2023
Open Group Seminar: Masaya Yamamoto (Duke University) and Daniel Gilman (UChicago)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 401
Masaya Yamamoto (Duke University) “Cosmic Shear with Roman: Challenges and Lookouts on How to Deliver Cosmology with Space-Based Data” and Daniel Gilman (UChicago) “A guided tour of dark matter physics with quadruply-imaged quasars”
KICP seminar: Steve Sclafani (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
11:00 am–12:00 pm ERC 401
Steve Sclafani (University of Wisconsin, Madison) “Mapping the Milky Way Galaxy in high-energy neutrinos”
A&A Colloquium: Sarah Vigeland (University of Wisconsin)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Sarah Vigeland (University of Wisconsin) “Searching for a Gravitational Wave Background with Pulsar Timing Arrays”
Astro Tuesday: Austin Joyce (UChicago) and Wynn Jacobson-Galán (Berkeley)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 501
Austin Joyce (UChicago) and Wynn Jacobson-Galán (Berkeley) “Observational Properties and Physical Modeling of ‘Flash Spectroscopy’ Supernovae”
The 33rd Midwest Relativity Meeting
Through November 18, 2023 ERC 161
The 33rd Midwest Relativity Meeting will be held at the University of Chicago on Nov. 17-18, 2023. The Midwest Relativity Meetings bring together researchers from across the Midwest and beyond to discuss a broad range of topics in gravitational physics, including cosmology, gravitational waves, numerical relativity, and quantum gravity. The primary focus of this meeting is on graduate students and postdocs, all of whom are encouraged to give talks. The Blue Apple Award, sponsored by APS DGRAV, will be given for the best graduate student talk.
KICP seminar: Rahul Datta (UChicago)
11:00 am–12:00 pm ERC 401
Rahul Datta (UChicago) “Measuring the large angular scale CMB with CLASS”
A&A Colloquium: Robert Simcoe (MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Robert Simcoe (MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research) “The Emergence of Circumgalactic Heavy Elements in the First Gyr with JWST/EIGER”
Astro Tuesday: Meng-Xiang Lin (Penn) and Lucas Secco (UChicago)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 501
Meng-Xiang Lin (Penn) “Dark Energy Tracking Modification of Structure Growth and the S8 tension” and Lucas Secco (UChicago) “Large Language Models for Physicists”
Open Group Seminar: Eltha Yu-Hsuan Teng (University of California San Diego)
4:00–5:00 pm ERC 517
Eltha Yu-Hsuan Teng (University of California San Diego) “Revealing the Drivers of CO-to-H2 Conversion Factor Variation and its Impact on Star Formation Efficiency across Nearby Galaxies”
Open Group Seminar: Georgios Valogiannis (University of Chicago)
4:00–5:00 pm ERC 401
Georgios Valogiannis (University of Chicago) “Precise Cosmological Constraints from BOSS Galaxy Clustering with the Wavelet Scattering Transform”