Colloquia Schedule Spring 2013
Colloquia are on Tuesdays (unless otherwise indicated) at 3:30 pm in RLM 15.216B
"Probing the Physics of the Dark Universe with Galaxies" Stanford University hosts: Shardha Jogee (Astronomy) & Linda Reichl (Physics) |
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"From Building Blocks to Large Galaxies: Towards Understanding the Formation of the Milky Way" Massachusetts Institute of Technology host: Volker Bromm |
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"High-redshift, Gravitationally Lensed Starburst Galaxies Revealed by the South Pole Telescope and ALMA" California Institute of Technology (Caltech) host: Neal Evans |
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"The Death of Massive Stars" California Institute of Technology (Caltech) host: Milos Milosavljevic |
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Tinsley Scholar "Asteroseismology with the Kepler Mission" Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw hosts: Fritz Benedict, and Stars Research Group |
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"Three-Dimensional Simulations of Core-Collapse Supernovae" University of Chicago host: Milos Milosavljevic & Craig Wheeler |
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"The Dark Ages Radio Explorer (DARE)" University of Colorado, Boulder host: Craig Wheeler |
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"Feedback in Faint Galaxies During the Peak Epoch of Star Formation" University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee host: Steve Finkelstein |
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Spring Break: no talks or classes scheduled this week (March 11-15). |
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Tinsley Scholar "Reionization History and Physical Processes Indicated from the Census of Galaxies at z~>7" University of Tokyo, ICRR hosts: Roderik Overzier & UT Astronomy Galaxies Research Group |
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"Dark Matter in Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies" New Mexico State University host: John Kormendy |
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PhD Defense Presentation "Theoretical Studies of Superluminous Supernovae" Emmanouil "Manos" Chatzopoulos University of Texas at Austin |
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"Galaxy Star Formation Efficiency from z = 0 to z = 8" Stanford University host: Shardha Jogee |
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"Bayesian Success Stories in Astronomy" University of Texas at Austin, Dept. of Information, Risk, and Operations Management, Red McCombs School of Business host: Daniel Jaffe |
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"New Clues on the Origin of the Astrophysical r-Process" Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory/National Ignition Facility host: Chris Sneden |
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PhD Defense Presentation "Metallicities of Anomalous-Velocity Gas in the Vicinity of the Milky Way" Five decades ago, the first observations were reported of neutral hydrogen seen in radio surveys at velocities incompatible with models of Galactic differential rotation. In the past decade, their distances have been determined, placing them a few kiloparsecs above the disk of the Milky Way. Proposed explanations for their existence includes infall from the halo, circulation of gas between disk and halo in a "Galactic Fountain", and tidal stripping of gas from orbiting dwarf galaxies. Key to distinguishing among these origin scenarios is the metal content of this gas, but to date there have been few reliable, published measurements. I will report on the results of an effort to improve our understanding of this phenomenon by measuring the metallicity of anomalous-velocity gas along twelve sightlines toward background quasars and AGN with UV spectroscopy from space observatories. University of Texas at Austin |
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"The WISP Survey: Overview of Recent Results for Galaxies in the 1 < z < 2 Redshift Range" University of Minnesota host: Steve Finkelstein |
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Tinsley Scholar "YSOVAR: Mid-Infrared Variations in Young Stars" California Institute of Technology host: Joel Green & UT Astronomy Interstellar Research Group |
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"Repeating Novae and the Origin of SN Ia Events" University of Washington host: Harriet Dinerstein |
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Please report omissions/corrections to: G. Orris at argus@astro.as.utexas.edu.
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