2023
Special Tuesday Astro Lunch Session: in memory of Erik Shirokoff
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 501
In memory of Erik Shirokoff
KICP seminar: Tanner Trickle (Fermilab)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401
Tanner Trickle (Fermilab) “New Ideas in Direct Detection of Light Dark Matter with Electrons”
A&A Colloquium: Harley Katz (Oxford University)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Harley Katz (Oxford University)
“Insights into the ISM properties and baryon cycle of galaxies from the epoch of reionization through cosmic noon”
Astro Tuesday: Juliana Garcia-Mejia (Harvard CFA) and Amanda Bauer (Yerkes Observatory)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401
Juliana Garcia-Mejia (Harvard CFA) “First Light Results from the Tierras Observatory, An Ultra-precise Time-series M-dwarf Photometer” and Amanda Bauer (Yerkes Observatory) “Yerkes Observatory: 125 Years of History and a Bright Future”
Physics Colloquium: Emil Martinec (UChicago)
3:30–4:30 pm Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture Hall
Emil Martinec (UChicago) “A Bit about Black Holes”
KICP seminar: Keir Rogers (University of Toronto)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401
Keir Rogers (University of Toronto) “Searching for the fundamental nature of dark matter in the cosmic large-scale structure”
A&A Colloquium: Shany Danieli (Princeton University)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Shany Danieli (Princeton University)
“Low mass galaxies and their dark matter halos: lessons learned from satellite galaxies and the dynamics of globular clusters”
Astro Tuesday: Anowar Shajib (KICP) and Andrey Kravtsov
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 501
Anowar Shajib (KICP) “The case of delayed gratification for the time-delay Hubble constant” and Andrey Kravtsov “Exploring challenges to the Lambda Cold Dark Matter (LCDM) model in the dwarf galaxy regime”
Open Group Seminar: Eric Baxter (University of Hawaii)
3:30–4:30 pm EER 401
Eric Baxter (University of Hawaii) “Understanding the impact of feedback on the matter distribution with the Sunyaev Zel’dovich Effect”
KICP seminar: Ming-Feng Ho (UC Riverside)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401
Ming-Feng Ho (UC Riverside) “Multi-fidelity emulation for matter power spectrum and Lyman alpha forest using Gaussian Processes”