The MIT Department of Physics and the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research present:
An Astronomical Event
A one-day immersion in astrophysics
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Pappalardo Community Room (4-349)
Join a select group of alumni and friends for a day of lectures, tours, and round table discussions on current challenges in cosmology and astrophysics. MIT faculty will talk about current research using some of the premier facilities in the world including the Magellan Telescopes and the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO). The following topics will be discussed:
- Inflationary cosmology
- Gravitational waves
- Black holes
- Planets around other stars
- Mileura Widefield Array
- Future directions
- Magellan Telescopes
- LIGO
Thomas Levenson will give a colloquium talk, “The Suddenly Famous Dr. Einstein”, at 4:15 PM.
Fore a complete schedule, please contact Ms. Elizabeth Chadis at echadis@mit.edu or 617.452.2807.
To reserve your space at an Astronomical Event, please contact Rosrin Srethapramote, by February 17, 2007, at rosrin@mit.edu or 617.253.6259.
A block of rooms at the Hotel @ MIT has been reserved for our out-of-town guests. To reserve a room, please contact the hotel directly, by February 5, 2007, at 617.577.0200 or reservations@hotelatmit.com. |
