University of Toronto Astronomy Colloquia



	ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIA

Second half of 2006

Sep 15	Prof. Steve Desch (Arizona State) *The Astrophysical Origins of the Short-Lived Radionuclides in the Early Solar System* Host: Chris Matzner
Sep 22	Prof. Richard Ellis (Caltech) *New Observational Constraints on the Star Formation Rate at Redshift 10* Host: Ray Carlberg
Sep 29	Dr. Alceste Bonanos (Carnegie DTM) *Distances to Local Group Galaxies with Eclipsing Binaries* Host: Ray Jayawardhana
Oct 6	Prof. Christine Wilson (McMaster) *Luminous Infrared Galaxies with the Submillimeter Array: Probing the Extremes of Star Formation* Host: Ernie Seaquist
Oct 13	Prof. Steve Eikenberry (Florida) *Black Hole Astrophysics in the Infrared & the FLAMINGOS-2 Galactic Center Survey* Host: Dae-Sik Moon
Oct 20	Prof. Kim Venn (UVic) *Observational Tests of Hierarchical Galaxy Formation in the Local Group* Host: Kevin Bundy
Oct 23	Dr. Michael Shara (AMNH) *Classical Novae, Dwarf Novae, Tramp Novae* Host: John Percy Room: Bahen 1190 Note special date and location
Nov 2	Prof. Shri Kulkarni (Caltech) *The Space Interferometer Mission: Parallaxes, Planets and More* Host: Marten van Kerkwijk Joint Astro colloquium / CITA seminar NU Cody Hall, 3pm *Note special date, time, and location *
Nov 3	Prof. Derek Fox (PSU) *The Nature of Short-Hard Gamma-Ray Bursts* Host: Dae-Sik Moon
Nov 10	Dr. Victor Debattista (Univ. Washington) *Secular Evolution of Galaxies: From Dark Halos to Nuclei* Host: John Dubinski
Nov 17	Prof. Dave Patton (Trent) *Close Galaxy Pairs in the SDSS and the Millennium Simulation* Host: Marten van Kerkwijk
Nov 24	No colloquium: CSA Space Astronomy Workshop in Montreal
Dec 1	Dr. Alexander Scholz (Toronto) *The Infancy of Brown Dwarfs: Accretion and Dusty Disks* Host: Ray Jayawardhana
Dec 8	Dr. Kevin Bundy (Toronto) *The Mass Assembly History of Galaxies: Downsizing, Quenching, and the End of Star Formation* Host: Bob Abraham

Last modified: 26 Nov 2006, 15:31:53

Chris Matzner (matzner@astro) / Ray Jayawardhana (rayjay@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