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Thursday, January 18th 2007
2:30 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium (Please note date, time & location)
in 133 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Chao-Lin Kuo, California Institute of Technology. Dr.Kuo is a candidate for the Astrophysics faculty position.
Subject: CMB Beyond the Acoustic Peaks
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Thursday, January 25th 2007
2:00 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium (Please note date, time & location)
in 133 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Vuk Mandic, California Inst. of Technology. Dr.Mandic is a candidate for the Astrophysics faculty position.
Subject: Searching for Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background with LIGO: Results and Implications
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, February 9th 2007
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. James Leger, University of Minnesota
Subject: Managing Diffraction and Polarization: New Tools for Optical Scientists
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Thursday, February 15th 2007
2:00 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 133 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Richard Schnee, Dr. Schnee is a candidate for the Astrophysics faculty position.
Subject: What’s the Matter in the Universe? Looking for Wimps with the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, February 23rd 2007
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Anil Seth, Harvard SAO
Subject: From the Inside Out: the Evolution of Late-Type Galaxy Nuclei & Disks
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, March 2nd 2007
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Eric Hallman, CASA, Colorado
Subject: Simulating Large Area Galaxy Cluster Surveys
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, March 9th 2007
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Subject: No Colloquium this week.
Friday, March 16th 2007
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Spring Break: No Colloquium this week.
Friday, March 23rd 2007
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Karen Leighly, Ohio State U, on sabbatical from the University of Oklahoma
Subject: Quasar Broad Line Region Emission and Kinetics
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, March 30th 2007
4:00 pm:
Astrophysics Meet and Greet
in 358 Physics
Subject: Come meet some prospective graduate students in the Astronomy Reading Room
Refreshments served.
Friday, April 6th 2007
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Subject: No colloquium this week.
Friday, April 13th 2007
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Knut Olson, CTIO. NOAO
Subject: The Structure and Kinematics of the LMC.
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, April 20th 2007
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Sumner Starrfield, Arizona State University
Subject: The 2006 Oubturst of RS Oph - A Hot Flash on a Degenerate Dwarf
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, April 27th 2007
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Subject: No Colloquium this week.
Friday, May 4th 2007
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Rogier Windhorst, Arizona State University
Subject: The James Webb Space Telescope: How can it measure First Light, Reionization, and Galaxy Assembly?
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, May 11th 2007
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
This colloquium will resume in the fall.
Friday, September 14th 2007
3:00 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Michael Kelley, U. Central Florida
Subject: The Size Distribution and Surface Properties of Comet Nuclei
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, September 21st 2007
3:00 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Jan-Uwe Ness, Arizona State University
Subject: The X-ray view of Classical Novae
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, September 28th 2007
3:00 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Subject: No colloquium this week.
Friday, October 5th 2007
3:00 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. David Ciardi, Caltech
Subject: A Search for Dust in the Habitable Zones Around Solar-like Stars
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, October 12th 2007
3:00 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Jason Harris, Steward Observatory
Subject: Magellanic Mystery Tour
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, October 19th 2007
3:00 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Robert Benjamin, U. Wisconsin, White Water
Subject: The Milky Way Galaxy: A (Re)Introduction
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, October 26th 2007
3:00 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Dean Townsley, University of Chicago
Subject: Explosions in Mass Transferring White Dwarf Stellar Binaries
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, November 2nd 2007
3:00 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Doug Leonard, SDSU
Subject: Seeking the Type Ia Supernova Progenitor
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, November 9th 2007
3:00 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Dean C. Hines, NM Office, Space Science Institute
Subject: The Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, November 16th 2007
3:00 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Andy Sheinis, U. Wisconsin, Madison
Subject: Host Galaxies of Luminous Quasars: Structural Properties and the Fundamental Plane
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, November 30th 2007
3:00 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Kris Davidson, University of Minnesota, Astronomy Department
Subject: ETA and the Supernova Impostors
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, December 7th 2007
3:00 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Cynthia Cattell, University of Minnesota, Physics
Subject: STEREO observations of large amplitude whistler-mode waves in Earth’s radiation belts: Implications for relativistic electron acceleration and loss
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, December 14th 2007
3:00 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics
No colloquium this week. This event will resume spring semester.
Friday, December 21st 2007
3:00 pm:
This event will resume spring semester.
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