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Oct 30 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm BX102

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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December 4 (Friday)

Colloquium: Brian Jackson

Dec 4 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm BX102

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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January 22 (Friday)

Colloquium: Rich Zurek (Host: Jim Murphy)

Jan 22 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm BX102

Evolving Perspectives on the Atmosphere and Climate of Mars Dr. Richard Zurek, JPL Abstract: The planet Mars has both fascinated and tantalized humankind since...
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April 8 (Friday)

Colloquium PhD Defense: Meredith Rawls

Apr 8 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm BX102

Red Giants in Eclipsing Binaries as a Benchmark for Asteroseismology Meredith Rawls, NMSUShare this:TweetPrint

April 15 (Friday)

Colloquium: Warren Skidmore (Host: Jim Murphy)

Apr 15 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm BX102

The Thirty Meter Telescope: The Next Generation Ground Based Optical/InfraRed Observatory Dr. Warren Skidmore, Thirty Meter Telescope Corp. Abstract: After a construction status update, I will describe how the telescope design was developed...
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August 26 (Friday)

Colloquium PhD Defense: Kyle Uckert

Aug 26 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm BX102

Characterization of Biosignatures within Geologic Samples Analyzed using a Suite of in situ Techniques Kyle Uckert, NMSU Abstract: I investigated the biosignature detection capabilities of several in situ techniques to evaluate their potential to...
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August 29 (Monday)

PDS Atmospheres Node meeting

Aug 29 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am AY 119

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September 2 (Friday)

Colloquium: Sultan Hassan (Host: Kristian Finlator)

Sep 2 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm BX102

Sultan Hassan, Centre for Extragalactic Theory, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Title: From Instantaneous to Late Reionization Abstract: The 21cm emission line is a hyperfine spin-flip transition of neutral hydrogen. Prior to the...
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September 9 (Friday)

Colloquium Thesis Proposal: Lauren Kahre

Sep 9 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm Biology Annex 102

Extinction mapping with LEGUS Lauren Kahre The study of star formation and galaxy evolution in nearby galaxies depends on obtaining accurate stellar photometry in those galaxies. However, dust in the galaxies hinders our ability to...
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September 12 (Monday)

PDS Atmospheres Node meeting

Sep 12 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am AY 119

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September 20 (Tuesday)

Colloquium Thesis Proposal: Ethan Dederick

Sep 20 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Science Hall 310

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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September 23 (Friday)

Colloquium: Aaron Romanowsky (Host: Anatoly Klypin)

Sep 23 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm BX102

Galaxies in the Twilight Zone by Aaron Romanowsky, San Jose State University Abstract: Decades after luminous galaxies were found to be embedded in halos of dark matter (DM), there are still mysteries about the...
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September 26 (Monday)

PDS Atmospheres Node meeting

Sep 26 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am AY 119

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October 10 (Monday)

PDS Atmospheres Node meeting

Oct 10 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am AY 119

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October 24 (Monday)

PDS Atmospheres Node meeting

Oct 24 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am AY 119

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October 28 (Friday)

Colloquium: Mark Wardle

Oct 28 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm Biology Annex 102

Star formation in the vicinity of the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Centre Dr. Mark Wardle, Macquarie University The disruptive tidal field near supermassive black holes overcomes the self-gravity of objects that are less...
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November 7 (Monday)

PDS Atmospheres Node meeting

Nov 7 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am AY 119

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November 11 (Friday)

Colloquium: Amy Simon (Host: Nancy Chanover)

Nov 11 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm Biology Annex 102

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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November 18 (Friday)

Colloquium: Karen Olsen

Nov 18 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm Biology Annex 102

Simulations of the interstellar medium at high redshift: What does [CII] trace? Dr. Karen Olsen, Arizona State University We are in an exciting era were simulations on large, cosmological scales meet modeling of the interstellar medium (ISM)...
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November 21 (Monday)

PDS Atmospheres Node meeting

Nov 21 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am AY 119

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November 28 (Monday)

Planetary Group meeting

Nov 28 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm AY 119

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December 5 (Monday)

PDS Atmospheres Node meeting

Dec 5 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am AY 119

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February 24 (Friday)

Colloquium: Thomas Rivinius

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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September 20 (Wednesday)

Colloquium PhD Defense: Jean McKeever

Sep 20 @ 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm Business College 103

Asteroseismology of Red Giants: The Detailed Modeling of Red Giants in Eclipsing Binary Systems Jean McKeever, NMSU Asteroseismology is an invaluable tool that allows one to peer into the inside of a star and know...
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March 29 (Thursday)

Colloquium (Joint with Physics): Jim Fuller (Host: Ethan Dederick)

Mar 29 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Gardiner Hall 230

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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September 21 (Friday)

Colloquium: Dave Thilker (Host: Rene Walterbos)

Sep 21 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm BX102

Fresh Perspectives on Star Formation from LEGUS, the Legacy ExtraGalactic Ultraviolet Survey David Thilker, Johns Hopkins University The Legacy ExtraGalactic Ultraviolet Survey (LEGUS) was a Cycle 21 Large Treasury HST program which obtained ~parsec resolution NUV- to I-band WFC3 imaging for 50 nearby, representative star-forming Local Volume galaxies, with a primary goal of...
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October 4 (Friday)

Colloquium: Raja GuhaThakurta (Host: Rene Walterbos)

Oct 4 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm BX102

The SPLASH Survey of the Andromeda Galaxy Raja Guhathurkurta, University of California, Santa Cruz Our nearest large spiral galaxy neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy (M31), and its dwarf satellites, offer a panoramic yet detailed view of...
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