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 Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics host: Neal Evans |
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No talk scheduled |
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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 Astronomers now know that supermassive black holes reside in nearly every galaxy.
Though these black holes are an observational certainty, nearly every aspect of their evolution -- from their birth, to their fuel source, to their basic dynamics -- is a matter of lively debate. In principle, gas-rich major galaxy mergers are key to generate the central stockpile of fuel needed for a low mass central black hole 'seed' to grow quickly and efficiently into a supermassive one. When the black holes in each galaxy meet, they form a supermassive binary black hole, the loudest gravitational wave source in the Universe, and a powerful agent to transform the galactic center. This talk will touch on some current and ongoing work on refining our theories of how supermassive black hole binaries grow, evolve within, and alter, their galaxy host. 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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