Colloquia Schedule Spring 2017
Colloquia are on Tuesdays (unless otherwise indicated) at 3:30 pm in RLM 15.216B
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One Minute Colloquium Astronomy Department and McDonald Observatory Personnel The University of Texas at Austin Organizer: Brendan Bowler |
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The OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission The University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory host: Anita Cochran |
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Observing the Evolution of Solids in Protoplanetary Disks Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics host: Adam Kraus |
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Theory Frontiers Meeting POB 2.402 |
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Faculty Candidate Talks moved to Theory Seminar and ExGal Seminar Slots |
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Faculty Candidate Talks moved to Theory Seminar and ExGal Seminar Slots |
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Faculty Candidate Talks moved to Theory Seminar and ExGal Seminar Slots |
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Faculty Candidate Talks moved to Theory Seminar and ExGal Seminar Slots |
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Spring Break |
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External Review |
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PostDoc Colloquium (3 talks) Effect of supersonic gas streams on the primordial star formation Shingo Hirano, The University of Texas at Austin IGRINS (the traveling spectrometer) and what it can tell us about YSOs Kim Sokal, The University of Texas at Austin A Faint Flux-Limited LAE Sample at z = 0.3 Isak Wold, The University of Texas at Austin host: Mike Boylan-Kolchin |
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Debris Disks: Tracers of Planet Formation The University of Arizona Steward Observatory Harriet Dinerstein/Adam Kraus |
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Small Planets Transiting Nearby Small Stars University of Colorado, Boulder host: Cynthia Froning |
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The Grand Planetary Ensemble The Solar System furnishes our most familiar planetary architecture: many planets, orbiting nearly coplanar to one another. However, a typical system of planets in the Milky Way orbits a much smaller M dwarf star. Small stars present a very different blueprint in key ways, compared to the conditions that nourished evolution of life on Earth. My research program combines detailed individual planetary studies with ensemble studies of hundreds-to-thousands of exoplanets. Single planets provide crucial case studies, but understanding planet occurrence and formation requires a wider lens. I will describe ongoing efforts to understand the links between planet formation from disks, orbital dynamics of planets, and the content and observability of planetary atmospheres. Studies of exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope comprise the clear next step toward understanding the hospitability of the Milky Way to life. Our success hinges upon leveraging the many thousands of planet discoveries in hand to determine how to use this precious and limited resource. MIT Kavli Institute host: Michael Endl |
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The Growth of the Most Massive Galaxies in the Highest Density Regions: Evidence for In-Situ Star Formation in SpARCS Brightest Cluster Galaxies McGill University host: Caitlin Casey |
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Planet Formation: the Direct Approach Lowell Observatory host: Fritz Benedict |
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