Date

Speaker

Title

Jan 18

Jeffrey Silverman

University of California, Berkeley

"The Berkeley SuperNova Ia Program (BSNIP): Dataset and Initial Analysis"
abstract

Jan 25

Edward Robinson

University of Texas at Austin

Organizational meeting.

Feb 1

No talk scheduled.

Feb 8

Keivan Stassun

Vanderbilt University

"Empirical Constraints on the Formation and Evolution of Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs: A Data-Intensive Approach"
abstract

Feb 15

Don Winget

University of Texas at Austin

"White Dwarf Stars, From the Telescope to the Laboratory and Back Again: Exploring Extreme Physics"

Feb 22

James J. Hermes

University of Texas at Austin

"Conference Summary: Planets Around Stellar Remnants"

Feb 29

Mike Montgomery

University of Texas at Austin

"A More Accurate T_eff Estimator than T_eff"

Mar 7

Katrien Kolenberg

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) & Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Tinsley Visiting Scholar (visit: 5-9 March): "Kepler and the RR Lyrae Stars" (host: Fritz Benedict)
abstract

Mar 14

Spring Break: March 12-16. No talk scheduled.

Mar 21

Chris Sneden

University of Texas at Austin

"A Progress Report on Carnegie/UT RR Lyrae Chemical Composition Studies"

Mar 28

Thomas Gomez

University of Texas at Austin

"Watching Post-AGB Evolution with HST"

Apr 4

No talk scheduled.

Apr 11

Michel Breger

University of Texas at Austin

"Kepler and the P/G Rating: Pressure and Gravity Pulsation Modes"

Apr 18

No talk scheduled.

Apr 25

Barbara McArthur

University of Texas at Austin

"The HD128311 System Remixed with Data from HST, HET and T12 APT"
abstract

May 2

Barbara Castanheira

University of Texas at Austin

"Magnetic White Dwarf Stars"