Rutgers Astrophysics Journal Club
Fall 2004 ScheduleCoordinator: Jessica Warren |
The Astrophysics Journal Club is held alternating TUESDAYS
and WEDNESDAYS at 12:00 PM in Serin Physics Rm. 332, for the fall of 2004.
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| Sep 14, Tues | EVERYONE | Internal discussion: Choosing topics, dates, etc. |
| Sep 21, Tues | no one |
Skip this week... |
| Sep
29, Wed |
Jes |
Gamma-Ray Bursts:
New Rulers to Measure the Universe - Ghirlanda et al. (ApJ,
613, L13 or astro-ph/0408350) |
| Oct
5, Tues |
Matthew |
How Special is
the Solar System? - Beer et al. (astro-ph/0407476) |
| Oct
13, Wed |
Andreas |
Measurement of
the Flux of Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays from Monocular
Observations by the High Resolution Fly's Eye Experiment - Abbasi
et al. (astro-ph/0208243),
Rm.
401 |
| Oct
19, Tues |
Neelima |
Overview of 5 New and Upcoming Telescopes
(Look at the links for: Swift, Terrestrial
Planet Finder (TPF), Hershel, NGST/JWST, and Constellation X) |
| Oct
27, Wed |
Bonita |
Age Constraints
for an M31 Globular Cluster from Main Sequence Photometry - Brown et
al. (astro-ph/0408333) |
| Nov
2, Tues |
Ricardo |
A New Kind of Nova
- Sokoloski et al. (astro-ph/0410123) |
| Nov
10, Wed |
Art |
Analytic Cross Sections for Substructure
Lensing -Keeton (ApJ,
584, 664 or astro-ph/0209040)
- Focus on sections 1 & 2 |
| Nov
16, Tues |
Naseem |
Preon Stars:
A New Class of Cosmic Compact Objects - Hansson & Sandin (astro-ph/0410417) |
| Nov
25, Thurs |
Tom Turkey |
THANKSGIVING - gobble gobble |
| Dec 1, Wed |
Juntai |
Formation of
a spiral galaxy in a major merger - Springel & Hernquist (astro-ph/0411379) |
| Dec
7, Tues |
Monica |
The initial mass
function: from Salpeter 1955 to 2005 - Chabrier (astro-ph/0409465) |
Last updated on 1 December 2004 by
Jessica Warren.
Previous journal clubs: Spring 2004, Fall 2003, Fall 2002, Spring 2002, Fall 2001, Spring 2001.