Johns Hopkins University

CAS Research Seminar


The Johns Hopkins University Center for Astrophysical Sciences presents a 45 minute seminar (almost) every Tuesday at 3:30pm in Bloomberg 462 (unless otherwise indicated). The aim of the seminars is to present recent and exciting results to the local astronomical community. Unlike the STScI colloquium series and the JHU Physics and Astronomy Colloquia, The CAS seminar series has a meager (non-existent) budget. Therefore we will rely heavily on the astronomers of the area to provide the speakers. Since we represent one of the largest and most vibrant astronomical communities on the planet, we should have no shortage of science to present. We are especially in hearing from CAS astronomers.

If you have resarch you would like to present please email me, Gerhardt Meurer (meurer -at- pha.jhu.edu) - the CAS seminar host. The schedule for Summer 2008 is given below. All branches of astronomy are encouraged to participate in filling these slots.

Graduate students please note: CAS Seminar can be taken for 1 hour credit. See course listing 172.731 (fall) or 172.732 (spring).

External visitors may benefit from detailed directions to CAS and my office.

Finally, if you have suggestions about how to improve the CAS seminars or you know someone you would like to hear speak, please email me.


CAS Seminars for Autumn 2008

Time: 3:30pm
Location: Bloomberg 462 (unless otherwise noted)

DateSpeaker
affiliation
Title (click for abstract)
Sep 16, 2008  
 
 
Sep 23, 2008 Andy Ptak
(JHU)
The X-ray Emission of Galaxies and Its Evolution
Sep 30, 2008 Benjamin Gold
(JHU)
Five Years of WMAP: Galactic Foreground Emission
Oct 07, 2008 Ari Laor
(Technion/IAS)
A New Framework for Understanding The Radio Emission of Radio Quiet AGN
Oct 14, 2008 Pierre Guillard
(IAS, France)
H2 Formation and Excitation in Galaxy-Wide Shocks
Oct 21, 2008 Matteo Monelli
(IAC)
The ACS LCID project: accurate measurements of the full star formation history in low metallicity, isolated, Local Group dwarf galaxies
Oct 28, 2008 Rik Williams
(Leiden)
The Growth of Quiescent Galaxies Over the Past 11 Gyr
** Note special venue: Bloomberg 361 **
Nov 04, 2008 Kevin Schawinski
(Yale)
Observing AGN Feedback in Action
Nov 11, 2008 Jeremy Schnittman
(JHU)
Probing the accretion geometry of black holes with X-ray polarization
Nov 18, 2008 Eric Becklin
(UCLA)
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)
Nov 25, 2008 Scott Noble
(JHU)
 
Dec 02, 2008 Nancy Levenson
(Kentucky)
 
** Note special venue: Bloomberg 475 **
Dec 09, 2008 Paule Sonnentrucker
(JHU)
 
Dec 16, 2008 Tahir Yaqoob
(JHU)
 

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