MIT Astrophysics Colloquia - Spring 1996

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.


February 6

Dr. Roeland van der Marel (Institute for Advanced Study)

THE DYNAMICAL EVIDENCE FOR BLACK HOLES IN GALACTIC NUCLEI


February 13

Dr. Marten van Kerkwijk (Caltech)

RECYCLED PULSARS AND THEIR WHITE-DWARF COMPANIONS


February 20

Dr. Rene Vermeulen (Caltech)

SUPERLUMINAL SOURCES: WHEN HAVE WE SEEN THEM ALL?


February 27

Dr. Mark Dickinson (Space Telescope Science Institute)

GALAXIES AND CLUSTERS AT Z > 1


March 5

Prof. Ramesh Narayan (Harvard University)

ACCRETION FLOWS AROUND BLACK HOLES


March 12

Prof. Kip Thorne (Caltech)

GRAVITATIONAL WAVE SOURCES AND THE INFORMATION IN THEIR WAVES


March 19

Dr. Mario Livio (Space Telescope Science Institute)

STELLAR EXPLOSIONS AND OUTFLOWS


April 2

Prof. Jeremiah Ostriker (Princeton University)

NUMERICAL COSMOLOGY: EXPECTED PROPERTIES OF X-RAY CLUSTERS IN VARIOUS COSMOLOGICAL SCENARIOS


April 9

Prof. Jeremy Goodman (Princeton University)

DISSIPATION IN ASTROPHYSICAL FLUIDS


April 16

CANCELLED:

Dr. Chryssa Kouveliotou (Universities Space Research Association)

SOURCES OF REPEATING SOFT GAMMA-RAY BURSTS


April 23

Prof. Lars Hernquist (UC Santa Cruz)

QUASAR ABSORPTION LINES IN A UNIVERSE WITH COLD DARK MATTER


April 30

Prof. Alexander Wolszczan (Penn State University)

PLANETS AROUND PULSARS AND ELSEWHERE


May 7

Prof. Tereasa Brainerd (Boston University)

STATISTICAL GRAVITATIONAL LENSING BY GALAXIES: OBSERVATIONS & IMPLICATIONS


May 14

Prof. Jane Luu (Harvard University)

COMETS AND THEIR ORIGIN


May 21

Prof. Arthur Davidsen (Johns Hopkins University)

NEW INSIGHTS ON THE INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM FROM OBSERVATIONS OF PRIMORDIAL HYDROGEN AND HELIUM


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