2021
Astro Tuesday: Community Conversation with Jackie Serrato, South Side Weekly
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 161
Astro2020: the decadal survey report
1:00–2:30 pm ERC 401
The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey (Astro2020) will develop a comprehensive research strategy and vision for a decade of transformative science at the frontiers of astronomy and astrophysics.
KICP seminar: Ken Ng (MIT)
11:30 am–12:30 pm ERC 401 & zoom
Ken Ng (MIT) “Search for ultralight bosons and primordial black holes with a population of binary black holes – the present and the future”
KICP colloquium: Clem Pryke (University of Minnesota)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Clem Pryke (University of Minnesota) “The Search for Inflationary B-modes: Latest Results from BICEP/Keck”
KICP Seminar: Arianna Long (UC Irvine)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401
Arianna Long (UC Irvine) “Missing Giants: The First Massive Galaxies Are Dust-Obscured”
A&A Colloquium: Dimitar Sasselov (Harvard)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Exoplanet Ocean Water-Worlds: How salty?
In our quest to understand the formation, demographics, and evolution of
small planets (Earth-size to super-Earth-size), we need to understand water-rich exoplanets
and know how to distinguish them observationally. This talk will touch on some current
issues in modeling ocean water-worlds.
KICP Seminar: Anna Ho (UC Berkeley)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401
Anna Ho (UC Berkeley) “The Landscape of Relativistic Stellar Explosions”
KICP colloquium: Tongyan Lin ( UC San Diego)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Tongyan Lin ( UC San Diego) “14 billion years in the life of a dark matter particle”