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Aug 28
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No talk scheduled.
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Sep 4
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J. Craig Wheeler
University of Texas at Austin
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"Open House discussion: Questions and Context of the McDonald Observatory Directorship"
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Sep 11
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No talk scheduled.
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Sep 18
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Jonathan Trump
Penn State University
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"How do Galaxies Grow their Supermassive Black Holes?" (host: S. Finkelstein)
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Sep 25
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Special Colloquium Speaker
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See the handbills posted around the department for the details of the special colloquium that is being held today.
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Oct 2
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No talk scheduled.
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Oct 9
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No talk scheduled.
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Oct 16
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A UT Austin Astronomy Faculty meeting is being held at this time.
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Oct 23
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Mansi Kasliwal
Carnegie Institution for Science
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"Seeing Gravitational Waves: Transients in the Local Universe" (host: Gebhardt)
The advent of wide-field synoptic imaging has re-invigorated the venerable field of time domain astronomy. Our framework of optical transients no longer has a wide six-magnitude luminosity "gap" between the brightest novae and faintest supernovae. Multiple new and distinct classes of very rare explosions have been uncovered just in the past few years. I review the surge of excitement (and debate) on the physics of these transients with unprecedented explosion signatures. "Gap transients" represent missing pieces in two fundamental pictures: the fate of massive stars and the evolution of compact binaries. Calcium-rich gap transients may even be the key to solving a long standing abundance problem in the intra-cluster medium. Two classes of gap transients are extremely red, hinting that the infrared dynamic sky is ripe for exploration. I conclude with the next frontier in gap transients --- discovering elusive binary neutron star mergers, a goal which may soon be within reach with coordination between the next generation of synoptic surveys and advanced gravitational wave interferometers. This search may literally be the 21st century gold rush!
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Oct 30
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Sarah Miller
University of California, Irvine
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"Uncovering Dark Matter Properties with Astrophysics" (host: Jogee)
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Nov 6
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Caitlin M. Casey
University of California, Irvine
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"Mergers or not? A Submillimeter Perspective on Cosmic Star Formation" (host: S. Finkelstein)
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Nov 13
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No talk scheduled.
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Nov 20
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A UT Astronomy Faculty and Research Scientist Meeting is being held at this time.
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Nov 27
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Speaker: TBD
Affiliation: TBA
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"Title: TBA"
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Dec 4
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Speaker: TBD
Affiliation: TBA
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"Title: TBA"
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