2023
Astro Tuesday: Dan Fabrycky and Elena Pinetti
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 501
Dan Fabrycky “It’s 2023. Where’s my Jet-pack and Exomoon?” and Elena Pinetti “Putting all the X in one basket: X-ray constraints on sub-GeV dark matter”
KICP seminar: Benjamin Lehmann (MIT)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401
Benjamin Lehmann (MIT) “New frontiers in dark matter direct detection”
KICP colloquium: Maria Spiropulu (Caltech)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Maria Spiropulu (Caltech) “Traversable wormhole dynamics on a quantum processor”
Astro Tuesday: Hayley Macpherson and Floor van Donkelaar
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 501
Hayley Macpherson “The distance-redshift relation beyond FLRW” and Floor van Donkelaar “The formation scenarios for the Milky Way’s nuclear star cluster”
Open Group Seminar: Qianjun Hang (University College London)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 401
Qianjun Hang (University College London) “Measuring the growth of structures of the universe”
KICP seminar: Ethan Nadler (Carnegie Observatory & USC)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401
Ethan Nadler (Carnegie Observatory & USC) “Cosmological Simulations with Novel Dark Matter Physics”
A&A Colloquium: Peng Oh (UC Santa Barbara)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Peng Oh (UC Santa Barbara) “The Multi-Scale Circumgalactic Medium”
PhD Thesis Defense: Adina Feinstein
3:00–4:00 pm ERC 401
Adina Feinstein “Young Stellar and Planetary Systems from the UV to the IR”
RockyFest: The Adventures of Rocky and Friends
Through March 19, 2023 ERC: 401, 501, 161
2023 RockyFest “The Adventures of Rocky and Friends” - an informal gathering of Rocky’s colleagues to share thoughts about science and have fun.