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2009

November-December


Fri, Dec 18
2:00 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

Video Conference of Physics Colloquium at Texas A&M University

Latest Results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Experiment

Rupak Mahapatra, Texas A&M University


Thu, Dec 17
4:00 P.M.
RLM 9.166

Webcast of ACKS Seminar at SLAC

Recent Results from CDMS

Jody Cooley, Southern Methodist University


Mon, Nov 16
3:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

Theoretical Astrophysics Seminar

Cosmological hydrogen recombination: the effect of high-n states and forbidden transitions [abstract]

Daniel Grin, California Institute of Technology


Fri, Nov 13
2:00 P.M.
RLM 15.216A

Informal TCC Seminar

Relative motion of dark matter and baryonic fluids and non-linear effects in density evolution [abstract]

Dmitriy Tseliakhovich, California Institute of Technology


September-October


Thu-Fri,
Oct 29-30


TEXAS COSMOLOGY NETWORK MEETING 2009

Two full days of talks, presentations, and discussion on the enterprise of cosmology from the perspective of Texas researchers.


Wed, Oct 28
3:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

Antoinette de Vaucouleurs Memorial Lecture

Cosmic Microwave Background, Clusters of Galaxies and Cosmology [abstract]

Rashid Sunyaev, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics


Tue, Oct 27
7:00 P.M.
ACES 2.302

Antoinette de Vaucouleurs Public Lecture
(preceded by reception at 6:00 P.M.)

The Richness and Beauty of the Physics of Cosmological Recombination [abstract]

Rashid Sunyaev, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics


Tue, Oct 27
2:00 P.M.
RLM 7.104

Theory Group Seminar

Floating black holes in warped higher-dimensional bulk [abstract]

Takahiro Tanaka, Kyoto University, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics


Mon, Oct 26
3:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

Theoretical Astrophysics Seminar (2nd half)

Vortices (and the Angular Momentum Problem) in Bose-Einstein-Condensed Cold Dark Matter Halos [abstract]

Tanja Rindler-Daller, University of Cologne, Germany


Mon, Oct 26
3:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

Theoretical Astrophysics Seminar (1st half)

Is Cold Dark Matter a Bose-Einstein Condensate? [abstract]

Paul Shapiro, University of Texas at Austin


Thu, Oct 22
3:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC/Extragalactic Seminar

The Spitzer Deep, Wide-Field Survey [abstract]

Daniel Stern, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech


Thu, Oct 1
7:00 P.M.
TCC 1.110

Public Lecture: Thompson Conference Center

The Shape of Space [abstract]

Jeff Weeks, PhD (Mathematics) Princeton University


Mon, Sep 21
3:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC/Astrophysics Theory Seminar

A New Perspective on Galaxy Clustering as a Cosmological Probe: General Relativistic Effects [abstract]

Jaiyul Yoo, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics


July-August


Mon, Aug 24
2:00 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

PhD DEFENSE

Gravitational Dynamics of Halo Formation in a Collisional versus Collisionless Cold Dark Matter Universe [abstract]

Jun Koda, University of Texas at Austin


Tue, Aug 25
1:00 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

PhD DEFENSE

Primordial non-Gaussianity from multi-field inflation re-examined [abstract]

Yuki Watanabe, University of Texas at Austin


May-June


Tue, May 26
2:00 P.M.
RLM 7.104

THEORY GROUP SPECIAL SEMINAR

Dark Matter Signals from Cascade Annihilations

Daniel Stolarski, University of California, Berkeley


Tue, May 19
2:00 P.M.
RLM 7.114

THEORY GROUP SPECIAL SEMINAR

(Personal) Summary of the Sovay Workshop on 'Cosmological Frontiers in Fundamental Physics'

Eiichiro Komatsu, University of Texas at Austin


March-April


Fri, Apr 24
2:00 P.M.
RLM 5.104

THEORY GROUP SEMINAR

Dark Stars

Katherine Freese, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor


Thu, Apr 23
10:00 A.M.
RLM 15.216A

INFORMAL TCC SEMINAR

Covariance Matrix of the Matter Power Spectrum [abstract]

Ryuichi Takahashi, University of Nagoya, Japan


Tue, Apr 21
3:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TEXAS COSMOLOGY CENTER SEMINAR

Do Halo Mergers Trigger Quasars? [abstract]

Jorge Moreno, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania


Tues, Apr 21
2:00 P.M.
RLM 7.104

THEORY GROUP SEMINAR

Sommerfeld-Enhancing the Dark Matter Annihilation Rate

Pearl Sandick, University of Texas


Thurs, Apr 2
2:00 P.M.
RLM 7.104

WEINBERG THEORY GROUP SEMINAR

Reevaluating the WIMP Miracle [abstract]

Scott Watson, University of Michigan


Wed, Mar 25
4:15 P.M.
RLM 4.102

PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM

Cosmology as Science? From Inflation to Eternity

Lawrence Krauss, Arizona State University


Tues, Mar 24
3:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TEXAS COSMOLOGY CENTER COLLOQUIUM

Formation of Primordial Stars and Black Holes [abstract]

Naoki Yoshida, IPMU, University of Tokyo


M-F, Mar 16-20

SPRING BREAK

No seminars or colloquia scheduled.


Mon, Mar 9
3:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TEXAS COSMOLOGY CENTER COLLOQUIUM

Testing Gravity with Gravitational Lensing and Dynamics [abstract]

Modifications of general relativity provide an alternative explanation to dark energy for the observed acceleration of the universe. Modified gravity theories have richer observational consequences for large-scale structure than conventional dark energy models -- for example, how perturbations affect light rays and galaxy dynamics differs from general relativity. In this talk, I will introduce gravitational lensing and its recent applications such as lensing tomography. I will then discuss tests of gravity from kpc-Gpc scales using dynamics, lensing and redshift space probes of large-scale structure.

Bhuvnesh Jain, University of Pennsylvania


January-February


Mon, Feb 23
3:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TEXAS COSMOLOGY CENTER SEMINAR

Primordial Non-Gaussianity from Preheating

Andrei Frolov, Simon Fraser University


Fri, Feb 6
10:45 A.M.
RLM 15.216A

TEXAS COSMOLOGY CENTER SEMINAR

Constraints on the non-linear coupling parameter f_NL with CMB data

Andres Curto, Instituto de Fisica Cantabria, Spain


Mon, Feb 2
3:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TEXAS COSMOLOGY CENTER SEMINAR

Weak Lensing and Large-Scale Structure

Jun Zhang, University of California at Berkeley


Thurs, Jan 29
2:00 P.M.
RLM 7.104

TEXAS COSMOLOGY CENTER: SPECIAL PRESENTATION

Acceleration in our Past and our Present

Leonardo Senatore, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton


Mon, Jan 26
3:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TEXAS COSMOLOGY CENTER SEMINAR

Optimising the next generation of Dark Energy Surveys

David Parkinson, University of Sussex, England


Thurs, Jan 22
2:00 P.M.
RLM 7.104

TEXAS COSMOLOGY CENTER SEMINAR

Dark Matter and Dark Radiation

Lotty Ackerman, Caltech