Solar Summer REU Research Talks

Coordinator: Dick Canfield canfield@physics.montana.edu

Time: Wednesday 4 PM

Place: Dayton Conference Room (EPS 258) 


These informal talks are given by members of the solar and astrophysics/relativity/cosmology groups, and are intended to introduce the participants in the solar REU program to a variety of topics in current solar physics, astrophysics, relativity, and cosmology.

When appropriate, these discussions will be replaced by an informal presentation scientific visitors. 


Schedule:

Date
Speaker Topic
June 12 None This week is full of IDL lectures ... no research talk this week
June 19 Neil Cornish Space Based Gravitational Wave Astrophysics
June 26 Dana Longcope Magnetic Fields
July 3 None July 4 week -- too much going on
July 10 Dick Canfield "Solar Max" -- The Hottest New Film Under the Sun" (part I)
July 17 David McKenzie "Solar Max" -- The Hottest New Film Under the Sun" (part 2)
July 24 Eric Priest Our Wonderful Sun
July 31 David Klumpar Earth's Magnetosphere and Aurora
August 7 Bennett Link Neutron Stars
August 14 REU students Reports on Research Projects (starts at 3:00 rather than 4:00)