Oct 12 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
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
Sep 20 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Utilizing Planetary Oscillations to Constrain the Interior Structure of the Jovian Planets Ethan Dederick Seismology has been the premier tool of study for understanding the interior structure of the Earth, the Sun, and even other stars....
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Oct 10 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Nov 11 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Outer Planets Update Dr. Amy Simon, NASA The Hubble Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL) program is a yearly program for observing each of the outer planets over two full rotations. Observations began with Uranus in...
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Nov 14 @ 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 6 @ 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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Apr 2 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Oct 5 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Clues to Globular Cluster Formation David Nataf, Johns Hopkins University Globular clusters are now well-established to host “Second-generation” stars, which show anomalous abundances in some or all of He, C, N, O, Na, Al, Mg,...
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Nov 5 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
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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