Astronomy Colloquium / Fall 2008

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 10		Michael Shull		University of Colorado at Boulder		Baryons and Metals in the low-redshift Intergalactic Medium and Galactic Halo		Abstract		Host: David Schiminovich
Sep 17		Omer Blaes		UC Santa Barbara		How Does Accretion Onto Black Holes Really Produce the Light We Observe in Quasars and X-ray Binaries?		Abstract		Host: Zoltan Haiman
Sep 24		Amy Barger		University of Wisconsin at Madison		The Star Formation and Accretion Histories of the Universe		Abstract		Host: David Schiminovich
Oct 01		Bruce Draine		Princeton University		Interstellar Dust Models, Formation of Interstellar Dust, and the Dust Entering the Heliosphere Today		Abstract		Host: David Schiminovich
Oct 08		Piero Madau		UC Santa Cruz		The Via Lactea Project: A Glimpse into the Invisible World of Dark Matter		Abstract		Host: Zoltan Haiman
Oct 15		Laura Ferrarese		Herzberg Institute, Victoria, CA		The Structure of Early-Type Galaxies from the ACS Virgo and Fornax Cluster Surveys: Cores, Stellar Nuclei and Supermassive Black Holes		Abstract		Host: Zoltan Haiman
Oct 22		Juna Kollmeier		Carnegie Observatory		The Lyman alpha Glow of High-redshift Structure		Abstract		Host: Jacqueline van Gorkom
Oct 29		Jason Prochaska		UC Santa Cruz		Topic TBD		Abstract		Host: David Schiminovich
Nov 05		Jim Liebert		Univ. of Arizona		Topic TBD		Abstract		Host: Joe Patterson
Nov 12		Benjamin Mc Call		University of Illinois		H3+ and the Interstellar Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate		Abstract		Host: Daniel Savin
Nov 19		Jerry Ostriker		Princeton University		Topic TBD		Abstract		Host: Jacqueline van Gorkom
Nov 26						Thanksgiving: No Colloquium
Dec 05 *FRIDAY*		Tim Heckman		Johns Hopkins University		Topic TBD -- Big Apple Colloquium		Abstract		Host: David Schiminovich
Dec 10		Scott Trager		University of Groningen		Topic TBD		Abstract		Host: Kathryn Johnston