2022
PhD Thesis Defense: Taylor Hoyt
1:30–2:30 pm ERC 401
Taylor Hoyt “The Tip of the Red Giant Branch and its Application to Measurements of the Hubble Constant”
Open Group seminar: Yuan-Sen Ting (Australian National University)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401
Yuan-Sen Ting (Australian National University) “On Modelling Complex Systems in Astronomy”
PhD Thesis Defense: Meng-Xiang Lin
1:30–2:30 pm ERC 401
Meng-Xiang Lin “Seeking Solutions for the Hubble Tension”
PhD Thesis Defense: Dimitrios Tanoglidis
11:00 am–12:00 pm ERC 401
Dimitrios Tanoglidis “Shedding light on the Low-Surface-Brightness Universe with Galaxy Surveys and Machine Learning”
SPT collaboration meeting
Through July 15, 2022 Chicago
The SPT is a 10-meter diameter microwave / millimeter / sub-millimeter telescope located at the NSF Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, which is the best currently operational site on Earth for mm-wave survey observations due to its stable, dry atmosphere.
Open Group seminar: Rahul Datta (Johns Hopkins University)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 401
Rahul Datta (Johns Hopkins University) “Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS): Detectors and Optical Characterization of the 90 GHz Telescope”
Special KICP seminar: Fabrizio Rompineve (CERN)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401
Fabrizio Rompineve (CERN) “Spontaneously broken discrete symmetries are a common ingredient of beyond the Standard Model physics”
KICP workshop: 2022 Gaia DR3 Chicago Sprint
Through June 15, 2022 ERC 401
The 2022 Gaia DR3 Chicago Sprint is a 3-day regional workshop to kickstart projects using data from the Gaia satellite’s third data release (DR3). Gaia DR3 will provide large numbers of low- and medium-resolution spectra, radial velocities, stellar parameters, variable stars, solar system sources, non-single stars, quasar host galaxies, and time-series photometry around the Andromeda galaxy.
Special KICP seminar: Sophia Lilleengen (Surrey/CCA)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401
Sophia Lilleengen (Surrey/CCA) “The effect of dark matter deformations of the Milky Way and the Large Magellanic Cloud on the Orphan-Chenab stream”
Harper Lecture: Jacob L. Bean (UChicago)
7:00–8:00 pm Virtual
Jacob L. Bean (UChicago) “Beyond Our Sun: The Launch, Deployment, and Extrasolar Planet Science of the James Webb Space Telescope”