Dr. Dimitar Sasselov (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
DISTANCES AND AGES IN AND BEYOND OUR GALAXY
Prof. Mario Mateo (University of Michigan)
THE SAGITTARIUS DWARF GALAXY AND OTHER SURPRISES OF THE GALACTIC HALO
Prof. Adam Burrows (University of Arizona)
NEW RESULTS IN THE THEORY OF CORE-COLLAPSE SUPERNOVA EXPLOSIONS
Prof. Geoff Marcy (San Francisco State University)
DISCOVERY OF PLANETS AROUND SOLAR-LIKE STARS
Prof. Andrea Ghez (UCLA)
DIFFRACTION-LIMITED IMAGING OF THE GALACTIC CENTER WITH THE KECK TELESCOPE
No colloquium - Columbus day vacation
Dr. Richard Mushotzky (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
X-RAY OBSERVATIONS OF CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES
Prof. James Cordes (Cornell University)
PULSAR VELOCITIES: FOSSILS OF COLLAPSE PAST
Dr. Wayne Hu (Institute for Advanced Study)
ACOUSTIC SIGNATURES IN THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND
Prof. John Bahcall (Institute for Advanced Study)
HOST GALAXIES OF LUMINOUS QUASARS
Prof. Alyssa Goodman (Harvard University)
ISLANDS OF CALM IN A TURBULENT SEA: VELOCITY-COHERENT DENSE CORES IN THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM
Prof. Eanna Flanagan (Cornell University)
COALESCING COMPACT BINARIES AT COSMOLOGICAL DISTANCES
Dr. Kathryn Johnston (Institute for Advanced Study)
SIGNATURES OF ACCRETION EVENTS IN OUR GALACTIC HALO
Prof. John Carlstrom (University of Chicago)
NEW INTERFEROMETRIC MEASUREMENTS OF THE SUNYAEV-ZEL'DOVICH EFFECT