Oct 16 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Why Space Weather Matters and How Forecasting Will Improve in the DSCOVR Era Doug Biesecker, NOAA/NWS/Space Weather Prediction Center Space Weather is a growing enterprise, with growing recognition of its importance inside and outside government. ...
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Oct 19 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Oct 23 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Oct 26 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Oct 30 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

BOSS DR12 survey: Clustering of galaxies and Dark Matter Haloes Sergio Rodriguez, UAM, Madrid and Cal. Berkeley BOSS SDSS-III is the largest redshift survey for the large scale structure and a powerful sample for the...
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Nov 6 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Diagnosing the SEEDS of Planet Formation John Wisniewski, University of Oklahoma Circumstellar disks provide a useful astrophysical diagnostic of the formation and early evolution of exoplanets. It is commonly believed that young protoplanetary disks serve...
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Nov 9 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Nov 16 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Nov 20 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Nov 30 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Dec 4 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

On the Edge: Exoplanets with Orbital Periods Shorter Than a Peter Jackson Movie Brian Jackson, Boise State Univeristy From wispy gas giants to tiny rocky bodies, exoplanets with orbital periods of several days and less...
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Dec 4 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Feb 12 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Magnetic Influences on Coronal Heating and the Solar Wind Lauren Woolsey, Harvard University Abstract The physical mechanism(s) that generate and accelerate the solar wind have not been conclusively determined after decades of study, though not...
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Sep 19 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Oct 10 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Feb 27 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 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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Jun 27 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

The Orbital and Planetary Phase Variations of Jupiter-Sized Planets: Characterizing Present and Future Giants Laura Mayorga, NMSU It is commonly said that exoplanet science is 100 years behind planetary science. While we may be able...
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Jan 24 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Characterizing the oscillatory response of the chromosphere during solar flares Laurel Farris; NMSU Astronomy Department Quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs) are observed in the emission of solar flares over a wide range of wavelengths, particularly in the radio...
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Mar 15 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

The Circumstellar Disks and Binary Companions of Be Stars Drew Chojnowski, NMSU Tremendous progress has been made over the past two decades toward understanding Be stars, but a number of key aspects of them remain...
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Apr 2 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Apr 13 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
May 9 @ 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm

Metal Absorption in the Circumgalactic Medium During the Epoch of Reionization Caitlin Doughty, NMSU The characteristics of metal absorption arising from the circumgalactic medium of galaxies have been demonstrated to be related to conditions in...
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Nov 5 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Nov 12 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Sep 12 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

An Observer’s Examination of the Circumgalactic Medium using Cosmological Simulations Rachel Marra, NMSU A significant aspect to understanding galaxy evolution is having an understanding of the intricacies involving the inflow and outflow of baryons onto...
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Sep 13 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Charting the Outer Reaches of Exoplanetary Systems: Wide-Separation Giant Planet Demographics with Direct Imaging Eric Nielsen, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University Over the past decade, the combination of advances in adaptive...
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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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Feb 26 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
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