Colloquia Schedule Spring 2016
Colloquia are on Tuesdays (unless otherwise indicated) at 3:30 pm in RLM 15.216B
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"Spirals, Gaps, and Cavities: Signposts of Planets in Protoplanetary Disks?" LBNL/Berkeley host: Adam Kraus |
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"The Key Influence of AGB Stars on the Evolution and Global Properties of Galaxies" Asymptotic Giant Branch stars play a variety of important roles in the Universe, from light-element enrichment of globular clusters to potential domination of a galaxy's dust production and total infrared luminosity. Consequently, they can significantly affect the evolution of their host galaxy and bias galaxy parameters derived from rest-frame near- to to mid-infrared observations. Despite their important role, AGB stars remain poorly modeled in part because of insufficient calibrating observations. I will discuss recent surveys of nearby galaxies that have significantly increased the sample of AGB stars across a wide span of ages and metallicities. In particular, I will focus on the survey of DUST in Nearby Galaxies with Spitzer (DUSTiNGS) and the Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasure (PHAT) program. The DUSTiNGS survey investigated the effect of metallicity on AGB dust production by imaging 50 resolvable dwarf galaxies at mid-IR wavelengths. The survey identified hundreds of 'extreme' dusty AGB stars - the first detected in very metal-poor environments and the first detected beyond the Magellanic Clouds. The PHAT program imaged a third of M31's disk from optical to near-IR wavelengths, resulting in a vast catalog of AGB stars at solar metallicity and known distance. I will summarize the results from both programs and review some future prospects for AGB work in nearby galaxies. NASA Goddard host: Kristen McQuinn |
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"CAMPARE and Cal-Bridge: Two Synergistic Programs Forming a Successful New Model for Promoting Participation of Women and Underrepresented Minority Students in Astronomy" California State Polytechnic University, Pomona host: William Cochran |
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"Exoplanet Atmospheres in High Resolution" Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics host: Daniel Jaffe |
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"The Dynamical Evolution of Young Stellar Complexes in the Milky Way" McMaster University, Hamilton, ON host: Natalie Gosnell |
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"The Evolution of Galaxy Structural Properties" Rutgers University, Downsbrough Chair in Astrophysics host: Shardha Jogee |
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"A PHAT New Measurement of the High-Mass Stellar IMF" UC Berkeley/University of Washington host: Michael Boylan-Kolchin |
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"The Role of Dwarf-Dwarf Galaxy Interactions in Galaxy Assembly" NRAO/University of Virginia host: Kristen McQuinn |
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No colloquium scheduled. (Spring Break) |
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"Exploring the z~2.3 Cosmic Web with 3D Lyman-Alpha Forest Tomography" UC Berkeley/LBNL host: Caitlin Casey |
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"Understanding Galaxy Evolution with Massive Starburst Galaxies" University of Iowa host: Caitlin Casey |
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"Implications from the Detection of the Binary Black Hole Inspiral GW150914" University of Texas Rio Grande Valley host: J. Craig Wheeler |
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Stellar Seminar talk Date/Time: Wed., 12 Noon: "Title: TBA" David Yong (Stellar Tinsley Scholar) Mt. Stromlo Observatory, Australia host: Fritz Benedict |
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"The Calm Before the Storm: Exploring the Post Accretionary Doldrums Prior to the Late Heavy Bombardment" William F. Bottke (Planetary Tinsley Scholar) Southwest Research Instutite, Boulder, Colorado host: Mike Endl/Judit Ries |
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"Disk Galaxy Assembly Across Cosmic Time: Combining Magnitude-limited Survey with Gravitational Lensing" Tiantian Yuan (Exgal Tinsley Scholar) Australia National University host: Chao-Ling Hung |
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"The Discovery and Characterization of the Y Dwarfs" University of Toledo host: Brendan Bowler |
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"What can Binaries tell us about Planet Formation?" Kaitlin M. Kratter (ISM Tinsley Scholar) Steward Observatory, University of Arizona host: Adam Kraus |
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