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Friday, October 6th 2006
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Jacco van Loon, Keele University
Subject: Red (super)giants and Their Galactic Ecology
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics

When stars evolve and become luminous cool giants, they not only act as beacons of the underlying populations, but also play an important role in the structural, dynamical and chemical evolution of their host galaxy.

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