Physics 500, Sec. 25:
Current Topics in Astrophysics


Instructor: Prof. Neil Cornish

Time & Place: Tuesdays, 4:10-5:00 p.m. in the Dayton Conference Room, EPS 258

The course is designed to keep us up-to-date with the latest developments in astrophysics. Each week, someone will present a short review of a hot topic that interests them. The topics can be drawn from newspaper articles, magazine articles, the Los Alamos archives or from Letter Journals. Even movies are acceptable, so long as the science is properly reviewed.

Discussion leaders should distribute readings to participants' mailboxes before colloquium Friday (list of seminar attendees here). An e-mail distribution list of people interested in astrophysical subjects has also been created.

Graduates and undergraduates can take the seminar for credit. Faculty members are encouraged to participate.

Below one may find a tentative schedule, suggested titles & topics, and useful links for finding topics.
To submit suggestions, please e-mail Brian Welsch.


Schedule

Date  Discussant Paper
9/19 Neil Cornish Middleweight Black Holes
9/26 - -
10/3 Keigo Fukumura A "Tiny" Supermassive Black Hole
10/10 Shane Larson
10/17 Johnathon Holroyd Planets, planets, everywhere!
10/24 Brian Welsch N Isotopes on Titan
10/31 Louis Rubbo Boomerang Data Rules Out CDM Models
11/7 Election Day GET OUT & VOTE!
11/14 Damon Resnick Fe Lines in GRB?
11/28 - GOBBLE! GOBBLE!
11/28 Michelle Larson Older Than They Look
12/5 Dan Bambeck
12/12
12/19 FINALS I'd rather be at CTA!

Suggested Titles & Topics

Useful Links


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