* C = Colloquium
L = Lunchtime Seminar
Colloquia are held in
the IfA Auditorium at 3:30 pm, with refreshments served at 3:15
pm, unless otherwise noted.
Lunch talks are usually
held in the IfA Auditorium at 12:30 pm.
e-mail: Dave
Sanders
(Colloquium Chair)
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Colloquia:
Fall 2001
| DATE |
SPEAKER |
INSTITUTE |
TYPE* |
TITLE |
| Thu 13th Sep |
William S. Smith, Jr. |
Associated Universities for Research in Astronomy |
L |
Cancelled due to airport closures |
| Fri 14th Sep |
Markus J. Aschwanden |
Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center |
C |
Cancelled due to airport closures |
| Thu 20th Sep |
Graham Smith |
Univ of Durham, U.K. |
L |
An HST Lensing Survey of X-ray Luminous Galaxy Clusters |
| Fri 28th Sep |
Alastair Edge |
Univ of Durham, U.K. |
C |
Cooling Flows: Rumours of Death Much Exaggerated |
| Thu 4th Oct |
Wang, Donovan, & Novicki |
IfA |
L |
Astronomy 699 Research Reports |
| Fri 5th Oct |
Capak, Hall, Kocevski, & Armstrong |
IfA |
L |
Astronomy 699 Research Reports |
| Mon 8th Oct |
Thomas R. Rimmele |
National Solar Observatory |
C |
The Advanced Technology Solar Telescope:
Science Goals and Instrument Description |
| Wed 17th Oct |
Thomas A. Sebring |
NOAO (CTIO) |
C |
SOAR 4-meter Telescope Status and Observations on Extremely Large Telescope Development |
| Wed 24th Oct |
Eugene Chiang |
U.C. Berkeley |
C |
Dynamics of Planetary Rings and Extrasolar Planets |
| Mon 29th Oct |
Gibor Basri |
U.C. Berkeley |
L |
Magnetic Activity on Brown Dwarfs |
| Wed 31st Oct |
Greg Fahlman |
CFHT |
C |
Old White Dwarfs |
| Wed 7th Nov |
Peter Barthel |
Univ of Groningen, The Netherlands |
C |
Far-IR SEDs of active and starburst galaxies
& the Herschel Space Observatory
|
| Thu 15th Nov |
Joe Ritter |
S.A.I.C. Technology Research Group |
L |
Novel Ultra-Lightweight Optics |
| Mon 19th Nov |
Jeffrey Taylor |
UH-Hawaii Inst of Geophysics & Planetology |
C |
A Martian Meteorite and the Search for Life on Mars |
| Wed 21st Nov |
Matthew Johns |
Carnegie Observatories |
C |
Status of the Magellan 6.5-Meter Telescopes Project |
| Tue 27th Nov |
Adam Burgasser |
U.C.L.A. |
L |
Cloudy with a Chance of Iron: The Transition
Between Spectral Types L and T |
| Tue 27th Nov |
Eric Becklin |
U.C.L.A. |
C |
Imaging of High Mass Planets, Brown Dwarfs and Dust Rings around Main
Sequence Stars |
| Fri 30th Nov |
Michael West |
UH-Hilo |
C |
Galaxy Deconstruction: Clues from Globular Clusters
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| Mon 3rd Dec |
Eric Gaidos |
UH-Dept of Geology and Geophysics |
C |
"Cryohydrovolcanism: A Missing Link in the Mars Water Paradigm?"
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| Thu 6th Dec |
Athena Coustenis |
Paris-Meudon Observatory, France |
C |
Titan's Surface Observed with Ground-Based Adaptive Optics Imaging |
| Mon 10th Dec |
K. D. Leka |
Colorado Research Associates |
C |
The Roots of Change:
Understanding the Magnetic Drivers of Solar Variability |
| Thu 13th Dec |
Eric J. Gawiser |
U.C. San Diego |
C |
Towards A Complete Picture of Damped Lyman Alpha Systems |
| Fri 14th Dec |
George Djorgovski |
Caltech |
C |
New Astronomy with a Virtual Observatory |
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