Astrophysics Colloquium
               Fall 2004 - Coordinated by R. Gehrz
             Held in Physics 210 at 3:35pm on Fridays
                     (unless otherwise noted)
 
Sept. 10  Departmental Fall Welcoming Picnic
 
Sept. 17  Open
 
Sept. 24  Dr. Edward Churchwell, University of Wisconsin
          "New View of the Galaxy From the Spitzer/GLIMPSE Survey"
 
Oct. 1         Dr. Joachim Krautter, Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Konigstuhl
          "X-ray Observations of Classical Novae"
 
Oct. 8         Dr. Henry Lee, University of Minnesota
          "The Lives and Times of Dwarf Galaxies"
 
Oct. 15
 
Oct. 22        Dr. Arif Babul, University of Victoria, B.C., Canada
          "Models of Galaxy Clusters with Heating and Cooling:  Explaining
          the global and structural x-ray properties of clusters"
 
Oct. 29        Dr. Nye Evans, Keele University
          "Sakurai's Object: A Star Rises from the Dead"
 
Nov. 5
 
Nov. 12   Dr. John Wygant, University of Minnesota
          "Cluster Spacecraft Observations of Alfven Waves Particle Acceleration and          Reconnection in the Geomagnetic Tail of the Earth"
 
Nov. 19   Dr. Nathan Smith, University of Colorado
          "Feedback from Massive stars: Proplyds, Jets, and Triggered Star Formation  
          in Orion and Carina"
 
Nov. 26   U Closed - Thanksgiving Holiday
 
Dec. 3         Stefi Baum, Space Telescope Science Institute
          "The Adventures of an Astronomer at the US Dept. of State" - 11:15am, Phys B49
 
          "Lives of the Powerful: The Link Between Nuclear Activity in Galaxies and
          Galaxy Evolution"  -   3:35pm, Ph 210
 
Dec. 10   Dr. Sumner Starrfield, Arizona State University
          "The Progenitors of Supernova Type Ia Explosions"