University of Arizona Theoretical Astrophysics Program
Colloquia

LPL Rom 308 4:00 - 5:00, Alternate Mondays (approximately)
Refreshments at 3:45 on the Third Floor of LPL (just outside room 308)

Co-Coordinators: Desika Narayanan, Adam Showman

2011-12 Schedule

Date Speaker Title Host
Sept 12th
Joint Steward Observatory/NOAO Colloquia
Sept 19th
Kaitlin Kratter (Harvard) Multiplicity in Stellar and Planetary Systems Yancy Shirley
Sept 26th
Pascale Garaud (UCSC) 3D simulations of double-diffusive convection (semi-convection) in the interior of giant planets Tami Rogers
October 3rd
Vladimir Florinski (University of Alabama, Huntsville) The Heliosheath: New Physics of Cosmic-Ray Transport Randy Jokipii
October 10th
Burkhard Militzer (Berkeley) Helium Rain and Core Erosion in Gas Giant Planets Predicted from Ab Initio Simulations Bill Hubbard
October 31st
Gurtina Besla (Columbia) The Role of Dwarf Galaxy Interactions in Shaping the Magellanic System and Implications for Magellanic Irregulars and Dwarf Spheroidals Desika Narayanan
November 7th
Eliot Quataert (UC Berkeley) The Growth of Massive Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei> Feryal Ozel
November 14th
Nikku (Madhu) Madhusudhan (Princeton) Chemical Characterization of Expolanetary Atmospheres Adam Showman
November 21st
Charlotte Christensen Simulating Molecular Hydrogen in Evolving Galaxies> Dimitrios Psaltis
November 28th
Doug Hamilton (Maryland) Where did the Galilean Satellites Form? Rick Greenberg
Feb 6th
Rachel Somerville (Rutgers) The Puzzle of Galaxy and Black Hole Co-Evolution Romeel Davé
Feb 13th
Eric Ford (University of Florida) Dynamics of Planetary Systems in the Kepler Era Rick Greenberg
Feb 27th
Tristan Guillot (Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur) The Brown Dwarf Desert: A Tale of Some Stars Engulfing their Massive Close-in Companions Adam Showman
March 19th
Rodger Thompson (Steward Observatory) Fundamental Constants in an Accelerating Universe Desika Narayanan
March 26th
Tony Piro (Caltech) Connecting Electromagnetic and Gravitational Waves Brant Robertson
April 9th
Vahe Petrosian (Stanford) General Highlights of Fermi Gamma-Ray Observatory and Some Personal Work> Federico Fraschetti
April 16th
Jonathan Fortney Examining the Interior Structure of Transiting Planets: From Hot Jupiters to Kepler's Super-Earths Adam Showman
April 23rd
Angela Olinto (U. Chicago) Puzzling Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays Ina Sarcevic
April 30th
Todd Thompson (The Ohio State University) Feedback Processes in Rapidly Star-Forming Galaxies Feryal Ö zel


Past TAP colloqiua: 2010-2011 2009-2010 2008-09, 2007-08, 2006-07, prior (pdf)
Past Steward/NOAO colloquia

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