Texas Cosmology Center

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2011

September-December


Mon, Dec 5
3:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC Presentation / Theoretical Astrophysics Seminar

Hydrogen and Helium Reionization [abstract]

Adam Lidz, University of Pennsylvania


Fri, Dec 2
2:00 P.M.
RLM 5.104

Special Astronomy/Physics Joint Colloquium

Cosmic Information: IT from BIT, from BITs in IT [abstract]

J. Richard Bond, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA)


Wed, Nov 30
3:00 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC Presentation / Cosmos Seminar

Giant Gamma-ray Bubbles in the Inner Galaxy: AGN Activity or Bipolar Galactic Wind? [abstract]

Douglas Finkbeiner, Harvard University


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

PhD Defense Presentation / Theoretical Astrophysics Seminar

Toward an Understanding of the Large Scale Structure of the Universe with Galaxy Surveys [abstract]

Masatoshi Shoji, University of Texas at Austin


Mon, Nov 14
3:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC Presentation / Theoretical Astrophysics Seminar

The Plasma Physics and Cosmological Implications of TeV Blazars [abstract]

Philip Chang, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (formerly of CITA-ICAT)


Wed, Nov 9
3:00 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC Presentation / Cosmos Seminar

Cosmology without Cosmic Variance [abstract]

Gary Bernstein, University of Pennsylvania


Wed, Nov 2
3:00 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC Presentation / Cosmos Seminar

The Mass Assembly History of Black Holes in the Universe [abstract]

Priya Natarajan, Yale University


Wed, Oct 26
3:00 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC Presentation / Cosmos Seminar

New Results from the South Pole Telescope [abstract]

Ryan Keisler, University of Chicago (South Pole Telescope)


Mon, Oct 24
3:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC Presentation / Theoretical Astrophysics Seminar

From OWLS to FiBY: Numerical Simulations of Galaxy Formation and Evolution [abstract]

Claudio Dalla Vecchia, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics


Mon, Oct 17
3:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC Presentation / Theoretical Astrophysics Seminar

Lyman-alpha in Three Dimensions [abstract]

Anze Slosar, Brookhaven National Laboratory


Thurs, Sep 29
3:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC Presentation / Extragalactic Seminar

Galaxy Mergers through Cosmic Time [abstract]

Jennifer Lotz, Space Telescope Science Institute


Thurs, Sep 8
3:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC Presentation / Extragalactic Seminar

Galaxy Formation and Evolution through Metals [abstract]

Lisa Kewley, University of Hawaii, Institute for Astronomy


January-May


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

TCC Presentation / Special Seminar

Galaxy-Galaxy Weak Lensing as a Tool to Correct Finger-of-God Effects in Redshift Power Spectrum Measurements [abstract]

Chiaki Hikage, Princeton University


Thurs, May 12
3:00 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC Presentation / Special Seminar

Host vs. Subhalo-2D Density Profile Measured from Galaxy-Galaxy Lensing [abstract]

Wentao Luo, University of Massachusetts, Amherst


Fri, May 6
9:45 A.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC Presentation / Special Seminar

Velocity Probe on Cosmology [abstract]

Tsz Yan Lam, IPMU, Tokyo, Japan


Thurs, May 5
3:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC Presentation / Extragalactic Seminar

The Dark Matter Halo - Galaxy Connection in the Local Universe and Local Group [abstract]

Michael Boylan-Kolchin, University of California, Irvine


Thurs, Apr 28
3:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC Presentation / Extragalactic Seminar

Understanding the Global Course of Galaxy Evolution at z < 1 [abstract]

Michael C. Cooper, University of California, Irvine


Fri, Apr 22
3:00 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC Presentation / Special Seminar

Obscured Quasars at High Redshift [abstract]

Daniel K. Stern, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech


Tue, Apr 12
2:00 P.M.
RLM 7.104

TCC Presentation / Weinberg Theory Seminar

Screening Dark Energy [abstract]

Justin Khoury, University of Pennsylvania


Wed, Mar 30
3:00 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC Presentation / Cosmos Seminar

The Influence of Structure Formation on the Interpretation of Dark Matter Experiments [abstract]

Savvas Koushiappas, Brown University


Tues, Mar 8
3:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC Presentation / Astronomy Colloquium

DEEP2 and Beyond: Studying Galaxy Evolution and Large-Scale Structure with Deep Surveys [abstract]

Jeffery A. Newman, University of Pittsburgh


Tue, Feb 15
3:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC Presentation / Astronomy Colloquium

Is Inhomogeneity Important in Cosmology? [abstract]

George F. R. Ellis, University of Cape Town


Wed, Feb 9
3:00 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC Presentation / Cosmos Seminar

High Resolution Imaging of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in Galaxy Clusters [abstract]

Brian S. Mason, National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)


Wed, Feb 9
12:00 Noon
RLM 15.216B

TCC Presentation / Stellar Seminar

Observational Constraints on Dark Matter Heating in White Dwarf Stars [abstract]

We explore the observational consequences of the absorption and annihilation of dark matter particles as a source of heating in cool white dwarf stars (WDs). The heating prevents WDs in any population from cooling below a terminal luminosity, set by the local dark matter environment. This produces a potentially observable enhancement in the number of WDs near this luminosity. We discuss the limits set by current surveys and the possible improvements from future datasets.

Michael Montgomery, University of Texas at Austin


Mon, Jan 31
3:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC Special Colloquium / Theoretical Astrophysics Seminar

Dark Matter [abstract]

Katherine Freese, University of Michigan


Wed, Jan 26
1:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC Presentation

The Matching of the Cosmic Star Formation Rate and the Cosmic Supernova Rate [abstract]

Shunsaku Horiuchi, Ohio State University: CCAPP


Wed, Jan 19
3:00 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC / Cosmos Seminar

Cosmological Imprints of f(R) Gravity [abstract]

Hayato Motohashi, Tokyo University: RESCEU


Tue, Jan 18
3:30 P.M.
RLM 15.216B

TCC / Colloquium (Tinsley Scholar)

Dust in the Early Universe [abstract]

Raffaella Schneider, INAF/Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma