Astrophysics Colloquium
Fall 2003 - Coordinated by K. Davidson
Held in Physics 210 at 3:35pm on Fridays
(unless otherwise noted)
Host
September 12 Dr. John Martin, University
of Minnesota
K. Davidson/
"The Origins and Evolutionary
Status of B Stars
R. Humphreys
Found Far from the Galactic
Plane"
September 19 Dr. Schuyler Van Dyk,
Caltech
R. Humphreys
"Unusual Supernovae and
Massive Stellar Evolution"
September 26 No colloquium
October 3 Dr. John
Hillier, University of Pittsburgh
K. Davidson
"The Enigma of Massive Stars
and Their Winds"
October 10 Dr. Jill
Tarter, SETI Institute
L. Kuhi
"SETI 2020: A Roadmap for
the Search for
Extraterrestrial Intelligence"
October 17 Dr. Anthony
Moffat, University of Montreal
R. Humphreys/
"Massive Carbon-Rich WR Stars
Spiraling Dust into
K. Davidson
the ISM"
October 24 Dr. Sean
Casey, NASA ARC
E. Polomski/
"Astronomers Return to the Stratosphere"
C. Woodward
October 31
November 7 Dr. Timothy
Beers, Michigan State University
R.
Humphreys
"The Frequency of
Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Stars
and Inferences on
the IMF in the Early Universe"
November 14 Dr. Stan Owocki,
University of Delaware
K. Davidson
"Winds that Sail on Starlight"
November 21 Dr. LeeAnne
Willson, Iowa State University
L. Kuhi
"Some say the world will end in
Fire ... Do we know the answer?"
November 28 U closed -
Thanksgiving Holiday
December 5
December 12