University of Toronto Astronomy Colloquia



	ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIA

First half of 2005

Jan 14	Dr Jarle Brinchmann (Univ. do Porto) *Physics hidden in galaxy spectra and the physical properties of low-z galaxies* Host: Bob Abraham
Jan 17 Mo.3PM MP 203	Prof. Ewine van Dishoeck (Leiden Obs.) *Gas and ice in protoplanetary disks* Host: CITA and Helen Sawyer Hogg Visitorship
Jan 18 Tu.3PM LM 162!	Prof. Ewine van Dishoeck (Leiden Obs.) *The physical and chemical structure low-mass protostellar envelopes: from JCMT to Herschel and ALMA* Host: Helen Sawyer Hogg Visitorship
Jan 19 We.3PM MP 137	Dr Dae-Sik Moon (Caltech) *Experimental Efforts to Study Core-collapse Supernovae and associated objects in the Infrared and Optical* Host: Marten van Kerkwijk
Jan 24 Mo.3PM MP 408	Dr David Sand (Caltech) *The dark matter density profile in galaxy clusters* Host: CITA
Jan 28	No colloquium: Speaker cancelled
Feb 4	Dr Aleks Scholz (UofT) *Rotation and variability of very low mass objects*
Feb 9 We.3PM MP 137	Dr Mike Gladders (Carnegie) *Understanding high-redshift galaxy clusters as cosmological probes: Recent results and instrumentation developments* Host: Howard Yee
Feb 11	Dr David Kaplan (MIT) *Searching for compact objects in supernova remnants* Host: Marten van Kerkwijk
Feb 16 We.3PM MP 137	Dr Anand Sivaramakrishnan (STScI) *In Search of Other Worlds: Extreme Adaptive Optics Coronagraphy* Host: Peter Martin
Feb 18	Dr Colin Borys (Caltech) *Understanding the high redshift SCUBA galaxies: New observations from Spitzer, HST, and SHARC-II* Host: Ernie Seaquist
Feb 25	Dr Jodi Asbell-Clarke (Technology Education Research Center) *Reaching the `Non-Scientist' through Astronomy* Host: John Percy
Mar 4	No colloquium: G2000 postponed from Feb 9 instead
Mar 11	Prof. Cathie Clarke (IoA) *The dispersal of discs around young stars* Host: Ray Jayawardhana
Mar 18	Dr Jason Aufdenberg (NOAO) *Testing stellar atmosphere models with high-precision interferometric limb-darkening observations* Host: John Lester
Mar 23 We.12PM MP1318A	Dr Gwendolyn Meeus (AIP) *Disc and dust evolution around young, < 10 Myr stars* Host: Alexis Brandeker (joint with SDG)
Mar 25	No colloquium: Good Friday
Apr 1	Dr Roelof de Jong (STScI) *Dark and Luminous Matter in Nearby Galaxies*
Apr 8	Dr Marie Treyer (Caltech) *Ultraviolet galaxies from z=0 to ~1: first results from the GALEX mission.* Host: Mark Sullivan
Apr 15	Prof. Thomas Henning (MPIA, Heidelberg) *Grain Growth in Protoplanatery Disks - From dust to pebbles* Host: Ray Jayawardhana
Apr 22	Prof. Jon Willis (UVic) *ZEN and the search for high-redshift galaxies* Host: Howard Yee
Apr 29	Prof. Zoltán Haiman (Columbia) *How Did the Cosmic Dark Age End?* Host: Ray Jayawardhana

Last modified: 19 Dec 2005, 12:29:31
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

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