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  • 2017 Mar 16

    ITC Colloquium - Savvas M. Koushiappas (Brown University)

    11:00am to 12:00pm

    Location: 

    Pratt

    Dark Matter Searches in Dwarf Galaxies

    Dwarf galaxies have long been considered a prime target in the search for a dark matter signal from the sky. I will discuss the current status of dark matter searches from dwarf galaxies and present results on the analysis of gamma-ray emission and dark matter content in recently discovered dwarf galaxies, including tests that are needed in order to test the hypothesis that any observed emission is due to a conventional astrophysical origin. 

  • 2017 Mar 13

    ITC Special Seminar - Tanmay Vachaspati (ASU)

    3:00pm to 4:00pm

    Location: 

    Pratt

    Search for Intergalactic Magnetic Fields and Implications

     
    Abstract: The ongoing search for intergalactic magnetic fields using blazar observations suggests field strength in the 10^(-14) to 10^{-17} G range on tens of Mpc length scales. Such fields can have important implications for the early universe and also raises some puzzles.
  • 2017 Mar 13

    ITC Colloquium - Savvas Koussiapas (Brown)

    11:00am to 12:00pm

    Location: 

    Pratt

    Dark Matter Searches in Dwarf Galaxies

     
    Abstract:  Dwarf galaxies have long been considered a prime target in the search for a dark matter signal from the sky. I will discuss the current status of dark matter searches from dwarf galaxies and present results on the analysis of gamma-ray emission and dark matter content in recently discovered dwarf galaxies, including tests that are needed in order to test the hypothesis that any observed emission is due to a conventional astrophysical origin.

     

  • 2017 Mar 09

    ITC Luncheon March 9, 2017

    12:30pm to 1:30pm

    Location: 

    Phillips

     

    * Stephen Portillo (Harvard): "Improved Point Source Detection in Crowded Fields using Probabilistic Cataloging"

    * Garth Illingworth (UCSC): "Thoughts on Flagship Missions:  JWST & the Implications for Getting What’s Next(?)"

    * Andrey Kravtsov (Chicago): "The Size-virial Relation of Galaxies"

    * Dmitri Uzdensky (IAS and Univ. Colorado Boulder): "Relativistic Turbulence with Strong Synchrotron and SSC Cooling"

     

  • 2017 Mar 09

    ITC Colloquium - Evelyne Roueff (Observatoire de Paris, France)

    11:00am to 12:00pm

    Location: 

    Pratt

    Challenges of Isotopic Molecular Observations

    Abstract: Isotopic ratios provide a powerful method to study the origin of elements and the chemical evolution of the Universe. Spectroscopic analysis is required for any remote astronomical source, with limits on angular resolution, sensitivity, and knowledge of the physical conditions. Molecular lines are particularly well suited as the spectral signatures of different isotopologues are well separated in frequency. I will overview the available spectroscopic observations of isotopic molecular substitutes involving D, 13C and 15N in...

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  • 2017 Mar 08

    ITC Pizza Lunch Adam Burrows (Princeton)

    11:00am to 12:00pm

    Location: 

    Phillips

    The Multi-Dimensional Core-Collapse Supernova Mechanism


    Abstract:  Core-collapse supernovae have challenged theorists and computational science for half a century. Such explosions are the source of many of the heavy elements in the Universe and the birthplace of neutron stars and stellar-mass black holes. However, determining the mechanism of explosion remains the key goal of theory. Recently, there have been breakthroughs in understanding and simulating these explosions, and I will describe our recent calculations that lead to robust...

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  • 2017 Mar 06

    ITC Seminar - Benjamin Tofflemire (UW-Madison)

    12:00pm to 1:00pm

    Location: 

    Phillips

    Accretion Dynamics in Pre-Main Sequence Binaries

    Protoplanetary disks are integral to the formation of low-mass stars and planets. A paradigm for the star-disk interaction has been extensively developed in the case of single stars. Most stars, however, form in binary or higher order systems where the distribution of disk material and mass flows are more complex. Short-period, pre-main sequence (pre-MS) binary stars can have up to three accretion disks: two circumstellar disks and a circumbinary disk separated by a dynamically cleared gap. Theory suggests that orbital motion may...
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  • 2017 Mar 02

    ITC Luncheon March 2, 2017

    12:30pm to 1:30pm

    Location: 

    Phillips

     

    * Philip Mocz (Harvard): "Quantum Turbulence in Bose-Einstein Condensate Dark Matter"
    * Laura Blecha (U Maryland): "Searching for Electromagnetic Signatures of GW Recoil"
    * James Guillochon (ITC): "Introducing MOSFiT: A Modular Open-Source Fitter for Transients"
    * Erik Curiel (BHI): "What Is the Einstein Field Equation, and Why Does it Matter for Quantum Gravity?"

     

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