ASTRONOMY 290A -- FALL 2005
INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH IN ASTROPHYSICS
AT UC BERKELEY AND ITS ENVIRONS
Coordinator: D. Backer
Time: 4:10-5:00 PM Tuesdays
Place: 544 Campbell
Tea, often with speaker, at 3:30 in 6th floor lounge
Credit: One Unit
This seminar series provides a survey of the research activities and opportunities
available to UC Berkeley graduate students interested in Planetary Science, Astrophysics
and Cosmology. Research groups in the Astronomy, Physics and Earth & Planetary Sciences
Departments along with those at the Space Sciences Laboratory, Radio
Astronomy Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will be represented.
The format is a weekly, one-hour presentation of current interests by a
representative (usually the PI) of a research group. Occasionally we
will organize a lab tour as part of the presentation. Astronomy 290B in
Spring 2003 will continue the series.
First year graduate students in Astronomy must take this course; graduate
students in other Departments, and others interested in finding out
what's going are all welcome.
SCHEDULE
Aug 30 -
D. Stewart, S. Wells, K. McDonald, P. Stone, S. Bowne:
"Staff and Resources at Berkeley"
Sep 6 - No Mtg
Sep 13 - J. Edelstein:
"Tiny Planet - Tiny Stars / Interstellar Ions and Molecules"; ref:
je_ADS
Sep 20 -
Richard Klein:
"Numerical Simulation of Low Mass & High Mass Star Formation in Turbulent Molecular Clouds"; ref:
rk_ADS
Sep 27 -
Jon Arons:
"Relativistic Winds and Shocks"; ref:
ja_ADS
Oct 4 -
Geoff Marcy:
"Multiple Planets with Multiple Mirrors"; ref:
gm_ADS
Oct 11 - S. Bale
"Solar/Space Radio Astronomy"; ref:
sb_ADS
Oct 18 -
Jack Welch;
ww_ADS :"Radio Astronomer at Work"
Oct 25 - C. Townes:
"TBD"; ref:
ct_ADS
Nov 1 -
Eliot Quataert:
"TBD"; ref:
eq_ADS
Nov 8 -
Imke de Pater :
"Observational Programs in Planetary Science"; ref:
id_ADS
Nov 15 -
Leo Blitz :
"Galaxy Evolution"; ref:
lb_ADS
Nov 22 -
Chris McKee:
"Star Formation"; ref:
cm_ADS
Nov 29 - Chung-Pei Ma :
"TBD"; ref:
cpm_ADS
Dec 6 - Phil Marcus