Past Events

2022

EFI Colloquium: Abigail Vieregg (UChicago)

3:30–4:30 pm MCP 201

Abigail Vieregg (UChicago) “PUEO and RNO-G: Two New Experiments to Detect Ultra-High Energy Neutrinos”

Apr 4

Postdoc Jamboree

12:00–5:00 pm ERC 401

Join us for the traditional “Postdoc Jamboree” on April 1 from 12pm-5pm.
This will be a perfect opportunity to get to know our amazing group of postdocs, a bit about their science and hobbies.

Apr 1

KICP seminar: Shany Danieli (Princeton University)

12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401A

Shany Danieli (Princeton University) “Towards a better understanding of low-mass galaxies beyond the Local Group”

Mar 31

KICP colloquium: Katrin Heitmann (Argonne National Laboratory)

3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161

Katrin Heitmann (Argonne National Laboratory) “Exploring the Dark Universe”

Mar 30

Astro Tuesday: Christine Simpson (UChicago)

12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401

Christine Simpson (UChicago) “How Cosmic Rays Mediate the Evolution of the Interstellar Medium”

Mar 29

A&A Colloquium: Gary Bernstein (University of Pennsylvania)

3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161 - For zoom information please contact Laticia Rebeles - lrebeles@oddjob.uchicago.edu

Off-Label use of the Dark Energy Survey

I will present the methods and results of a search for outer-solar-system bodies in the 6 years of images from the Dark Energy Survey of 1/8 of the sky.  Some initial inferences from the >800 trans-Neptunian objects detected in DES search weigh on the possible existence of a distant Neptune-mass “Planet X,” and on the formation of the TNO population.  The search also discovered the largest known comet, C/2014 UN 271.  This unique find is probably entering the planetary realm from the Oort cloud for the first time in 4 Gyr, and DES and subsequent data reveal the nature of the initial episode of sublimation.  Time permitting, I will discuss a proposal to use LSST tracking of minor planets as a precision gravitational test for the existence of Planet X and for modifications of General Relativity, exploiting advances in astrometry made for the DES search.

Mar 23

PhD Thesis Defense: Emily Gilbert

1:00–2:00 pm ERC 401

Emily Gilbert “The Detection and Characterization of Exoplanets Around M Dwarf Stars Using TESS”

Mar 21

KICP seminar: Gautam Venugopalan (Stanford University)

12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401

Gautam Venugopalan (Stanford University) “Suspended animation - optical tweezers as a fundamental physics probe”

Mar 17

KICP seminar: Andrina Nicola (Princeton University)

12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401

Andrina Nicola (Princeton University) “Cosmological probe combination for current and future surveys”

Mar 10

KICP colloquium: Christopher Tully (Princeton University)

3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161

Christopher Tully (Princeton University) “PTOLEMY: Experimental Quest to Detect Relic Neutrinos from the Big Bang”

Mar 9