Jan. 18 |
Raffaella Schneider, INAF/Osservatorio Astronomico di RomaAbstract "Dust in the Early Universe" (host: Volker Bromm) |
Jan. 25 |
Jonathan Braithwaite, University of Bonn (TCC Tinsley Scholar)Abstract "Magnetic Relaxation in ICM Bubbles and the Magnetic Flux Problem in Star Formation" (host: Craig Wheeler) |
Feb. 1 |
Peter Goldreich, California Institute of TechnologyAbstract "Reading the Record of Ancient Impacts" (host: Pawan Kumar) |
Feb. 8 |
Kim-Vy Tran, Texas A&M University and University of ZurichAbstract "Star Formation in Galaxy Clusters Over the Past 10 Billion Years" (host: Neal Evans) |
Feb. 11-12 |
McDonald Observatory Board of Visitors Meeting (Austin) |
Feb. 12 1-2 pm ACE 2.302 |
19th Annual Great Lecture in Astronomy: Daniel Jaffe, University of Texas at AustinAbstract "Exploring Newly Discovered Worlds with the Giant Magellan Telescope" |
Feb. 15 |
George F. R. Ellis, University of Cape TownAbstract "Is Inhomogeneity Important in Cosmology?" (host: Tanja Rindler-Daller) |
Feb. 16 Wed. 3:00 pm |
Charles Steidel, California Institute of Technology (Tinsley Visiting Professor)Abstract (visit: Feb. 13-24) "Exploration of the Circum-Galactic Medium at High Redshifts" (host: Karl Gebhardt) |
Feb. 22 |
Jessica Lu, California Institute of TechnologyAbstract "Clarifying our View of Star Formation in Extreme Environments with Adaptive Optics" (host: Jenny Greene) |
Mar. 1 |
Robert Kraft, UCOLICK (DeVaucouleurs Medalist)Abstract (visit: Feb. 27 - Mar. 8) "Chemical Abundances in the Oldest Galactic Stars: Globular Clusters vs. the Halo Field" (host: Chris Sneden) |
Mar. 8 |
Jeffrey A. Newman, University of PittsburghAbstract "Title: TBA" (host: Eiichiro Komatsu) |
Mar. 15 |
Spring Break: 14-18 March: No talk scheduled. |
Mar. 22 |
Lars Bildsten, UCSB/Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (Tinsley Visiting Professor)Abstract (visit: Mar. 21-25) "Diverse Energy Sources for Supernovae" (host: Donald Winget) |
Mar. 24 Public Talk RLM 4.102 7:00 PM |
Lars Bildsten, UCSB/Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (Tinsley Visiting Professor)Abstract (visit: Mar. 21-25) "Exploding Stars!" (host: Donald Winget) |
Mar. 29 |
Pawan Kumar, University of Texas at AustinAbstract "Recent Advances in our Understanding of Enigmatic Gamma-ray Bursts" (host: TBD) |
Apr. 5 |
Dimitar D. Sasselov, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for AstrophysicsAbstract "Title: TBA" (host: Jenny Greene) |
Apr. 12 |
Caryl Gronwall, Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstract "The Physical Properties of Lyman-alpha Emitters from z=2 to 3" (host: Karl Gebhardt) |
Apr. 19 |
Aristotle Socrates, Institute for Advanced Study, PrincetonAbstract "Title: TBA" (host: Jenny Greene) |
Apr. 26 |
Ethan Vishniac McMaster University, Ontario, CanadaAbstract "Title: TBA" (host: Craig Wheeler) |
May 3 |
Speaker: TBD, Affiliation: TBDAbstract "Title: TBA" (host: TBD) |