Astronomy Colloquium / Fall 2006

Talks are held in Pupin 1332, beginning at 4:15pm, and are followed by a wine and cheese reception in the 14th floor library.

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Sep 13		Hector Arce		American Museum of Natural History		Protostellar outflows and their influence on the star formation environment		Abstract		Host: Zoltan Haiman
Sep 20		Jennifer Sokoloski		Columbia University		Observations of Stellar Explosions and Jets		Abstract		Host: Kristen Menou
Sep 27		Charles Gammie		University of Illinois		Numerical Models of Black Hole Accretion Flows		Abstract		Host: Kristen Menou
Oct 04		Sarbani Basu		Yale University		Journey to the Centre of the Sun		Abstract		Host: Kathryn Johnston
Oct 11		David Weinberg		Ohio State University		What Can We Learn From Galaxy Clustering?		Abstract		Host: Zoltan Haiman
Oct 18		Brian O'Shea		Los Alamos National Laboratory		Population III stars and the formation of the first protogalaxies		Abstract		Host: Greg Bryan
Oct 25		Albert Stebbins		Fermilab		An Anthrocentric Universe		Abstract		Host: Lam Hui
Nov 01		Jim Kasting		Pennsylvania State University		Gaia Revisited: the Interplay Between Climate and Life on the Early Earth		Abstract		Host: Caleb Scharf
Nov 08		Alycia Weinberger		Carnegie Institution of Washington		Studying the Conditions for Planet Formation in Circumstellar Disks		Abstract		Host: Kristen Menou
Nov 15		Victor Debattista		University of Washington, Seattle		Secular Evolution of Galaxies: From Dark Halos to Nuclei		Abstract		Host: Jacqueline van Gorkom
Nov 21 TUESDAY		Keivan Stassun		Vanderbilt University		TITLE-TBD		Abstract		Host:Zoltan Haiman
Nov 29		Houjun Mo		University of Massachusetts, Amherst		Title-TBD		Abstract		Host: David Schiminovich
Dec 08 FRIDAY AT NYU BIG APPLE COLLOQUIUM		Volker Springel		MPA, Munich		Title-TBD		Abstract		Host: Glennys Farrar (NYU)
Dec 13		Arlin Crotts		Columbia University		Transient Lunar Phenomena		Abstract		Host: Himself

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