Date

Speaker

Title

Jan 16

Shardha Jogee

University of Texas at Austin

Organizational meeting.

Jan 23

Akila Jeeson-Daniel

University of Melbourne

(host: Emily McLinden) "Modeling the Lyman Alpha Emitter - Intergalactic Medium Connection at Different Redshifts"

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Jan 30

No talk scheduled.

Feb 6

Jacob Walcher

Astrophysical Institute Potsdam (AIP)

(host: Niv Drory) ""Baryonic Physics in Galaxy Evolution as seen by the CALIFA Survey""

Ironically, while the predictions on the dark side of the cosmological "concordance" model LambdaCDM are well understood theoretically, many open questions in cosmology and galaxy evolution revolve around the difficult physics of the luminous, baryonic matter. The Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area Survey (CALIFA) is designed to study the baryonic physics of nearby galaxies by providing integral field spectroscopic data cubes in the optical wavelength domain of 600 galaxies of all morphological types. I will present the survey, show the current status, describe the science potential and advertise recent science results. Science results to be shown address a number of topics, among them 1) the powering mechanism of so-called LINER galaxies, 2) the origin of the mas-metallicity relationship, 3) baryonic vs. total matter content, 4) mass build-up of stars over the history of the universe.

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Feb 13

Eva Noyola

University of Texas at Austin

"Globular Cluster Kinematics: the Dark Side"

Feb 20

No talk scheduled.

Feb 26
WED

Sadegh Khochfar

University of Edinburgh

The Exgal Seminar this week will be held on Wednesday, 26 February, at 3:00 PM in the Cosmos Seminar slot. (host: Shardha Jogee) "Quo Vadis Galaxy Formation"

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Mar 6

Brendan Bowler

California Institute of Technology

(Cosmos Semiar Talk): "The Outer Architecture of Planetary Systems"

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Mar 13

Spring Break: March 10-14. No talk scheduled.

Mar 20

Ryan Quadri

Carnegie Observatories / Texas A&M University

(host: Shardha Jogee) "The Buildup of the Red Sequence with Cosmic Time"

Mar 27

John Kormendy

University of Texas at Austin

(jointly with the Cosmos Seminar) "Effective Writing"

Apr 3

Steven Finkelstein

University of Texas at Austin

"Beacons in the Dark: Hunting Bright Galaxies in the First Billion Years"

Apr 10

Nora Lutzgendorf

European Space Agency (ESA)

(host: Karl Gebhardt) "Intermediate-mass Black Holes in Globular Clusters"

Apr 17

Beverley Wills

University of Texas at Austin

"Blazar Jet Direction, Polarization & Accretion Mode"

Apr 24

Mark Dickinson

National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)

(Tinsley Visiting Professor) (host: Shardha Jogee) "Adventures Along the 'Main Sequence' of Extragalactic Star Formation"

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May 1

Nicola Mehrtens

Texas A&M University

(host: Shardha Jogee) "The XMM Cluster Survey (XCS): Results from the First Data Release"

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