The astrophysics seminars are held at 4:00 PM on Thursdays in room 385E with coffee and cookies to follow in room 332W. Departmental colloquia are at 4:30 PM on Wednesdays in the Physics Lecture Hall preceeded by coffee and cookies at 4PM. Special dates and/or times are noted in bold in the table below.
Date/Time | Location | Speaker | Title (Abstract) |
Thurs, Jan 18 4:00 PM |
Serin 385E | Dr. Edward (Ned) Wright
UCLA |
The Cosmic Infrared Background (Abstract) |
Colloquium Wed, Jan 24 4:30 PM |
Lec Hall |
Dr. Paul Steinhardt Princeton University |
The Trouble with Dark Matter (TBP) |
Thurs, Jan 25 4:00 PM |
Serin 385E | Dr. Benjamin D. Wandelt
Princeton University |
New Frontiers for Cosmic Microwave Background Research (Abstract) |
Thurs, Feb 1 4:00 PM |
Serin 385E | Dr. Parviz Ghavamian Rutgers University |
Optical Spectroscopy and Numerical Modeling of Nonradiative Shocks in Supernova Remnants (TBP) |
MAE Seminar Wed, Feb 7 |
Eng B120 |
Dr. Tom Jones |
Collisionless Shocks in Astrophysics and the Origins of Cosmic Rays |
Thurs, Feb 8 4:00 PM |
Serin 385E | Dr. William P. Blair
Johns Hopkins University |
Science and Operations with the FUSE Satellite (Abstract) |
Colloquium Wed, Feb 14 4:30 PM |
Lec Hall | Dr. Steven Kahn
Columbia University |
First Results from the Reflection Grating Spectrometer on the XMM-Newton Observatory (TBP) |
Thurs, Feb 15 4:00 PM |
Serin 385E | Dr. Megan Donahue
STScI |
Distant Cluster Hunting (Abstract) |
Thurs, Feb 22 4:00 PM |
Serin 385E | Dr. Megan Urry STScI |
The Physics of X-Ray Jets (TBP) |
Thurs, Mar 1 4:00 PM |
Serin 385E | Dr. Ralph Wijers
SUNY Stony Brook |
Gamma-Ray Bursts from Massive Stars in Giant Molecular Clouds (Abstract) |
Thurs, Mar 8 4:00 PM |
Serin 385E | Dr. David Wittman Bell Labs |
Detecting Cosmic Shear (Abstract) |
Thurs, Mar 15 4:00 PM |
Serin 385E | Spring Break | No Astronomy Seminar |
Colloquium Wed, Mar 21 4:30 PM |
Lec Hall | Dr. Gerald Brown C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics, SUNY Stonybrook |
Evolution of Black Holes in the Galaxy (TBP) |
Thurs, Mar 22 4:00 PM |
Serin 385E |
Dr. David Koerner University of Pennsylvania |
Planetary Systems in Formation (TBP) |
Thurs, Mar 29 4:00 PM |
Serin 385E | Dr. Marcella Carollo
Columbia University |
TBD (TBP) |
Thurs, Apr 5 4:00 PM |
TBD | Dr. Jarrod Hurley American Museum of Natural History |
The Next Generation of Star Cluster Models (TBP) |
Thurs, Apr 12 4:00 PM |
Serin 385E | Dr. Neill Reid
STScI |
Brown Dwarfs and Dark Matters (TBP) |
Thurs, Apr 19 4:00 PM |
Serin 385E | Dr. Pat Slane
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
Chandra X-ray Studies of Supernova Remnants (TBP) |
Thurs, Apr 26 4:00 PM |
Serin 385E | Dr. Frits Paerals Columbia University |
Something about results from XMM (TBP) |
Thurs, May 3 4:00 PM |
Serin 385E | Dr. Bryan Gaensler
MIT |
Neutron Stars in Supernova Remnants - Paradigm Lost? (TBP) |
Revised December 28, 2000