Prof. Walter Lewin (MIT)
MILLISECOND X-RAY PULSATIONS FROM ACCRETING NEUTRON STARS:
HAVE WE FOUND THE HOLY GRAIL?
Dr. Steinn Sigurdsson (Cambridge University)
MASSIVE BLACK HOLES AND STELLAR CUSPS IN GALAXIES
Prof. Paul Schechter (MIT)
THE QUADRUPLE GRAVITATIONAL LENS PG1115+080: TIME DELAYS, MODELS, AND THE HUBBLE CONSTANT
Prof. Edward Kolb (Fermilab and University of Chicago)
COSMOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS CONFRONT EARLY UNIVERSE THEORIES
Prof. Penny Sackett (University of Groningen)
THE PLANET COLLABORATION: DETECTING PLANETS VIA MICROLENSING
Prof. Neta Bahcall (Princeton University)
COSMOLOGY WITH CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES
Dr. Deepto Chakrabarty (MIT)
X-RAY TIMING OF ACCRETION-POWERED PULSARS
NO COLLOQUIUM (Spring Break)
Prof. David Helfand (Columbia University)
FIRST SCIENCE FROM THE FIRST SURVEY
Dr. Renu Malhotra (Lunar and Planetary Institute)
IMPLICATIONS OF THE KUIPER BELT FOR THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Prof. Shri Kulkarni (Caltech)
DISCOVERY OF A REALLY COOL BROWN DWARF
Dr. Chryssa Kouveliotou (USRA at NASA/MSFC)
THE BURSTING PULSAR: THE LITTLE NEUTRON STAR THAT COULD
Prof. Joseph Silk (UC Berkeley)
REVERSE GALAXY FORMATION
Prof. Stuart Shapiro (University of Illinois)
BLACK HOLES, NAKED SINGULARITIES AND THE VIOLATION OF COSMIC CENSORSHIP
Prof. Joseph Taylor (Princeton University)
COHERENT PROCESSING OF PULSAR SIGNALS