Special Seminars / Spring 2012

Talks are held on Thursdays at 4:15 pm in Pupin. Note that ALL talks must be a maximum of 30 minutes long (even if there is only one speaker). Hosts should inform speakers of this requirement.

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Date

Name

Institution

Title

Abstract

Host

January 19		Claire Lackner/ Jing Wang		Princeton University / MPA Garching		Astrophysically Motivated Bulge Disk Decompositions in SDSS / New Observational Constraints on the Formation and Evolution of Galactic Disks through Gas Accretion and Bar-Driven Inflows		Abstract		Jacqueline/David S.
Feb 2nd		Jeremy Tinker		NYU		The Red Sequence and How It Got That Way		Abstract		Kathryn
February 16		John ZuHone		GSFC		The Physics of Gas Sloshing in Cool-Core Galaxy Clusters		Abstract		Matt Turk
February 23		Francesco Massaro		Stanford/SLAC		A "WISE" view of the Unidentified gamma-ray sources: hunting Gamma-Ray Blazars		Abstract		Reshmi Mukherjee
March 7th		Kim Coble		Chicago State University		Note: this talk and discussion will take 1 hour/ South Africa 2011: Report from the International Conference on Women in Physics		Abstract		Kathryn
March 22nd		Nitya Kallivayalil		Yale		Towards a 1% Proper Motion Measurement for the LMC		Abstract		Kathryn
April 5		Filippo Fraternali / Alexander Tchekhovskoy		U of Bologna / Princeton University		Supernova-driven Gas Accretion / Getting the Most out of a Black Hole		Abstract		Ryan/Jacqueline/Andrei
April 19		Art Wolfe		UCSD		TBA		Abstract		Mary
April 26
May 3		Demitri Muna / Kaitlin Kratter		NYU / CfA		TBA		TBA		Adrian PW / Matt Turk
May 10		Joel Green		U Texas		TBA		TBA		Josh P