Theoretical Astrophysics and Relativity Seminars

Organizers: Astrophysics
   Ernazar Abdikamalov
   abdik{at}tapir.caltech.edu
Cosmology
   Roland de Putter
   Roland.De.Putter{at}jpl.nasa.gov
Particle Astrophysics
   Jennifer Siegal-Gaskins
   jsg{at}tapir.caltech.edu

Relativity
   Roland Haas
   rhaas{at}tapir.caltech.edu

 



All seminars will be held in 370 Cahill on Fridays at 2:00pm, unless otherwise noted.


Fall Term             Winter Term             Spring Term             Summer


Fall Term 2012-2013
Date and Time
Speaker (Affiliation)
Title
Organizer
September 21
Jeandrew Brink
(Nat'l Inst. of Theoretical Physics, South Africa)
An A* test of GR Haas
October 5
Anastasia Fialkov (Tel Aviv University) Velocity and feedback enhance 21-cm signal from first stars at z ~ 20 Raccanelli
October 12
Tim Linden (UC Santa Cruz) TBA Siegal-Gaskins
October 26
William East (Princeton) TBA Haas
November 9
     
November 16
     
November 30
Bence Kocsis (CfA) TBA Nissanke
December 7
Miguel Rocha (UC Irvine) Astrophysical Constraints on the Dark Matter Self-Interaction Cross Section Siegal-Gaskins
WEDNESDAY
December 19
Vladimir N. Lukash, Lebedev Physics Inst.

SPECIAL SEMINAR
General Relativity Singularities and Cosmogenesis

NOTE Day and Time: WEDNESDAY, 1:00pm, 370 Cahill

Siegal-Gaskins
December 21
NO SEMINAR


WINTER BREAK - DECEMBER 15-JANUARY 6

 

Winter Term 2012-2013
Date and Time
Speaker (Affiliation)
Title
Organizer
January 11
Mike Kesden (New York University) TBA Nissanke
January 18
     
February 1
Mark Vogelsberger (Harvard) TBA Nissanke
February 15
Francesca Valsecchi (Northwestern) TBA Abdikamalov
February 22
Fabio Governato (Univ of Washington) TBA Siegal-Gaskins
March 1
     
March 15
     
March 29
  SPRING BREAK - MARCH 21-31  

Spring Term 2012-2013
Date and Time
Speaker (Affiliation)
Title
Organizer
April 5
Mike Boylan-Kolchin (UC Irvine) TBA Siegal-Gaskins
April 19
     
May 3
     
May 17
     
May 31
Ken Shen (UC Berkeley) TBA Abdikamalov
June 14
  NO SEMINAR -- CALTECH COMMENCEMENT  

Summer Term 2012-2013
Date and Time
Speaker (Affiliation)
Title
Organizer
June 28
     
July 12
     
July 26
     
August 9
     
August 23