Astrophysics Seminars

Mar
01
2011

Institute for Advanced Study Astrophysics Seminar

Sizes and Shapes of Drops Created in High Speed Impacts
Peter Goldreich
11:00am|Bloomberg Hall Astrophysics Library
ABSTRACT: High speed impacts of large bodies on Earth launch ejecta on trajectories that transport them thousands of kilometers from the impact site. These events are recorded in discrete layers of sub-millimeter size spherules in sea floor...
Feb
15
2011

Institute for Advanced Study Astrophysics Seminar

The Morphologies and Outflow Kinematics of Star Formation Quenching
Alison Coil
11:00am|Bloomberg Hall Astrophysics Library
ABSTRACT: Since z=1 the number of quiescent, non-star forming galaxies in the Universe has roughly doubled. In order to constrain the star formation quenching mechanism, I will present results on the clustering properties, morphologies, and...
Feb
01
2011

Institute for Advanced Study Astrophysics Seminar

Cosmology and Astrophysics in the Planck Era
Bill Jones
11:00am|Bloomberg Hall Astrophysics Library
ABSTRACT: We will discuss the first astrophysical results from the Planck spacecraft, and prospects for cosmology with Planck and sub-orbital CMB polarimeters.
Jan
28
2011

Institute for Advanced Study Informal Astrophysics Seminar - NOTE NEW DATE AND TIME

The Co-Evolution of Galaxies and Black Holes
Kevin Schawinski
11:00am|Bloomberg Hall Astrophysics Library
ABSTRACT: How, why and when are the scaling relationships between black holes set? Do accreting black holes really regulate the evolution of their host galaxies? What physical mechanisms underly feedback? I will discuss some recent results made...