MIT Astrophysics Colloquia - Spring 2006

Tuesdays at 4:00 PM in the Marlar Lounge, Room 37-252
MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and 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
and
the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research.

February 7:
A New Mechanism for Core-Collapse Supernova Explosions
Professor Adam Burrows
University of Arizona
Host: Adam Burgasser

February 14:
Unified Models of Gamma-Ray Bursts, Active Galactic Nuceli and Black Hole X-ray Sources
Professor Jonathan Katz
Washington University in St. Louis
Host: Saul Rappaport

February 21:
Do Accretion Disks Exist In High-Energy Astrophysics?
Professor Bruno Coppi
M.I.T.
Host: Mark Bautz(TBC)

February 28:
The Dispersed Fourier Transform Spectrometer - Bringing the FTS into the 21st Century
Dr. Arsen Hajian
United States Naval Observatory
Host: Josh Winn

March 7:
The Origin of Brown Dwarfs
Professor Kevin Luhman
The Pennsylvania State University
Host: Josh Winn

March 14:
Measuring Black Hole Spin
Professor Ramesh Narayan
Harvard University
Host: Josh Winn

March 21:
The New Pluto-Sized Planets: Discovery, Characterization, and Implications
Dr. David Rabinowitz
Yale University
Host: Mark Bautz (TBC)

April 4:
The Explosion of Cassiopeia-A
Dr. Una Hwang
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Host: Kathy Flanagan

April 11:
BICEP and QUAD: Measuring CMB Polarization with More Muscle
Dr. John Kovac
California Institute of Technology
Host: Ed Bertschinger

April 25:
Models of the Galaxy and Lensing in Andromeda
Professor Larry Widrow
Queen's University
Host: Paul Schechter(TBC)

May 2:
The Most Luminous Radio Galaxies
Professor Malcolm Longair
Cambridge University
Host: Paul Schechter

May 9:
Radar Reconnaissance of Asteroids and Planetary Satellites
Dr. Steven Ostro
JPL
Host: Peter Ford

May 16:
Black Hole Binaries: Evolving Applications for General Relativity
Dr. Ron Remillard
MIT
Host: Al Levine

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