| November 16th - 20th, 2009 | ||||
| When | Who | What | Where | |
| MONDAY: | ||||
| 10:30 | Cahill Astro-Coffee | Cahill Ahmanson Library | ||
| 12:00 | Valeri Makarov (CalTech) | Surface Flows on the Sun, and Implications for RV Detection of Habitable Planets | JPL Astrophysics and Exoplanet Science Seminars JPL Buil. 169, Room 336 |
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| 12:10 | Observers meet
theorists and make progress(lunch discussion group)
3rd floor Cahill |
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| 4:00 | Brendan Meade (Harvard University) | Quantifying Fault System Complexity and Rheology at Continental Plate Boundaries | GPS Division Seminar Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall (155 Arms) |
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| 4:15 (4:00) | Ian Roederer (U Texas) | Characterizing the Chemistry of the Milky Way Stellar Halo | Astronomy tea talk Cahill Hameetman Auditorium |
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| TUESDAY: | ||||
| 10:30 | Cahill Astro-Coffee | Cahill Ahmanson Library | 12:15 | IR/sub-mm/mm lunch Lauritsen 469 |
| 4:00 | Planetary Science Seminar Salvatori Room (365 So. Mudd) |
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| 4:00 (3:30) | Carnegie Colloquium Series William T. Golden Auditorium |
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| WEDNESDAY: | ||||
| 10:30 | Cahill Astro-Coffee | Cahill Ahmanson Library | ||
| 12:00 | Dimitri Veras | Formation, Survival, and Detectability of Planets Beyond 100 AU | IPAC Lunch Seminar IPAC 102 |
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| 4:00 (3:45) | Zeljko Ivezic (U. of Washington) | Mapping the Milky Way: from SDSS and 2MASS to LSST and Gaia | Astronomy colloquium Cahill Hameetman Auditorium (Cahill Ahmanson Library) |
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| THURSDAY: | ||||
| 10:30 | Cahill Astro-Coffee | Cahill Ahmanson Library | ||
| noon | SRL Sack Lunch Seminar Lauritsen 248 |
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| 2:00 | Herschel Journal Club 244 Morrisroe (2nd floor conference room) |
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| 2:00 | Simon Scheidegger (University of Basel) | TBA | Theoretical astrophysics and relativity seminar 370 Cahill |
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| 4:00 (3:50) | Nancy Kiang (GISS) | Efficiency of photon energy use for life processes: implications for spectral biosignatures | JPL Astrophysics and Exoplanet Science Seminars JPL Buil. 169, Room 336 |
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| 4:00 (3:45) | M. Zahid Hasan (Princeton University) | Topological Insulators : the Observation of Quantum Hall-like Effects without Magnetic Field | Physics Research Conference East Bridge 201 (East Bridge 110) |
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| 4:00 (3:30) | Thomas Bensby (ESO, Chile) | Metallicities and Abundance Ratios in the Galactic Bulge Based on Microlensed Dwarf Stars | Carnegie colloquium Carnegie Auditorium |
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| FRIDAY: | ||||
| 10:30 | Cahill Astro-Coffee | Cahill Ahmanson Library | ||
| 12:15 | Ian Roederer (Texas) | Characterizing the Chemistry of the Milky Way Halo | Carnegie Observatories Lunch Talks Carnegie Conference Room |
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| 2:00 | Tony Piro (UC Berkeley) | Simmering, Exploding, and Imploding | Theoretical astrophysics and relativity seminar 370 Cahill |
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| 3:30 | JPL Astrophysics Journal Club JPL Build. 169, Room 336 |
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| 4:00 | Astronomy Journal club Robinson 106 |
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Times in brackets are when you should show up if you want to partake of the gastronomical inducements offered by the organizers.
I make no claim that this list is complete and comprehensive.
If there is a talk or event that you'd like me to include here, or if you spot a mistake, please email me with the details (solange at ipac.caltech.edu).