First half of 2003
Jan 15
Wed., 2:00PM!
MP 203! |
Dr
Marc Kuchner (CfA)
Reading
the resonant signatures of planets in debris disks
Host: Marten van Kerkwijk
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| Jan 17 |
Dr
Stefanie Mühle (Bonn)
The
Starburst in the Dwarf Galaxy NGC 1569: What did it do to the
interstellar gas?
Host: Ernie Seaquist
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| Jan 24 |
Prof.
Jaymie Matthews (UBC)
The MOST space photometry mission: All systems go for
launch
Host: Slavek Rucinksi
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| Jan 31 |
Prof.
Ue-Li Pen (CITA)
Weighing
the Universe with Weak Lensing
Host: Marten van Kerkwijk
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| Feb 7 |
Dr
Katya Verner (GSFC)
What makes
Fe II spectra strong in astrophysical plasmas?
Host: Peter Martin
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Feb 12
Wed., 1:30PM!
MP 203! |
Dr
Henk Hoekstra (CITA)
The hunt
for the equation of state of the universe
Host: Ray Carlberg
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| Feb 21 |
Dr
Ben Oppenheimer (AMNH)
The Lyot
Project
Host: Marten van Kerkwijk
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Feb 24
Mon., 3PM!
MP 203! |
Dr
Mike Gladders (Carnegie, Pasadena)
Extreme
Clusters in the Red-Sequence Cluster Survey
Host: Howard Yee
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Feb 26
Wed., 1:30PM!
MP 203! |
Prof.
Dimitar Sasselov (CfA)
Extrasolar
Giant Planets and their Parent Stars
Host: Norm Murray
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Mar 4
Tue, 3PM! |
Prof.
Anneila Sargent (Caltech and Neil Graham Visiting Lecturer,
University College)
Observations
of Protoplanetary Disks
Host: John Percy
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Mar 5
Wed., 1:30PM!
MP 203! |
Dr
Sunil Golwala (Caltech)
Cosmological
Science with the Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect and Bolocam
Host: Barth Netterfield
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| Mar 14 |
Prof.
Dong Lai (Cornell)
Radiation
from Strongly Magnetized Neutron Stars
Host: Marten van Kerkwijk
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| Mar 21 |
Prof.
Sterl Phinney (Caltech)
Physics
and Astronomy with LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna)
Host: Marten van Kerkwijk
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| Mar 28 |
Prof.
Edward Guinan (Villanova)
The Young
and Restless Sun: Effects of the Young Sun's Strong Magnetic Activity
on Paleo-Planetary Atmospheres and the Evolution of Life
Host: Christine Clement
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| Apr 4 |
Dr
Nahum Arav (CASA, Colorado)
Exciting
Times for Studying AGN Outflows
Host: Yuri Levin
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Apr 11
Refresh-
ments:
MP 110 |
Prof.
Andrei Linde (Stanford)
Inflation,
Dark Energy, and M-theory
Host: Lev Kaufman
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| Apr 18 |
No colloquium: Good Friday
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Apr 25
MP 137! |
Prof.
Steven Shore (IUSB)
Turbulence: A Brief Guide for the Perplexed
Host: Tom Bolton
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| May 2 |
No colloquium: Cancelled
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May 9
MP 137! |
Prof.
Marc Pinsonneault (Ohio State)
Accretion
Disks and the Origin of Stellar Rotation
Host: Slavek Rucinski
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May 14
Wed.,
MP 137! |
Damien
Le Borgne (IAP)
X-ray to
near-IR modeling of galaxy evolution
Host: Bob Abraham
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May 16
MP 137! |
Dr
Davy Kirkpatrick (IPAC)
The Role
of Gravity and Metallicity in Shaping M, L, and T Dwarf Spectra
Host: Bob Garrison
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May 21
Wed.,
MP 137! |
Dr
Patrick Hall (Princeton/P. Univ. Catolica de Chile)
Red
Quasars
Host: Howard Yee
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May 23
MP 137! |
Dr
John Steele (UoT)
Eclipse
Prediction and the Length of the Saros in Babylonian Astronomy
Host: Marten van Kerkwijk
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Last modified: 12 Dec 2003, 16:01:34
Marten van Kerkwijk / MP 1404D / 416-946-7288 / mhvk@astro
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Colloquia are Fridays, at 2 PM, in Cody Hall.
They are followed by refreshments in the lounge, AB 201.
Instructions for speakers
Schedule with abstracts
Schedule without abstracts
Student seminars
CITA seminars
Physics colloquia
Past colloquia:
2003A,
2003B,
2004A,
2004B,
2005A,
2005B,
2006A,
2006B,
2007A,
2007B,
2008A,
2008B,
2009A,
2009B,
2010A,
2010B,
2011A
Current colloquia: 2011B
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