2022
KICP seminar: Tanvi Karwal (University of Pennsylvania)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401
Tanvi Karwal (University of Pennsylvania) “The Hubble tension and theoretical, new-physics solutions”
A&A Colloquium: Irina Zhuravleva (University of Chicago)
3:30–4:30 pm
Transitioning from a “Static” View of Galaxy Clusters into a Full Dynamic Picture
Astro Tuesday: Luke Kelley (Northwestern University)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401
Luke Kelley (Northwestern University) “Binary Massive Black Holes, Active Galactic Nuclei, and Gravitational Waves”
EFI colloquium: Robert Wald (UChicago)
3:30–4:30 pm MCP 201
Robert Wald (UChicago) “Black Holes, Thermodynamics, and Information Loss”
KICP seminar: Selim Hotinli (Johns Hopkins University)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401
Selim Hotinli (Johns Hopkins University) “Fundamental physics from remote velocity and quadrupole reconstruction with the cosmic microwave background and galaxy surveys”
KICP colloquium: Alex Drlica-Wagner (University of Chicago)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Alex Drlica-Wagner (University of Chicago) “Fundamental Physics from Observations of Faint Galaxies”
Astro Tuesday: Mandy Chen and Elena Pinetti
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401
Mandy Chen “Spatially-resolved kinematics of the circumgalactic medium (CGM) in active halos” and Elena Pinetti “A new path for dark matter searches: cross-correlation between gamma rays and gravitational tracers of the matter distribution”
Zachariasen Memorial Lecture: Katherine Freese (University of Texas at Austin)
3:30–4:30 pm KPTC 106
Katherine Freese (University of Texas at Austin) “The Cosmic Cocktail: Three Parts Dark Matter”
Open group seminar: Ivanna Escala (Carnegie/Princeton)
2:00–2:30 pm ERC 517
Ivanna Escala (Carnegie/Princeton) “Andromeda as a Stepping Stone to the Local Volume: Chemodynamics of an Extragalactic Tidal Shell”
KICP seminar: Nick Kokron (Stanford University)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401
Nick Kokron (Stanford University) “Improving models of structure formation statistics by combining perturbation theory and simulations”