2023
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”
A&A Colloquium: Matthew Liska (Harvard University)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Matthew Liska (Harvard University)
“How do the most luminous black holes accrete and expel gas?”
Astro Tuesday: Akhil Premkumar (KICP) and Cosmin Deaconu (KICP)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 501
Akhil Premkumar (KICP) “A Tail of Eternal Inflation” and Cosmin Deaconu (KICP) “To the moon with CryptEx”
2022
Open Group Seminar: Jens Mahlmann (Princeton University)
11:00 am–12:00 pm ERC 583
Jens Mahlmann (Princeton University) “3D dynamics of strongly twisted relativistic magnetospheres: Kinking flux tubes and global eruptions”
KICP Postdoc Symposium
1:00–3:30 pm ERC 501
Everyone in KICP and A&A is welcome and encouraged to attend! The goal of the event is to bring together the community, and let postdocs introduce our work to, and hopefully create collaborations with, our colleagues, students and faculty members.
Open Group Seminar: Giulia Giannini (UChicago/KICP)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 501
Giulia Giannini (UChicago/KICP) “Photometric redshift calibration in the Dark Energy Survey”
KICP seminar: Claire-Alice Hebert (Stanford University)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401
Claire-Alice Hebert (Stanford University) “Cosmic shear, or atmosphere? Testing assumptions about point-spread functions”
KICP colloquium: Ke Fang (University of Wisconsin)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Ke Fang (University of Wisconsin) “The Hunt for PeVatrons”
Astro Tuesday: Hayden Lee and Michael Zhang
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 501
Hayden Lee “Building gravitational waves from gluons” and Michael Zhang “What are exoplanet atmospheres made of anyhow?”