Talks can span a wide variety of formats and topics, e.g.,
- review talks and formal colloquia
- informal discussions of ongoing research
- journal clubs
- thesis dissertation defense
- discussions of hot results from recent conferences
Schedule
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Date
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Speaker
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Title
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Feb 2
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Josh Adams
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Journal Club Talk on New Observations of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxy (ULIRG) Dynamics
astro-ph/0510670
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Feb 9
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Special Colloquium
Scott Chapman
California Institute of Technology
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Galaxy Evolution, Near and Far
abstract
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Feb 16
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Amy Dove Forestell
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Journal Club: The SAURON project - VI. Line strength
maps of 48 elliptical and lenticular galaxies
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Feb 23
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Special Colloquium
Milos Milosavljevic
California Institute of Technology
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The Future of Massive Black Hole Studies
abstract
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Mar 2
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Special Colloquium
Jenny Greene
Harvard University
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The Synchronized Growth of Black Holes and Galaxies
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Mar 9
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cancelled
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Mar 23
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Amanda Bauer
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Review of "The Mass-Metallicity Relation at z~2," by Erb, Shapely,
Pettini, Steidel, Reddy and Adelberger
astro-ph/0602473
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Mar 30
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Robert Quimby
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"The Shock Break-out of GRB 060218/SN 2006aj," S. Campana et al, and other works
astro-ph/0603279
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Apr 6
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Phil Hopkins
Harvard University
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Black Hole Feedback: Uniting Mergers, Quasars, and Red Galaxy
Formation
abstract
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Apr 13
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Greg Shields &
Sarah Salviander
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Black Holes and Host Galaxies Then and Now
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Apr 20
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Irina Marinova
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Evolution of Barred Galaxies: First Quantitative Characterizations of Bars in the Local Universe
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Apr 27
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Anne Metevier
Univ. of California Santa Cruz
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Evolution of Blue Disk Galaxies from Kinematic Measurements
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May 4
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David Fisher
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Bulge Formation in Disk Galaxies
(Second Year Defense)
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Mar 13-18 = Spring Break
May 5 = Last class day
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