Calendar
2010
September-December
Wed, Nov 24 |
TCC / Cosmos Seminar The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: The Present and the Future [abstract] |
Mon, Nov 22 |
TCC / Astro Theory Seminar Self-regulated Evolution of Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes [abstract] |
Thurs, Nov 18 |
TCC / Exgal Seminar Exploring the Dark Universe with Gravitational Lensing [abstract] |
Thu, Nov 11 |
Special TCC Seminar A Weak Lensing Study of the Coma Cluster, and a Higher-Order Moment Approach to Weak Lensing [abstract] |
Mon, Nov 8 |
TCC / Astro Theory Seminar Measuring the Universe: Recent Developments in Baryon Acoustic Oscillations [abstract] |
Mon, Oct 18 |
TCC / Astro Theory Seminar Looking for WIMPs with the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) [abstract] |
Wed, Oct 6 |
TCC / Stellar Seminar The Square Kilometre Array [abstract] |
Tue, Oct 5 |
TCC / Colloquium Equivalence Principle and Cosmic Acceleration [abstract] Recent attempts to modify gravity at long distances
to explain cosmic acceleration generally introduce new degrees
of freedom, for instance a scalar, that must be screened
in the solar system to satisfy stringent experimental constraints.
We will discuss how such screening mechanisms might lead to order
unity equivalence principle violations - in suitable environments -
namely, objects with different degrees of screening fall
at different rates. Proposals to observe such effects, or rule
out such theories, will be discussed. We will also discuss screening
mechanisms that are robust against this kind of equivalence principle
violation. |
Mon, Oct 4 |
TCC / Astro Theory Seminar Dynamics of Bubble Collisions: A New Mechanism for Creating Bubbles in the Early Universe [abstract] |
Wed, Sep 8 |
TCC / Cosmos Seminar Optimizing a ground-based CMB polarization experiment [abstract] |
Wed, Sep 1 |
TCC / Cosmos Seminar Cosmic Rays and the Quest for New Physics [abstract] |
March-August
Fri, Mar 12 |
TCC / Special Seminar The Formation of the First Stars: Simulations on a Moving Mesh [abstract] Thomas Greif, Max Planck Institut for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany |
Mon, Mar 1 |
TCC / Special Supernova Seminar Diversities of the Type Ia Supernova Light Curves from the Ejecta Velocity: Evidence for Systematics in SN Ia distances [abstract] Xiaofeng Wang, Texas A&M University |
January-February
Mon, Feb 22 |
TCC / Theoretical Astrophysics Seminar The 7-year WMAP Observations: Cosmological Interpretation [abstract] |
Sat, Feb 6 |
Eighteenth Annual Great Lecture in Astronomy Walk Softly When Exploring the Dark Side of the Universe: Black Holes, Dark Matter and Dark Energy [abstract] |
Mon, Feb 1 |
TCC / Theoretical Astrophysics Seminar Cosmic Voids as a Cosmological Probe [abstract] |