MIT Astrophysics Colloquia - IAP/Spring 2000
Tuesdays at 4:15 PM in the Marlar Lounge, Room 37-252
MIT Center for Space Research, 70 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA
Refreshments are served at 4:00 PM.
Sponsored by the Astrophysics Division
of the MIT Department of Physics.
Monday, January 10:
Dr. Jeremy Heyl
California Institute of Technology
Berry's Phase: The Propagation of Polarized
Light Through Neutron Star Atmospheres
(NOTE: Special Monday Colloquium)
Tuesday, January 18:
Dr. Bradley Hansen
Princeton University
The Formation and Evolution of Extrasolar Planets
Tuesday, February 1:
Dr. Raul Jimenez
University of Edinburgh
Stars, High-Redshift Galaxies, and
the Primordial Density Field
Tuesday, February 8:
Dr. Patrick Cote
California Institute of Technology
Fossil Evidence for the Formation of the Galactic Spheroid
Friday, February 11:
Dr. Janna Levin
Cambridge University
Chaos, Gravity Waves, and Black Holes
NOTE: Special Friday Colloquium
Givens Lounge 35-520
Tuesday, February 15:
Dr. Scott Burles
University of Chicago
Spectroscopy with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Tuesday, February 22:
CTP SEMINAR, 6-322
Dr. Dimitrios Psaltis
Harvard/CfA
Heavy Neutron Stars and Strange Stars: Mind Games or Real Objects?
NOTE: Talk replaces Colloquium
Tuesday, February 29:
Dr. Lutz Wisotzki
MIT/Potsdam
The Evolution of Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei
Tuesday, March 7:
Prof. Dong Lai
Cornell University
Magnetically Driven Disk Warping, Precession and Resonances:
Implications for QPOs and X-ray Pulsars
Tuesday, March 14:
Dr. Paolo Padoan
Harvard/CfA
Fluid Dynamics and the Theory of Star Formation in Galaxies
Tuesday, March 21:
No Colloquium (Spring Break)
Tuesday, March 28:
Prof. Tsevi Mazeh
Tel Aviv University
How to Differentiate Between Extra-Solar Planets and BD Companions
Tuesday, April 4:
Prof. Tom Shutt
Princeton University
Recent results from the CDMS: a new era in the search for
WIMP dark matter
Tuesday, April 11:
Prof. Ambrogio Fasoli
MIT
Magnetic reconnection in collisionless plasmas: A novel experimental approach
Tuesday, April 18:
No Colloquium (Patriot's Day)
Tuesday, April 25:
Dr. Mark Bautz
MIT
Chandra X-ray Imaging of Gravitational Lenses
Tuesday, May 2:
Dr. John Huchra
Harvard/CfA
The Nearby Universe with 2MASS
Tuesday, May 9:
Dr. Chris Reynolds
JILA/Colorado
X-ray Studies of AGN - Closing in on Supermassive Black Holes
MIT Astrophysics Colloquia - updated 02/04/00