University of Toronto Astronomy Colloquia



	ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIA

Fall 2008

Sep 12	Prof. Sarah Gallagher (W. Ontario) *Compact Galaxy Groups: Local Windows into High Redshift Galaxy Evolution* Host: Howard Yee
Sep 19	Prof. Josh Eisner (U. Arizona) *Building Blocks of Planets around Young Stars* Host: Dae-Sik Moon
Sep 26	Prof. Peter Martin (U. Toronto, CITA) *Mapping the complex structure of the cool ISM using the Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST)* Host: Dae-Sik Moon
Oct 3	Prof. Peter Goldreich (IAS, Princeton) *Reading the Record of Ancient Impacts* Host: Yanqin Wu
Oct 10	Prof. Lars Bildsten (KITP, UCSB) (Refreshment starts at 1:45 pm!) *Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae: Challenges and Opportunities* Host: Dae-Sik Moon & Marten van Kerkwijk
Oct 17	Prof. Tim de Zeeuw (ESO) *ESO: Present and Future* Host: Ray Carlberg
Oct 24	Prof. Fred Adams (U.Michigan) *Effects of Young Star Clusters on their Constituent Solar Systems* Host: Ray Jayawardhana
Oct 31	Dr. Maryam Modjaz (UC Berkeley) *Elucidating the SN-GRB Connection from the SN Perspective* Host: Dae-Sik Moon & Marten van Kerkwijk
Nov 7	Prof. Craig Heinke (U.Alberta) *The Accreting Millisecond Pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658* Host: Dae-Sik Moon & Marten van Kerkwijk
Nov 14	Dr. Oliver Guyon (NOAJ) *New technologies for direct imaging of exoplanets from ground and space* Host: Ray Jayawardhana
Nov 21	Prof. Adam Burrows (Princeton) *Theory for the Atmospheres and Radii of Extrasolar Giant Planets* Karl W. Kamper Memorial Lecturer Host: Dae-Sik Moon, Ray Jayawardhana & Marten van Kerkwijk
Nov 28	Dr. Chris Willot (HIA/NRC) *Probing the tail-end of reionization with high-redshift quasars* Host: Howard Yee
Dec 5	Prof. Gerry Gilmore (Cambridge) *How Cold is Cold Dark Matter* Host: Ray Carlberg

Last modified: 22 Jan 2009, 22:43:05

Yanqin Wu (wu@astro) /Dae-Sik Moon (moon@astro) / Ray Jayawardhana (rayjay@astro) / Marten van Kerkwijk (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

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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