Colloquia Schedule Fall 2016
Colloquia are on Tuesdays (unless otherwise indicated) at 3:30 pm in RLM 15.216B
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Setting Stellar Chronometers: The PTF(+) Open Cluster Survey Columbia University host: Adam Kraus |
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Exploring Galaxy Formation in the Epoch of Reionisation University of Sussex host: Steve Finkelstein |
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The Milky Way Laboratory Our home Galaxy, the Milky Way, is our closest laboratory for studying physical processes throughout the Universe. Submillimeter observations of the cool, dense gas and dust in our Milky Way provide insights on universal processes including how stars form in both 'regular' and 'extreme' environments and how gas is organized on galactic scales. On a tour through our Milky Way Laboratory, I will discuss 1) how we can use dense, filamentary molecular clouds, potential "Bones of the Milky Way," to trace our Galaxy's spiral structure, 2) how large surveys of our Galaxy have revealed that star clusters continue to accrete significant mass while they are forming, and 3) how observing our extreme, turbulent Galactic Center (the Central Molecular Zone; the inner few hundred parsecs of our Galaxy) can help us learn more about how gas is converted into stars during the peak epoch of cosmic star formation (z~2). Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics host: Neal Evans |
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Spin and Magnetism in Cool Stars Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research host: Andrew Mann |
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A Story of Stellar Nurseries Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics host: Caitlin Casey |
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Network Cosmology: What can we learn from galaxy Facebook? Comet Update! The Fossil Record of Binary and Planetary Orbits UT Postdocs (Three talks) |
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Formation and Compositions of Planet Interiors and Atmospheres: Discoveries from Kepler, K2, and beyond California Institute of Technology host: Brendan Bowler |
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The Future of Exoplanet Science at McDonald Observatory Penn State University host: Greg Mace |
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Building Supermassive Black Hole Binaries Vanderbilt University host: Craig Wheeler/Eva Noyola |
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Towards the Characterization of Potentially Habitable Planets with High Resolution Spectroscopy University of Colorado Boulder host: Dan Jaffe |
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Controlling Star Formation: From Clouds to Galaxies Princeton University host: Volker Bromm |
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Drilling the Chicxulub Impact Structure: Study of large impact formation and effects on life The University of Texas at Austin Institute for Geophysics host: Bill Cochran |
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Dust-obscured star formation at the Cosmic Frontier : New observations from the Large Millimeter Telescope University of Massachusetts Amherst host: Caitlin Casey |
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Moving Near Field Cosmology Beyond the Local Group Texas Tech University host: Kristy McQuinn |
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