Astrophysics Seminar and Colloquium Calendar
Spring 2001

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
3:00 PM

Eng B120

Dr. Tom Jones
University of Minnesota

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)


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