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  • 2018 Dec 11

    ITC Special Seminar - Chris Stott (ManSat)

    10:00am to 11:00am

    Location: 

    Phillips

    Lunar observatories as the next giant leap for astronomy?

     

    Abstract: The practical utilization of the Lunar surface as a platform for astronomy has long been advocated, but has faced a series of potentially insurmountable barriers focused on technology, transport and cost.  However, recent advances in various exponential technologies and their application to this question may fundamentally change the equation finally opening up the Lunar frontier to the benefit of astronomers worldwide. The author will discuss these advances, their potential application...

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  • 2018 Dec 06

    ITC Luncheon

    12:30pm to 1:30pm

    Location: 

    Phillips

    Joey Rodriguez (CfA) K2-266: A Compact Multiplanet System with a Planet that is "Way Out of Line"

    Jia Liu (Princeton) "Running massive neutrino simulations fast and accurately"

    Chuck...

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  • 2018 Nov 29

    ITC Luncheon

    12:30pm to 1:30pm

    Location: 

    Phillips

    Catherine Zucker (CfA) “Large-Scale Galactic Filaments -- Shock and Shear in the Milky Way?”

    James Owen (Imperial College London) “Misaligned circumbinary discs”

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  • 2018 Nov 29

    ITC Colloquium - James Owen (Imperial College London)

    11:00am to 12:00pm

    Location: 

    Pratt

    Title: Understanding the formation and evolution of the Kepler Planets. 

    Abstract: The observed exoplanet population unveiled by Kepler is billions of years old, distinctly separated in time from the planet formation process that only lasted ~10-100 Myr. I will argue that atmospheric escape has been one of the key evolutionary drivers shaping the exoplanet population we observed today. By understanding how these planet evolve in time, I will show we can place some intriguing constraints on how they formed.

  • 2018 Nov 26

    Stars & Planets Seminar - Allison Youngblood (NASA GSFC)

    12:00pm to 1:00pm

    Location: 

    Phillips
    Title: Observing Lyman alpha Emission from Exoplanet Host Stars

    Abstract: UV stellar radiation can control chemistry and mass-loss in planetary atmospheres due to the large, wavelength-dependent photoionization cross sections of common atmospheric molecules. Thus, characterizing the UV spectral energy distribution of an exoplanet host star is critical for evaluating the origin of any atoms or molecules detected in planets. H I Lyman alpha (1215.67 Å) dominates the far-UV spectrum of cool dwarf stars, especially M dwarfs, but strong absorption from neutral hydrogen in the interstellar... Read more about Stars & Planets Seminar - Allison Youngblood (NASA GSFC)
  • 2018 Nov 15

    ITC Luncheon

    1:30pm

    Location: 

    Phillips

    Rahul Kannan (ITC) “'Efficacy of stellar radiation fields in regulating star formation”

    Alyson Brooks (Rutgers) “UDG Formation as a Function of Environment in Cosmological Simulations”

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  • 2018 Nov 15

    ITC Colloquium - Alyson Brooks (Rutgers)

    11:00am to 12:00pm

    Location: 

    Pratt
    "Interpreting Dwarf Galaxies"

    Dwarf galaxies have long provided a challenge to galaxy formation theory within the favored Lambda Cold Dark Matter cosmology. In recent years, advances in cosmological simulations of galaxies have yielded new insights into dwarf formation, pointing to the fact that baryonic physics can reconcile tensions between theory and observations. 
    Different simulators are generally now capable of forming realistic classical dwarf galaxies despite variations in adopted star formation and feedback recipes. However, as simulations achieve ever-higher... Read more about ITC Colloquium - Alyson Brooks (Rutgers)

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