campus Club
Carillon Restaurant
1900 University Avenue

ASTROPHYSICS LUNCH

Host: Paul Shapiro, University of Texas at Austin.

2:00 PM

RLM 15.216B

PLANETS/LIFE/ISM SEMINAR

No talk scheduled.