Mar 29 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Surprising Impacts of Gravity Waves Jim Fuller, Caltech Gravity waves are low frequency fluid oscillations restored by buoyancy forces in planetary and stellar interiors. Despite their ubiquity, the importance of gravity waves in evolutionary processes...
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Feb 20 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

The AAVSO Program: A Resource for Variable Star Research Stella Kafka, AAVSO The AAVSO was formed in 1911 as a group of US-based amateur observers obtaining data in support of professional astronomy projects. Now, it...
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Nov 22 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Simulating Planetesimal Formation in the Kuiper Belt and Beyond Rixin Li, University of Arizona A critical step in planet formation is to build super-km-sized planetesimals in protoplanetary disks. The origin and demographics of planetesimals are...
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Dec 6 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Revealing reionization with the thermal history of the intergalactic medium Elisa Boera, SISSA Trieste During hydrogen reionization the UV radiation from the first luminous sources injected vast amount of energy into the intergalactic medium, photo-heating...
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Feb 26 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Mar 13 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Galaxy Evolution from Large Surveys of Nearby Resolved Galaxies Karen Masters (Haverford College, Spokesperson for SDSS-IV) Abstract: The morphology of a galaxy provides information on the orbits of stars within it. As such, important clues...
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Mar 20 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
Apr 3 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Dependence upon Obliquity of the Formation of Martian PLD Vertical Structure Jeremy Emmett, NMSU Mars’ polar layered deposits (PLD) are comprised of layers of varying dust-to-water ice volume mixing ratios (VMR) that are thought to...
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Apr 17 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Evolution of Ionized Interstellar Medium across Cosmic Time Fuyan Bian, European Southern Observatory The ionized interstellar medium (ISM) provides essential information on the star-forming environments, metal enrichment, and underlying ionizing radiation field in galaxies. It...
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Apr 24 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am

Planet formation in protoplanetary discs around young stars Anders Johansen (Lund University, Sweden) Planets form in protoplanetary discs around young stars as dust and ice particles collide to form larger and larger bodies. I will...
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May 8 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Enhancing Time-Dependent Solar Wind Models to Constrain Effects on Non-Magnetized Planetary Atmospherese Sarah Kovac, NMSU The Sun generates a solar wind of particles which propagate throughout the solar system and can be modeled using magnetohydrodynamics...
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May 29 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

H-Band Spectroscopy of Exotic, Massive Stars Drew Chojnowski, NMSU We report on spectroscopy of exotic B-type emission line (Be) stars and chemically peculiar (CP) stars in the near-infrared (NIR) H-band, using data provided by the...
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Jun 12 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Jun 19 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Title: Automated extraction of multiphase conditions of QALs using Bayesian Modeling with Cloudy Sameer, Penn State University Abstract: A major shortcoming in ionization analysis of QSO absorption line systems is that absorbers are often characterized...
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Jul 17 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
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