Astronomy Colloquium
Spring Semester
Thursday, January 18th 2007
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
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
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
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
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
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
Subject: No Colloquium this week.
Friday, March 16th 2007
Spring Break: No Colloquium this week.
Friday, March 23rd 2007
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
Subject: Come meet some prospective graduate students in the Astronomy Reading Room
Refreshments served.
Friday, April 6th 2007
Subject: No colloquium this week.
Friday, April 13th 2007
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
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
Subject: No Colloquium this week.
Friday, May 4th 2007
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
This colloquium will resume in the fall.
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