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Jan 20
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Jan 27 |
John Kormendy
University of Texas at Austin |
"Scaling Laws for Dark Matter Halos in Late-Type and Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies"
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Feb 3 |
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Feb 10 |
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No talk scheduled.
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Feb 17 |
John Lacy, Steve and Keely Finkelstein, and Harriet Dinerstein (4 speakers)
University of Texas at Austin |
"Sharing Teaching Techniques and Tools"
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Feb 24 |
Martha Boyer
NASA Goddard (host: Kristen McQuinn) |
"The Key Influence of AGB Stars on the Evolution and Global Properties of Galaxies"
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Mar 2 |
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No talk scheduled.
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Mar 9 |
Amanda Kepley
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) |
"Opening New Frontiers in the Study of Star Formation"
Much of what we know about the process of star formation comes from observations of our own Milky Way and of nearby spiral galaxies. However, this sample only probes a relatively narrow range of galaxy properties and thus does not provide an effective test of how galaxy properties like mass, metallicity, and star formation rate affect star formation. Fortunately, with the advent of new telescopes like ALMA, the upgraded VLA, and the GBT, we are opening up new frontiers in the study of star formation by extending detailed studies to more distant and less massive galaxies than previously possible. In this talk, I will present two examples of how the capabilities of new instrumentation are driving star formation studies. First, I will show how deep single dish surveys of nearby galaxies enabled by multi-pixel feeds such as ARGUS on the GBT allow us - for the first time - to map the dense molecular gas more closely associated with star formation in large samples of nearby galaxies. Second, I will present ALMA observations of the molecular gas in the prototypical nearby blue compact dwarf galaxy II Zw 40. These observations represent the first giant molecular cloud scale observations in a blue compact dwarf galaxy and allow us to compare the properties of its molecular clouds to those in other, less extreme systems.
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Mar 16 |
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Spring Break: No talk scheduled.
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Mar 23 |
Joel Green
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) (host: Yao-Lun Yang) |
"Extreme Accretion: The Evolution of the FU Orionis Disk"
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Mar 30 |
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Apr 6 |
Eric Becklin
University of California, Los Angeles (hosts: John Lacy, Dan Jaffe) |
"Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA): Overview, the First Science Results, and Future Opportunities"
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Apr 13 |
Brendan Bowler
University of Texas at Austin (Hubble Fellow) |
"The Architecture, Atmospheres, and Origin of Giant Planets with High-Contrast Imaging"
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Apr 20 |
Anshu Gupta
Australian National University (host: Chao-Ling Hung) |
"Radial Distribution of Gas-Phase Metallicities of Galaxies in two CLASH Clusters at z ~ 0.35"
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Apr 27 |
Postdoc Mentoring Commitee
University of Texas at Austin |
"Applying for Your Next Job"
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May 4 |
Linda Strubbe
University of British Columbia (host: Jeff Silverman) |
"Developing scientific reasoning: at UBC and in West Africa"
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