Rutgers University

Astrophysics Seminar Calendar

Spring 2012

Astrophysics seminars are usually held at 3:00 pm on Fridays in room 385E with refreshments following in room 332W. Monday seminars are held at noon in room 385E. Department colloquia are held at 4:45 pm on Wednesdays in the Physics Lecture Hall, preceded by refreshments at 4:30 pm. Click on a seminar title to view the abstract.

January 6	Viviana Acquaviva (Rutgers) Understanding the Spectral Energy Distribution of Galaxies
January 18 (Colloquium)	Adam Riess (JHU) Supernovae and the Discovery of the Accelerating Universe
January 20	Kristian Finlator (UCSB) Searching for Simplicity in the High-Redshift Universe
January 23 (Monday)	Michael Kuhlen (UCB) Computational Cosmology and Galaxy Formation
January 27	Alyson Brooks (CalTech) Toward the formation of Realistic Galaxies
January 30 (Monday)	Yuexing Li (Penn State) Galaxies and Quasars at the Cosmic Dawn
February 3
February 10
February 17	Karen Andeen (Rutgers) First Measurements of Cosmic Ray Composition using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory
February 24	Renbin Yan (NYU)
March 2	Ari Maller (CUNY)
March 9
March 16	Spring Break – no seminar
March 23	Jenny Greene (Princeton)
March 30
April 6
April 11 (Colloquium)	Chris Reynolds (Maryland) The Astrophysics of Black Hole Spin
April 13
April 20
April 25 (Colloquium)	Kate Jones (Tennessee) Structure, Reactions, Astrophysics – Overlaps in Low-Energy Nuclear Physics
April 27

Directions to the Department

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Past Schedules:

Fall 2011 (Somerville)

Spring 2011 (Matilsky)

Fall 2010 (Baker)

Spring 2010 (Pryor)

Fall 2009 (Keeton)

Spring 2009 (Gawiser)

Fall 2008 (Sellwood)

Spring 2008 (Hughes)

Fall 2007 (Jha)

Spring 2007 (Matilsky)

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