Special Seminars / Fall 2008

These mini-seminars take place on Thursdays at 4:15 PM in room 1402. The recommended length is 30 minutes (allowing two speakers per week).

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Sep 11

1402 Pupin

4:15PM

Francesco Shankar

Ohio State / MPA Munich

Constraining the evolution of Super-Massive Black Holes

Abstract

Host: Zoltan Haiman

Sep 18

1402 Pupin

4:15PM

Josh Younger

Harvard/CfA

The Self-Regulated Growth of Supermassive Black Holes

Abstract

Host: Zoltan Haiman

Sep 25

1402 Pupin (if available)

4:15PM

Tom Maccarone

U. Southampton

Black Holes in Globular Clusters

Abstract

Host: Jeno Sokoloski

Oct 9

1402 Pupin (if available)

4:15PM

Yuexing Li

Harvard/CfA

The First Galaxies and Quasars

Abstract

Host: Kathryn Johnston

Oct 16

1402 Pupin (if available)

4:15PM

Bodhi Sen

Columbia, Statistics

Detecting Streaming motion in Leo I

Host: Mary Putman

Oct 23

1402 Pupin (if available)

4:15PM

1. Brian Metzger 2. Evan Kirby

1. UC Berkeley 2. UC Santa Cruz

1. TBD 2. Discovery of Extremely Metal-Poor Stars in the Ultra-Faint Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies of the Milky Way

2. Abstract

Host: 1. Andrei Beloborodov 2. Kathryn Johnston

Oct 30

1402 Pupin (if available)

4:15PM

Kyoung-Soo Lee

Yale

TBD

Host: Greg Bryan

Nov 13

1402 Pupin (if available)

4:15PM

Marcelo Alvarez

Stanford

TBD

Host: Greg Bryan / Zoltan Haiman