Astrophysics Journal Club



Astrophysics Journal Club meetings are held in Room 2-434 of the Physics and Astronomy Building from 1:00-2:00pm every Tuesday of the academic year.



Spring 2008 Schedule

Kathy Kornei, coordinator


Date
Speaker(s)
Title(s)
Apr 01

Dan Werthimer
(UCB, Space Sciences Laboratory)

Is Anybody Out There?
Searching for ET with Five Million SETI@Home Volunteers
Apr 08

Brad Hansen

The White Dwarf Cooling Sequence in NGC 6397
Apr 15

Cancelled


Apr 22

Cancelled


Apr 29

Taft Armandroff
(W.M. Keck Observatory)

Progress and Prospects at the W. M. Keck Observatory
May 06

Dave Silva
(Observatory Scientist, TMT)

Stellar Populations in Early-Type
Galaxies: New Windows at 2.2 Microns

May 13

Emily Rice
Andreas Koch

Sex, Lies, and Near-Infrared Spectra: What is Sigma Ori 70?
Small-Scale Chemical Evolution in Small-Scale Dwarf Spheroidals

May 20

Alice Shapley

Metallicities and Physical Conditions in
Star-Forming Galaxies at High Redshift

May 27

Ben Zuckerman
Kristin Kulas

Planetary Systems Around Close Binary Stars: The Remarkable BD+20 307
The SDSS Discovery Of A Strongly Lensed
Post-Starburst Galaxy At z=0.766

Jun 03

Andrea Stolte

Orbits, Red Sources, and Mysteries of the Galactic Center Arches Cluster


All speakers are from UCLA unless otherwise noted.
Speakers please e-mail Journal Club coordinator for presentation projector assistance.


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