Michael Nowak, Research Scientist, Herman Marshall, Principal Research Scientist
| Jan/08 | Tue | 02:00PM-03:00PM | 37-252 Marlar Lounge |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
Prereq: To attend Chandra tour, individuals must attend both talk
2:00-2:30pm If black holes are black, then how do we see them? (Answer: sometimes we don't!)
Speaker: Dr. Michael Nowak (MIT Kavli Institute). No enrollment limit, no advance sign up. For an abstract for this talk and a complete listing of Kavli IAP offerings, please visit: http://space.mit.edu/home/milleric/iap2013/
2:30-3:00pm Talk by Herman Marshall, MKI Principal Research Scientist (no pre-requisite; no enrollment limit)
3:15-4:15pm Tour of the Chandra Operations Control Center and Polarimetry Lab. Tour will be led by Herman Marshall. The Chandra X-ray Observatory is the world's most powerful X-ray telescope, allowing scientists to study the origin, structure and evolution of our universe in greater detail than ever before. The spacecraft and science instruments are controlled from the Operations Control Center (OCC) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For complete details, visit our IAP website: http://space.mit.edu/home/milleric/iap2013/
Enrollment limit: 20 people, advance sign-up required; contact Dr. Eric Miller (milleric@mit.edu).
Prerequisites: Attendance of talks preceding the tour.
Prerequisite: attend both talks preceding the tour. Tour limit = 20 people. To register for the tour, please contact MKI IAP Coordinator Eric Miller (milleric@mit.edu).
Sponsor(s): Kavli Institute for Astrophysics & Space Research
Contact: Debbie Meinbresse, 37-241, 617 253-1456, MEINBRES@MIT.EDU