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		Damped Lyman alpha Absorption Systems: Neutral Gas Reservoirs for Star Formation in Early Galaxies		Abstract		Mary
April 19		Laura Chomiuk		CfA		The Circumstellar Material around Type Ia Supernovae				Jeno
April 26		Marieangela Lisanti		Princeton		TBA				Maureen/Kathryn
May 3		Demitri Muna / Kaitlin Kratter		NYU / CfA		TBA		TBA		Adrian PW / Matt Turk
May 10		Joel Green		U Texas		TBA		TBA		Josh P