Feb 17 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Near-field Cosmology: Big Science from Small Galaxies Dr. M. Boylan-Kolchin, UT Austin The local Universe provides a unique and powerful way to explore galaxy formation and cosmological physics. Through measurements of the abundances, kinematics, and chemical...
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Feb 20 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Feb 24 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Our Current Understanding of Classical Be Stars Dr. Thomas Rivinius, Chile, ESO Paranal I will introduce Be stars as B-type stars with gaseous disks in Keplerian rotation. These disks form by mass ejection from the star itself...
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Feb 27 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Mar 2 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Cosmology from the Moon: The Dark Ages Radio Explorer (DARE) Dr. Jack Burns, University of Colorado Boulder In the New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy & Astrophysics Decadal Survey, Cosmic Dawn was singled out as...
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Mar 3 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph Views of How the Solar Atmosphere is Energized Dr. Bart De Pontieu, Lockheed Martin At the interface between the Sun’s surface and million-degree outer atmosphere or corona lies the chromosphere. At...
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Mar 6 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Mar 10 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Antarctic high altitude balloon observations of solar flares: Life and work on the ice Dr. Hazel Bain, University of California, Berkeley The Gamma-Ray Imager/Polarimeter for solar flares (GRIPS) instrument is a balloon-borne telescope designed to...
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Mar 13 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Mar 27 @ 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm
Mar 28 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Giant Planet Shielding of the Inner Solar System Revisited: Blending Celestial Mechanics with Advanced Computation Dr. William Newman, UCLA The Earth has sustained during the last billion years as many as five catastrophic collisions with...
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Mar 31 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

THE SIGNAL OF WEAK GRAVITATIONAL LENSING FROM GALAXY GROUPS AND CLUSTERS, Dr. S. Markert, NMSU The weak gravitational lensing of galaxy clusters is a valuable tool. The deflection of light around a lens is...
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Apr 3 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Apr 7 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

The growth of Earth’s inner core: a new technique to constrain seismic properties in its outermost layers Dr. Lauren Waszek, Department of Physics, NMSU The inner core displays a hemispherical difference in seismic velocity, attenuation,...
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Apr 21 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
Apr 24 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
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