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.



Winter 2008 Schedule

Kathy Kornei, coordinator


Date
Speaker(s)
Title(s)
Jan 08

Canceled for AAS

Jan 15

Matt Malkan

The People's Choice III. Results from Subaru
Conference on Galaxy Formation and Evolution
Jan 22

Xi Chen
Ian Crossfield

Downsizing by Shutdown in Red Galaxies
The Antimatter Cloud in the Center of Our Galaxy
Jan 29

Joerg-Uwe Pott

Review of Infrared Interferometry with Large
Telescope Apertures: First Fringes on Galactic
Center Stars and the Future of the Keck
Interferometer

Feb 05

Carl Melis
Jessica Lu

The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis: Active Accretion of Gas
and Dust and Planet Formation around Old Stars

Kinematic Structure of the Orion
Nebula Cluster and its Surroundings
Feb 12

Steve Furlanetto

Piecing Together Reionization

Feb 19

Elise Furlan

Protoplanetary Disk Evolution at an Age of 1-2 Million Years

Feb 26

Ned Wright

SPACE

Mar 04

Erin Smith
Kelly Halford
Astronomical Origins of Homochirality
An Overview of Astrobiology

Mar 11

Astro 127 Students

The Galaxy Cluster Luminosity Function at z = 0.3
Massive Planets, Asteroseismology, and Supernova Progenitors


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


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