University of Toronto Astronomy Colloquia



	ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIA

Second half of 2004

Sep 17	Dr Alexis Brandeker (UofT) *Riddles of the beta Pictoris gas disk*
Sep 24	Dr Bruce Macintosh (LLNL) *Direct detection of extrasolar planets with current and future adaptive optics* Host: Ray Carlberg
Oct 1	Dr Marcin Sawicki (DAO) *The differential evolution of the star-forming galaxy population from z~4 to z~2* Host: Howard Yee
Oct 8	Dr Russel White (Caltech) *Unveiling the Protostar Imposters in Taurus* Host: Andy Howell
Oct 15	Dr Andy Howell (UofT) *Type Ia Supernovae and the SN Legacy Survey*
Oct 22	Dr Julia Lee (CfA) *Probing Black Hole Environments with High Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy* Host: Marten van Kerkwijk
Oct 29	Prof. Ian Short (Saint Mary's) *Stellar atmospheric models and the problem of chemical composition* Host: Tom Bolton
Nov 5	Dr Doug Johnstone (HIA) *An extinction threshold for star formation in Ophiuchus: A taste of the SCUBA2 future.* Host: Norm Murray
Nov 12	Dr Rachel Somerville (STScI) *The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey: overview and recent highlights* Host: Ray Jayawardhana
Nov 19	Dr Ben Lane (MIT) *A high-precision astrometric planet search* Host: Marten van Kerkwijk
Nov 26	Prof. Michael Balogh (Waterloo) *How to kill a galaxy: stripping, harassment, strangulation and more* Host: Howard Yee
Dec 2 with Physics Th. 4PM!	Dr Scott Ransom (NRAO) *The Incredible Double-Pulsar Binary J0737-3039: A pulsar ``Holy Grail'' at last* Host: Marten van Kerkwijk
Dec 3 Extra!	Dr Scott Ransom (NRAO) *Hittin' the Pulsar Jackpot in Terzan 5 with the GBT* Host: Marten van Kerkwijk
Dec 10 MP 134!	Prof. Tim Heckman (JHU) *Spectroscopy of 200 Kilo-Galaxies: Implications for Cosmic Gastro-Physics* Host: Norm Murray

Last modified: 12 Dec 2004, 11:14:32
Marten van Kerkwijk / MP 1404D / 416-946-7288 / mhvk@astro

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

Physics colloquia

Past colloquia: 2003A, 2003B, 2004A, 2004B, 2005A, 2005B, 2006A, 2006B, 2007A, 2007B, 2008A, 2008B, 2009A, 2009B, 2010A, 2010B, 2011A

Current colloquia: 2011B