Astronomy 381S - Spring 2017

Seminar in Theoretical Astrophysics

M 3:30 · RLM 15.316B · Not for credit Spring 2017


J. Craig Wheeler · RLM 17.230 · (512) 471-6407 · email

Schedule

Jan. 23 J. Craig Wheeler
University of Texas at Austin
Organizational Meeting

Jan 30 No talk scheduled

Feb 6 No talk scheduled

Feb 13
3:00 p.m.
RLM 5.104
SPECIAL COLLOQUIUM
L. Ilsedore Cleeves

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
From Disks to Planets Through the Astrochemical Lens

abstract


Feb 20
3:00 p.m.
RLM 5.104
SPECIAL COLLOQUIUM
Sanchayeeta Borthakur

Johns Hopkins University
Role of Baryon Flows in Galaxy Evolution: Hidden Pathways Connecting Galaxies to the Cosmic Web

abstract


Feb 27
3:00 p.m.
RLM 5.104
SPECIAL COLLOQUIUM
Kristen McQuinn

The University of Texas at Austin
Low-Mass Galaxies: Windows into Galaxy Formation and Evolution

abstract


Mar 6
3:00 p.m.
RLM 5.104
SPECIAL COLLOQUIUM
Adam Ginsburg

NRAO
High-mass star and cluster formation in the Galaxy

abstract


Mar 13 Spring Break
 

Mar 20 External Review
No talk scheduled

Mar 27 Sera Markoff
University of Amsterdam
A combined approach to understanding black hole energy release: from micro- to macrophysics

Apr 3 Ken Chen
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Lighting up the Universe with Extreme Supernovae

abstract


Apr 10 Wenbin Lu
The University of Texas at Austin
A more complete story of the jetted tidal disruption event Swift J1644+57

Apr 17 Mei-Yu Wang
Texas A&M
Effects of Tides on Milky Way Dwarf Satellite Galaxies

abstract


Apr 24 No talk scheduled


May 1 No talk scheduled