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Astronomy & Physics
- Colloquia
Saint Mary's Astronomy and Physics Colloquia are now
held at 3-4pm on most Fridays in room 101 of the Atrium building (AT). However
changes in time and location are possible, and they are noted below.
Directions to Saint Mary's and a campus map are also available,
and you can also subscribe to email alerts about upcoming colloquia.
For more information, please contact Luigi Gallo at lgallo "at" ap.smu.ca
or at 902-420-5828.
This schedule is subject to revision, so please check back often.
To view abstracts, click on subheading link "Abstracts" in menu list on the left.
2010 Winter Schedule
| Title |
Speaker |
Date/Time |
Location |
| Multiwavelength Insights into the Nature of Weak Emission-Line Quasars at High Redshift |
Dr. Ohad Shemmer
University of North Texas |
Friday, January 8, 2010
3:00 p.m.
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AT 305 |
| Inertial modes in convective planets & their indirect detection |
Dr. Fernando Pena
Saint Mary's University |
Friday, January 15, 2010
3:00 p.m. |
AT 101 |
| ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF BROADBAND ACOUSTIC BEAMFORMERS |
Mr. Christopher Whitt
Jasco Applied Sciences |
Friday, January 22, 2010
3:00 p.m. |
AT 101 |
| The Kinematics of Star Formation in the Perseus Molecular Cloud |
Dr. Helen Kirk
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
Friday, January 29, 2010
3:00 p.m. |
AT 101 |
| Recent Progress in Gamma-Ray Bursts |
Dr. Dale Frail
National Radio Astronomy Observatory |
*** SPECIAL TIME ***
Friday, February 5, 2010
1:00 p.m. |
AT 101 |
| Progress towards GRETA: The future of gamma-ray spectroscopy and the use of surrogate reactions to elucidate cross sections on unstable nuclei |
Dr. Con Beausang
University of Richmond |
Friday, February 12, 2010
3:00 pm |
AT 101 |
| Gone with the Wind: Galaxies with Low ionization Winds at z < 0.6 from AEGIS/DEEP2 |
Dr. Taro Sato
Saint Mary's University |
Friday, February 19, 2010
3:00 p.m. |
AT 101 |
| Regge Calculus as a Numerical Approach To General Relativity |
Dr. Parandis Khavari
University of Toronto |
Friday, March 5, 2010
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AT 101 |
| Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: I Wonder How Bright You Really Are! |
Dr. Arne Henden
American Association of Variable Star Observers |
Friday, March 12, 2010
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AT 101 |
| Galactic Star Formation: Magnetized, Turbulent, and Inefficient |
Dr. Shantanu Basu
University of Western Ontario |
Friday, March 19, 2010
3:00 pm |
AT 101 |
| The role of disks in the formation of stellar systems |
Dr. Kaitlin Kratter
University of Toronto |
Friday March 26, 2010
3:00 p.m. |
AT 101 |
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