2021
Tuesday Lunch Seminar: Yiming Zhong (UChicago) and Mike Zevin (UChicago)
12:00–1:00 pm Zoom
Yiming Zhong will tell us how to seed the first supermassive black holes from
self-interacting dark matter.
Mike Zevin will discuss our current understanding of the various
evolutionary pathways for forming binary black holes, and how
gravitational-wave observations have begun to constrain the relative
efficiencies of these channels as well uncertain physical processes
inherent to massive-star evolution.
Particle Physics Seminar: David Cinabro (Wayne State University/DOE)
3:30–4:30 pm Zoom Room
David Cinabro, Wayne State University/DOE, “Status of Belle II”
2020
Autumn Quarter Ends
All day
Open group seminar: Minghao Guo (Peking University)
4:00–5:00 pm Zoom Room
Minghao Guo, Peking University, “Hunting for Wandering Massive Black Holes”
Postdoc jamboree
2:00–4:00 pm Zoom Room
Join us for the traditional “Postdoc Jamboree” on 12/09 from 2:30pm-4:30pm and 12/11 from 2pm-4pm.
This will be a perfect opportunity to get to know our amazing group of postdocs, a bit about their science and hobbies.
Open Group Seminar: Nandita Khetan (Gran Sasso Science Institute)
1:30–2:30 pm Zoom room
Nandita Khetan, Gran Sasso Science Institute, “A new measurement of the Hubble constant using Type Ia supernovae calibrated with surface brightness fluctuations”
KICP Seminar: Christina Gao (Fermilab)
12:00–1:00 pm Zoom room
Christina Gao, Fermilab, “Axion Searches with two Superconducting Radio Frequency Cavities”
Space Week 2020: Fiona Harrison, CalTech
12:00–1:00 pm Webinar
Fiona Harrison, CalTech, “Technology Development for NASA Flagship Missions, Challenges and Opportunities”
KICP Postdoc jamboree
2:30–4:30 pm Zoom room
Join us for the traditional “Postdoc Jamboree” on 12/09 from 2:30pm-4:30pm and 12/11 from 2pm-4pm.
This will be a perfect opportunity to get to know our amazing group of postdocs, a bit about their science and hobbies.
Space Week 2020: Kerri Cahoy (MIT)
12:00–1:00 pm Webinar
Kerri Cahoy, MIT, “Frontiers in CubeSat Sensing, Communications, and Astronomy”