Theoretical Astrophysics

Previous Colloquium Speakers

 

Spring 2002

 

January 14, 2002             Simon White                                      Structure Formation in a Cold

MPA Garching                                   Dark Matter Universe

 

February, 2002                Romeel Davé                                     Intergalactic Baryons: Linking   

University of Arizona                         Cosmology and Galaxy Formation

 

February 25, 2002           Pieter van Dokkum                              Formation and Evolution of Early-Type

                                      Caltech                                              Galaxies

 

 

March, 2002                    Andreas Burkert                                 The Origin of Elliptical Galaxies and

                                      University of Wisconsin                      the Merging History of the Universe

 

April 1, 2002                   Peter Goldreich                                  Origin and Evolution of Extrasolar

                                      Caltech                                              Planetary Systems

 

April 29, 2002                 Sarbani Basu                                      Solar Cycle Related Changes in the Sun

Yale University

 

 

 

Fall, 2002

 

August 26, 2002              Renu Malhotra                                    Resonances and Eccentricities

University of Arizona                          in Exo-planetary Systems

 

 

October 14, 2002            Robert Weaver                                   Massively Parallel Simulations with

Los Alamos National Laboratory         DOE's ASCI Supercomputers:  An

Overview of the Los Alamos Crestone Project

 

September 23, 2002         Mark Marley                                      Clouds and Chemistry in the

                                      NASA Ames Research Center            Atmospheres of the L and T Dwarfs

 

 

September 30, 2002         Rennan Barkana                                 Studying the Reionization of the

Tel Aviv University                             Universe with Recent and Future Observations

 

October 7, 2002              Tim McKay                                        Constraining the Halo Occupancy

                             University of Michigan                        With SDSS Data

 

December 9, 2002            Arieh Konigl                                       Formation and Early Evolution of

University of Chicago                         Protostellar Accretion Disks

 

 

Spring 2003

 

January 27, 2003             Tom Quinn                                        Forming Giant Planets

University of Washington         

 

February 3, 2003             Daniel Gautier                                     Trapping of Volatiles in Clathrate

Clathrate L'Observatoire de Paris        Hydrates in the Solar Nebula

 

February 10, 2003           Didier Saumon                                   From Microliters of Deuterium

Los Alamos National Laboratory         to Jupiter’s Core

 

February 17, 2003           Dayal Wickramasinghe                        Magnetic Fields in Compact

                                      Australian National Univ.                     Stars: and the Evolution of CV’s

 

February 24, 2003           Ned Wright                                        MAPping the Universe

UCLA

 

March 10, 2003               Aigen Li                                             Interstellar Dust: What

University of Arizona                          Can We Learn from SIRTF?

 

March 24, 2003               Nathan Schwadron                             The Solar System’s Kuiper

SWRI                                                Belt: a New Source for Anomalous

                                                                                                Cosmic Rays

 

April 7, 2003                   Martin White                                      Holes in the Microwave Sky

UC Berkeley

 

April 21, 2003                 Lars Bildsten                                      Thermal and Nuclear Evolution

UC Santa Barbara                               of Accreting White Dwarfs

 

 

Fall, 2003

 

August 23, 2003              Jonathan Lunine                                  Origin of Water on the Earth and
                                      University of Arizona                          Mars (with implications for extra-
                                                                                                solar Earths...)

September 8, 2003          TAP Reception

 

September 22, 2003         Andrew MacFadyen                           California Institute of Technology

California Institute of Technology       Collapsars- Gamma-Ray Bursts from

Rotating Stars

 

October 6, 2003              Steward Internal Symposium (no TAP colloquium)

 

October 20, 2003            Tom Abel                                          Frontiers in the Understanding of

Pennsylvania State University              the Origin of Structure in the

Universe

         

November 3, 2003          Janet Luhmann                                    Solar System Magnetic Field Topologies

UC Berkeley                                       and their Consequences: Lessons for

Extrasolar Planetary Systems?

