2023
KICP colloquium: Nathan Whitehorn (Michigan State)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Nathan Whitehorn (Michigan State) “What is up with the neutrino sky?”
Astro Tuesday: Claire Guepin and Michael Zhang
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 501
Claire Guepin “Searching for very-high-energy neutrinos with EUSO-SPB2” and Michael Zhang “What emission spectra tell us (or don’t) about exoplanet atmospheres”
PhD Thesis Defense: Celeste Keith
4:00–5:00 pm ERC 401
Celeste Keith “OBSERVATIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF HAWKING RADIATION FROM PRIMORDIAL BLACK HOLES”
KICP seminar: Dan Baxter (Fermilab)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401
Dan Baxter (Fermilab) “Leveraging Quantum Sensors for Dark Matter Detection”
A&A Colloquium: Claudia Scarlata (University of Minnesota)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Claudia Scarlata (University of Minnesota) “Observational constraints on the gas reservoir of the smallest galaxies”
Astro Tuesday: Siddhartha Gupta and TK Chan
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 501
Siddhartha Gupta “A journey of thermal electrons to nonthermal energies” and TK Chan “Computer Simulations using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics”
Open Group Seminar: Anirudh Chiti (KICP)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 401
Anirudh Chiti (KICP) “Uncovering ancient stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud”
KICP seminar: Eve Vavagiakis (Cornell University)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401
Eve Vavagiakis (Cornell University) “A new generation of millimeter and submillimeter observations for cosmology and astrophysics”
KICP colloquium: Jeffrey McMahon (University of Chicago)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Jeffrey McMahon (University of Chicago) “Recent Results from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope and The Future of Cosmic Microwave Background Measurements”
Astro Tuesday: Vikram Dwarkadas and Erin Healy
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 501
Vikram Dwarkadas “UltraLuminous X-Ray Sources, and an Intriguing New Source” and Erin Healy “The Simons Observatory Design and Calibration”