MIT Astrophysics Colloquia - Fall 1999
Colloquia are on Tuesdays at 4:15 PM in the Marlar Lounge (Room 37-252),
MIT Center for Space Research, 70 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA
Refreshments are served at 3:45 PM.
Sponsored by the Astrophysics Division of the MIT Department of Physics.
September 14:
Prof. Lee Samuel Finn
Pennsylvania State University
Detecting Gravitational Waves from Gamma Ray Bursters
September 21:
Dr. Eric Richards
Arizona State University
The Nature of Microjansky Radio Sources
and Galaxy Evolution at High Redshift
September 28:
Prof. Dimitar Sasselov
Harvard University
Direct Distances to Local Group Galaxies:
Stepping Stones to the Universe
October 5:
Prof. Dennis Zaritsky
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
MACHISMO at the End of the 20th Century
October 12:
Prof. Claude Canizares (and colleagues)
Massachusetts Institute of Technlogy
First Glimpses from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory
October 19:
Prof. Sylvain Veilleux
University of Maryland
Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies
and the Origin of Nuclear Activity
October 26:
Dr. Dimitrios Psaltis
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Compact Object Variability as a Probe of Strong-Field Gravity
November 2:
Prof. Edward Wright
University of California, Los Angeles
The Cosmic Infrared Background
November 9:
Dr. Sarbani Basu
Institute for Advanced Study
Peering into the Sun
November 16:
Prof. David Koerner
University of Pennsylvania
Stellar, Brown Dwarf, and Planetary Companions to Nearby Stars:
Completing and Understanding the Unfolding Census
November 23:
Dr. Joseph Mohr
University of Chicago
Galaxy Cluster Evolution and Cosmology
November 30:
Dr. Rob Fender
University of Amsterdam
Accretion States and Jet Formation in X-Ray Binaries
December 7:
Prof. Martin White
Harvard University
Weak Lensing: Shear Madness?
MIT Astrophysics Colloquia - updated 09/20/99 - deepto@space.mit.edu