2024
Open Group Seminar: Sophie Aerdker (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
11:00 am–12:00 pm ERC 545
Sophie Aerdker (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) “Time-dependent diffusive shock acceleration: The case of a Galactic wind termination shock”
KICP seminar: Ethan Payne (Caltech)
11:00 am–12:00 pm ERC 401
Ethan Payne (Caltech) “Addressing assumptions in gravitational-wave tests of general relativity”
A&A Colloquium: Alyson Brooks (Rutgers University)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Alyson Brooks (Rutgers University) “Darkness on the Edge of Town: Interpreting Newly Discovered Dwarf Galaxies”
KICP seminar: Annika Peter (Ohio State University)
11:00 am–12:00 pm ERC 401
Annika Peter (Ohio State University) “Big news about dark matter from the centers of small galaxies”
PhD Thesis Defense: Zhuowen (Ben) Zhang
10:00–11:00 am ERC 501
Zhuowen (Ben) Zhang “Forward modeling of cluster systematics for cluster cosmology”
Open Group Seminar: Scott Carlsten (Princeton University)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 545
Scott Carlsten (Princeton University) “Dwarf Satellite Systems beyond the Milky Way with the ELVES Survey”
KICP Colloquium: Paul Martini (Ohio State University)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Paul Martini (Ohio State University) “Cosmology with Large Spectroscopic Surveys”
PhD Thesis Defense: Mandy Chen
3:00–4:00 pm ERC 501
Mandy Chen “Toward a Physical Understanding of the Dynamic Circumgalactic Medium”
Open Group Seminar: Jaco de Swart (MIT)
1:30–2:30 pm ERC 401
Jaco de Swart (MIT) “How Dark Matter Came to Matter: a History of Missing Mass,1930-1974”
Astro Tuesday: Haowen Zhang (University of Arizona)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 501
Haowen Zhang (University of Arizona) “Hunting for Banana Galaxies with Imaging to Spectroscopy”