Seminar on Theoretical Astrophysics & General Relativity

Schedule for Spring 2013

Every Wednesday, 12:00 noon at Loomis Room #464.

Date
Speaker
Title
Affiliation
Jan 23
Vasileios Paschalidis
Astrophysical applications of relativistic resistive magnetohydrodynamics U of I
Jan 30
Peter Adshead
A Sinister Universe: Chromo-Natural Inflation and Magnetic Drift University of Chicago (KICP)
Feb 6
Roman Gold
Pulsar Glitches and Neutron Star Crusts U of I
Feb 13
Zach Etienne
Can black hole-neutron star binary mergers produce gamma ray bursts? U of I
Feb 20
Mani Chandra
Magnetic field reversals in dynamos U of I
Feb 27
Richard O'Shaughnessy
Gravitational wave astrophysics with merging compact binaries U of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Mar 6
Ben Ryan
Direct Planetesimal Formation by Gravitational Collapse U of I
Mar 13
Gabor Toth
Physics-Based Space Weather Modeling University of Michigan
Mar 20
No talk
Spring break No talk
Mar 27
Hotaka Shiokawa
Radiation-hydrodynamic simulations of the formation of Orion-like star clusters U of I
Apr 3
Eric Petersen Review of Data from the Planck Mission U of I
Apr 10
Francesca Valsecchi Seminar Canceled Northwestern University
Apr 17
No talk APS April Meeting No talk
Apr 24
Roland Haas Binary neutron star simulations using multipatch grids Caltech
May 1
Sean McWilliams Gravitational waves and stalled satellites from massive galaxy mergers at z<1 Princeton University

Schedules from previous terms:
Fall 98 | Spring 99 | Fall 99 | Spring 00 | Fall 00 | Spring 01 | Fall 01 | Spring 02 | Fall 02 | Spring 03 | Fall 03 | Spring 04 |

Fall 04 | Spring 05 | Fall 05 | Spring 06 | Fall 06 | Spring 07 | Fall 07 | Spring 08 | Fall 08 | Spring 09 | Fall 09 | Spring 10 |

Fall 10 | Spring 11 | Fall 11 | Spring 12 | Fall 12


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