                  

November 17, 2003         Andy Gould                                       New Results on Galactic Structure

          Ohio State University

 

December 1, 2003           Ramesh Narayan                                Black Hole X-ray Binaries and Type

          Harvard University                              I Bursts

 

 

Spring 2004

 

January 26, 2004             Peter Bodenheimer                             Problems in Planet Formation

UCO/Lick Observatory,
UC Santa Cruz

 

February 9, 2004             John Beacom                                     Frontiers in Neutrino Astrophysics

Fermilab, Batavia, IL

                            

February 23, 2004           John Chambers                                  Modeling the Formation of

                                      SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA     Habitable Planets

 

March 8, 2004                 Uros Seljak                                        Cosmolgy with SDSS: Galaxy

Princeton University                           Clustering, Weak Lensing and Ly-alpha Forest

 

March 22, 2004               Richard Young                                   The Galileo Probe: How It Has

Nasa Ames Research Center               Changed Our Understanding of Jupiter

 

April 5, 2004                   Thomas Cravens                                X-Ray Emission in the Solar System

University of Kansas

 

April 19, 2004                 Idit Zehavi                                          Galaxy Clustering in the SDSS

University of Arizona                          Redshift Survey

 

May 3, 2004                    Avishai Dekel                                     The Characteristic Scale of Galaxy

Hebrew University                              Formation

 

 

Fall, 2004

 

August 30, 2004              Gabriel Tobie                                     Evolution Models of Titan and the

University of Arizona                          Origin of its Atmospheric Methane

 

September 20, 2004         Ignacio Mosqueira                              On Planet-Satellite Formation

NASA Ames Research Center

 

October 4, 2004              Saul Rappaport                                  Black Hole Binaries as Ultra-

                                      MIT                                                   luminous X-Ray Sources

 

October 25, 2004            Keith Dienes                                       The Fifth Dimension: It’s Closer

                                      University of Arizona                          Than You Think

 

November 1, 2004           Daniel Eisenstein                                 Dark Energy and Cosmic Sound

University of Arizona

 

November 8, 2004           Roeland van der Marel                        Intermediate-Mass Black Holes:

Space Telescope Science Inst.            Formation Mechanisms and

Observational Constraints

 

December 6, 2004           Priscilla Frisch                                    Black The Sun and the Interstellar

                                      University of Chicago                      Medium

 

 

 

Spring 2005

 

January 31, 2005             Lars Hernquist                                    Black Holes in Galaxy Mergers

                                       Harvard University

 

February 7, 2005             Alice Quillen                                       How Extra Solar Planets Sculpt

University of Rochester                      Circumstellar Disks

 

March 7, 2005                 Chris Fryer                                         Asymmetries in Stellar Collapse and

                                      Los Alamos National Laboratory         Their Effects on Nucleosynthesis

 

March 21, 2005               Romeel Davé                                      Simulations of High-Redshift

University of Arizona                          Galaxy Formation

 

April 11, 2005                 Matias Zaldarriaga                              21 cm Fluctuations: A New

Harvard University                              Window for Cosmology

 

April 25, 2005                 Matthew Baring                                  Gamma-Ray Bursts and High

Rice University                                   Energy Cosmic Rays: Environments for Diffusive Acceleration at Relativistic Shocks

 

May 9, 2005                    Norm Murray                                     Radiation Pressure, Starburst Disks,

Canadian Institute for                         and AGN  Fueling

Theoretical Astrophysics

 

 

 

Fall, 2005

 

August 29, 2005              Martin White                                      Gravitational Lensing
 UC Berkeley

 

September 12, 2005         Juan Maldacena                                  QCD, Strings and Black Holes: The

Institute for Advanced Study              Large N Limit of Field Theories and

Gravity                 

 

September 26, 2005         David R. Ballantyne                            Connecting Galaxy Evolution, Star

University of Arizona                          Formation and the X-ray Background

 

October 10, 2005            Anatoly Spitkovsky                             Extreme Magnetospheres         

Stanford University

 

October 31, 2005            Burkhard Militzer                                First Principles Simulation of

Carnegie Institution of Washington      Materials in Giant Planet Interiors

 

November 14, 2005         Steve Furlanetto                                 Measuring the Topology of

California Institute of Technology       Reionization

 

December 5, 2005           Phil Armitage                                      Migration of Extrasolar Planets
 University of Colorado

 

 

Spring 2006

 

January 23, 2006             Angela Olinto                                     The Mystery of Ultra-high Energy

University of Chicago                         Cosmic Rays

 

February 6, 2006             Krishna Rajagopal                              The Condensed Matter

MIT                                                   Astrophysics of QCD

                  

February 20, 2006           Renu Malhotra                                    Bombardment History of the

                                      University of Arizona                          Terrestrial Planets

 

March 27, 2006              Phil Hopkins                                      Black Hole Feedback: Uniting

                                      Harvard University                              Mergers, Quasars, and Red Galaxy

 

April 10, 2006                 Jim Stone                                           MHD Turbulence and Transport in

                                      Princeton University                           Accretion Flows

 

April 24, 2006                 Fred Adams                                       The Effects of Groups/Clusters on

 The University of Michigan                 Nascent Solar Systems

 

May 8, 2006                    Bryan Gaensler                                   Magnetars and Their Environments

Harvard University