Astrophysics Seminars for Winter 2007 Past Astrophysics Seminars |
Seminars are at 4:00 PM on Tuesdays. Seminars will be held in the conference room on the second floor of Dearborn Observatory, unless otherwise noted (MAP) |
DATE | SPEAKER | INSTITUTION | TITLE/TOPIC | HOST |
Jan. 16 | Dr. James De Buizer | Gemini Observatory | Uncovering the Enigmatic Births of Stellar Leviathans | Farhad Zadeh |
Jan. 23 | Dr. Dan Marrone | University of Chicago | Accretion and Flaring in Sagittarius A* | Giles Novak |
Jan. 30 | Dr. Kristen Menou | Columbia University | Hot Jupiters: Atmospheres and Circulation Regimes | Vicky Kalogera |
Feb. 6 | Dr. Greg Laughlin | UCSC | Canceled | Fred Rasio |
Feb. 13 | Dr. Nuria Calvet | University of Michigan | Protoplanetary Disk Evolution and Clearing | Ron Taam |
Feb. 20 | Dr. Seth Redfield | University of Texas, Austin | The Dynamical Structure of the Local Interstellar Medium | Dave Meyer |
Feb. 27 | Dr. Jimmy Irwin | University of Michigan | Extragalactic Low-Mass X-ray Binaries: Beacons For Compact Objects in Old Stellar Populations | Mel Ulmer |
Mar. 5 * Monday * Noon |
Dr. Eric Becklin | UCLA | SOFIA: Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy | Giles Novak |