MIT Astrophysics Colloquia - Fall 1995

All colloquia are on Tuesday, at 4:15 PM in the Marlar Lounge, Center for Space Research (MIT Room 37-252). Refreshments are served at 3:45 PM.


September 12, 1995

Prof. Abraham Loeb (Harvard University)

FORMATION OF STRUCTURE IN THE UNIVERSE AT HIGH REDSHIFT


September 19, 1995

Prof. Richard McCray (University of Colorado)

THE IMPACT OF SN 1987A WITH ITS CIRCUMSTELLAR RING


September 26, 1995

Prof. Christopher S. Kochanek (Harvard University)

GRAVITATIONAL LENSES, THE COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT, AND THE STRUCTURE OF GALAXIES


October 3, 1995

Prof. Lars Bildsten (UC Berkeley)

RINGS OF FIRE: THERMONUCLEAR COMBUSTION ON ACCRETING NEUTRON STARS


October 17, 1995

Dr. Eli Waxman (Institute for Advanced Study)

HIGHEST-ENERGY COSMIC RAYS AND COSMOLOGICAL GAMMA-RAY BURSTS


October 24, 1995

Prof. Bohdan Paczynski (Princeton University)

CLOSE BINARY STARS AS FUNDAMENTAL DISTANCE AND AGE INDICATORS


October 31, 1995

Prof. Stephen E. Thorsett (Princeton University)

BINARY RADIO PULSARS IN THE PHYSICIST'S TOOLBOX


November 7, 1995

Prof. Robert P. Kirshner (Harvard University)

MEASURING THE UNIVERSE WITH SUPERNOVAE


November 14, 1995

Dr. Eve C. Ostriker (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

THE INTERNAL DYNAMICS OF MAGNETIC MOLECULAR CLOUDS


November 21, 1995

Prof. Paul J. Steinhardt (University of Pennsylvania)

COSMOLOGY AT THE CROSSROADS


November 28, 1995

Prof. Saul A. Teukolsky (Cornell University)

BLACK HOLE COLLISIONS


December 5, 1995

Dr. Victoria M. Kaspi (IPAC/Caltech)

A NEW CLASS OF BINARY PULSARS


December 12, 1995

Dr. Jeffrey E. McClintock (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

BLACK HOLE X-RAY NOVAE


MIT Astrophysics Colloquia - updated 12/11/95 - rasio@mit.edu