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Previous years: 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09

Astrophysics Lunch Seminar

Seminars are held on Fridays at noon in room S105 unless stated otherwise.

Calendar 2009/2010

(see this week)

Date Speaker Affiliation Title
Aug 28 John Stocke CASA Australian Aboriginal Astronomy
Sep 4 Katie Chynoweth Vanderbilt Origins of Neutral Hydrogen Clouds in Galaxy Groups
Sep 11
Sep 18 Lisa Winter CASA The Optical and X-ray Properties of the Swift BAT-detected AGNs
Sep 25 Alexander Tchekhovskoy CfA Simulations and Analytic Models of Relativistic Magnetized Jets
Oct 2 Sean Raymond CASA When good planetary systems go bad: planet-planet scattering
Oct 9 Krzysztof Nalewajko Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center Energy Dissipation Mechanisms in Quasar and Blazar Jets
Oct 16 Adam Ginsburg CASA The Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey
Oct 23 Charles Danforth CASA New Results from COS
Oct 30 Stephen Merkowitz Goddard Space Flight Center The Legacy and Future of Lunar Laser Ranging in Duane E-126
Nov 6 Richard Vondrak Goddard Space Flight Center Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO): Observations for Lunar Exploration and Science in Duane E-126
Nov 13 Jake Simon U. of Virginia Turbulent Accretion in Magnetized Disks




Nov 20 Seth Jacobson APS Planetary Astrophysics: Dynamics of Post-Fission Asteroids
Nov 27

THANKSGIVING
Dec 3 Dimitrios Giannios Princeton
Dec 4 Miguel Mostafa Colorado State The latest results from the Pierre Auger Observatory
Dec 11 Devin Silvia CASA
Dec 18 CU COMMENCEMENT



CHRISTMAS / NEW YEAR
Jan 8 AAS MEETING
Jan 15 Sundar Srinivasan IAP The Mass Loss Return from Evolved Stars to the Large Magellanic Cloud
Jan 22 Michele Trenti CASA
Jan 29 Doug Duncan CASA Successful Strategies for Getting Students to Think more Scientifically
Feb 5 Massimo Ricotti University of Maryland
Feb 12
Feb 19
Feb 26
Mar 5 Elizabeth Fernandez CASA
Mar 12
Mar 19
Mar 26 SPRING BREAK
Apr 2
Apr 9
Apr 16
Apr 23
Apr 30
May 7 CU COMMENCEMENT


Contact: Eric Hallman (hallman at colorado edu) and Britton Smith (brittons at origins colorado edu).